Drakon (Third Edition)

Build a dragon's maze as you run through it, and be the first adventurer to grab ten gold and escape.

Designer: Tom Jolly
Published by: Delta Vision Publishing
Editions by: Fantasy Flight Games, Edge Entertainment, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Nexus Editrice, Silver Stars Publishing

Drakon the dragon has captured a bold band of adventurers who snuck into her lair to steal her gold. Instead of eating them right away, she turns it into a game: the first one to collect ten gold from her maze goes free, and everyone else is lunch. On your turn you choose, either to place a tile from your hand and expand the dungeon, or to move your Hero onto an adjacent tile. Many tiles carry icons that let you take a special action when you step on them, like grabbing gold from the hoard, stealing from another player or destroying a tile that is already in play. This is the third edition, with a few updates over the earlier ones. Quick, mean and fun with two to six.

Place a tile or move, never bothSpecial-action icons on the tilesFirst to ten gold escapes the dragon

Who it's for

You like a maze that changes every turn and want a fantasy race with a bit of sabotage.

Not for you if…

You want a long-term strategy game or hate seeing your path blocked at the last moment.

Vibe's take

Scheming and ever-shifting. You are building the maze and racing through it at once, so one clever tile can open your path or slam a door on a rival.