Dragomino

Why it's in our library

Every egg you turn over is a small surprise, and the only math at the end is counting the baby dragons in front of you, which suits young children well.

How to play

The goal is to finish with more baby dragons than anyone else.

Each player begins with a starting domino of their own. The youngest player holds the Mommy Dragon figure and goes first.

At the start of each round, turn a row of landscape dominoes face up. Beginning with whoever has the Mommy Dragon, take turns choosing one domino and adding it to your own land. Each new domino has to touch a piece you have already placed.

Then look at where your new domino sits. Each place where one of its landscape halves lines up beside the same kind of landscape is a match. For every match, draw a face-down egg of that landscape and turn it over. If it shows a baby dragon, it is yours to keep. If it shows an empty shell, you take the Mommy Dragon, and with it the first choice next round.

Some landscapes hide more dragons than others. Choosing a domino means thinking about where you are most likely to find one.

Keep playing rounds until every landscape domino has been placed. Then everyone counts their baby dragons, and the player with the most wins. Check the box rules to see whether the Mommy Dragon also counts at the end.

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