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Dragon Brew

Dragon Brew

August Games · 2017
2–460–120 min13+ yrs3.3/5 complexity7.3 BGG#8.966 BGG413Strategy
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Dragon Brew Dragon Brew is a strategic fantasy beer brewing game where you and your friends take on the role of head brewers competing for prizes at the annual Dragon’s Keep beer festival.

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Dragon Brew Dragon Brew is a strategic fantasy beer brewing game where you and your friends take on the role of head brewers competing for prizes at the annual Dragon’s Keep beer festival. Players build brewery estates, harvest grain, quest for ingredients and brew custom fantastical beers. In order to earn top prize, and the victory points that go along with such prestige, players must adapt their recipes to the ever-changing preferences of the beer festival judges. The winner of the game is the player with the most victory points at the end of three game years.

Playing The Game The game turn is broken out into three phases: Spring, Fall and Winter.

Spring Phase Players spend the spring phase assigning their brewers to jobs, expanding their estates and purchasing brewing supplies.

Players draft Event or Brewery cards from the draft offering. Event cards give players an immediate reward and Brewery cards expand a player’s estate with new actions or upgrades to existing actions. These are outlined in detail later in the rule book.

The spring phase ends after players have assigned all of their brewer meeples.

Fall Phase Players simultaneously brew their beers behind their player screens. Beers are created by combining recipe cards in distinct rows. After the beers have been created, the players lift their screens simultaneously and present their beers, reading their names and adding some flavor text and back story to each beer.

Each judge awards victory points to the beer that most meets their preferences based on color, strength and bitterness.

Winter Phase The player’s estate is reset for the following turn and the game continues.

The winner of the game is the player with the most victory points after three game years.

Dragon Brew Contents:

 Game Board
 344 Cards
 186 Wood Components
 44 Meeples
 160 Tokens
 4 Player Screens
 20 Page Rule Book
 Plastic Insert Tray
🔬 game anatomy
Complexity3.3 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60–120 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
13+ yrs
BGG rank
#8.966

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Q3How do you play Dragon Brew?
Dragon Brew is a fantasy game, for 2–4 players, taking ~60–120 minutes, featuring open drafting. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Dragon Brew — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Dragon Brew support?
Dragon Brew is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Dragon Brew take?
A game of Dragon Brew takes about 60–120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Dragon Brew for?
Dragon Brew is recommended from age 13.
Q7How complex is Dragon Brew?
Dragon Brew has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.3 out of 5.
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