The Best of Dragon Magazine Games

Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) · 1990

2–620–60 min10+ yrs2.2/5 complexity6.3 BGG680FamilyStrategy

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This is a set of six games previously published in Dragon Magazine, collected in one box, with better components, maps, and playing aids: Ringside (Issue 38) Food Fight (Issue 44) File 13 (Issue 72) The Baton Races of Yaz (Issue 82) King's Table, aka Hnefatafl (Issue 128) Search for the Emperor's Treasure (Issue 51).

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This is a set of six games previously published in Dragon Magazine, collected in one box, with better components, maps, and playing aids:

 Ringside (Issue #38)



 Food Fight (Issue #44)



 File 13 (Issue #72)



 The Baton Races of Yaz (Issue #82)



 King's Table, aka Hnefatafl (Issue #128)



 Search for the Emperor's Treasure (Issue #51). This version is significantly different from the original: it changes the encounter mix around, adds a deck of treasure clue cards, and expands the character selection with a dwarf and a "hairfoot." The nice Darlene Pekul map painting is traded in for a hexmap with generic terrain symbols that Wham suggests you mount to cardboard and cut apart, thus creating a new map each game a la Kings & Things. The cards force characters to move a lot more, and most encounters can no longer be given away, so this edition plays quite differently.

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game anatomy

Complexity2.2 / 5

BGG rating6.3 / 10

Vibe

FamilyStrategy

Language dependence

Moderate text — a crib sheet helps

Play time

20–60 min

Players

2–6

Recommended age

10+ yrs

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