About Sleeping Dragon: The Board Game
Deep inside the cave, a round, sooty dragon sleeps on a pile of gold. You are a band of treasure hunters sneaking along the winding cave path from the entrance towards the treasure chamber. Each turn, you play the cards you want, roll the die and draw a card from the cave pile. The first to reach the dragon’s treasure wins – no exact roll needed.
But somewhere in the cave pile lies the card “The Dragon Wakes!”. Draw it, and the dragon gives you a friendly but sooty puff that sends you back to the last camp, and you lose your treasures. If you have a Lullaby, you sing the dragon back to sleep and hide it secretly in the pile – maybe right on top, so the next player gets it. Nobody is knocked out of the game, so everyone plays to the very end.
Along the way, you’ll find crystals that show the top cards, tunnels that take you four spaces ahead, sleeping stones where you rest, and treasures hidden in the rock cracks. With cards like Crystal Ball, Pass the Dragon, Gimme a Gift and No Way!, every turn becomes a cheeky little choice. Play with the board on the TV and the cards on the phones, or pass one iPad around the table.
How to play
- Choose TV and phones or one iPad. You need at least two and at most six players.
- Everyone starts at the entrance with five cards and a Lullaby (four cards with four or more players).
- On your turn, you may play cards before or after you roll. Roll the die and move along the cave path.
- Then draw a card from the cave pile. If you draw “The Dragon Wakes!” without a Lullaby, you get blown back to the camp and lose your treasures.
- The first to reach the treasure chamber wins the game.