Board game Dragon Ear (Im Jahr des Drachen)

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Product Description ■ Japanese Translation
In China, it is said that there are many disasters in the dragon year. It is a game to make your own palace flourish over 12 months.
Each player has several palaces in which he hires people with different abilities. A tile shows the timing and order of the disasters in the last 12 months before the game begins.
In order to overcome these disasters, it is necessary to secure human resources at the appropriate time.
Each person you hire has a hand-number point, and each time you hire someone in your own palace, this point increases. You can start from the player with the larger numbered point.
Before you start the game, arrange the well-mixed event tiles in a row. This is the sequence of events (disasters) that occur in this game.
Each player also has two double-decker palaces where they choose and hire two people. At this time, too, we will use the human resources we have hired to advance our hand number point markers.
The game spans 12 rounds (12 months). Each round consists of four phases.
The first phase is the action phase. With 7 action cards on the back, we divide them into the same group as the number of players. The number of cards in each group is not the same, but is as close to equal as possible. Then, you the action from the player with the highest numbered point.
Other players can choose the same group action, or they can choose the same action to play, but it costs money to do the action for the group already chosen. You can unselected groups are available for free.
- If you choose the action of money, there is income. At this time, if there is a tax collector in your palace, you will have additional income.
・ If you choose the action of construction, you can extend or build a new palace. At this time, if you have a carpenter in your palace, you can make the palace bigger.
・ If you choose the harvesting action, you can get rice chips. If you have a farmer in your palace, you can get an additional tip.
・ If you select the action of the iron helmet, you can advance the wrist number point. If you have a soldier in your own palace, you can move forward with an additional guard point.
・ You can get a score by selecting a book action. If you have a scholar in your palace, you can score additional points.
・ You can get fireworks tips by fireworks tips. If you have a fireworks maker in your palace, you can get additional fireworks tips.
You can buy dragon tiles by selecting the action of dragon tiles. If you have dragon tiles, you can score additional points for each round.
The second phase is employment. Play the corresponding card from your hand and hire one person in your palace. At this the number of turn points.
The third phase is an event. Nothing happens in the 「 Peace 」 during the first two months, but there are some events after that.
You have to pay money to pay tribute to the king. If there is a shortage, that person leaves his palace.
・ Hunger consumes rice chips. If there is a shortage, that person dies. In the plague, three people in each player's palace die. However, if there are doctors, their number and ability will be helpful.
- In the Mongol invasion, you get a score from the soldiers in your palace. And then one leaves the palace of the player with the fewest soldiers.
・ In festivals, points are scored according to the number of fireworks tips.
The fourth phase is scoring. Score by the number of your palace, the number of dancers in the palace, and the number of dragon tiles.
After the 12 th round, there is a final score calculation. You get scores for the number of people left in your palace, the scores by monks in your palace, and the remaining amount.
If you do not prepare for each disaster to some extent, the number of people in the palace will decrease rapidly.
It's interesting to see which people you hire at which timing and which actions you choose.
When the turn is slow, you need money to select the desired action. However, the more capable a person is, the smaller the number point is set.
This is a game you can enjoy thoroughly.
■ Game Summary ■
Number of players : 2 to 5
Duration : 75 to 100 minutes
Target age : over 12
Designer : Stefan Feld

Game board 1
Person card 55
Person tile 90
House tile 66
Money 36
Rice chip 24
Firework chip 12
Event tile 12
Privilege tile 8
Action tile 7
Dragon 5
Point marker (octagonal prism) 5
Wrist number point marker (circular cylinder) 5
1 copy each of Owner's Manual (original / Japanese)
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