Players get points for each treasure card they’ve played, for sword/shield combos, and for sets of three dragon cards. The round ends when either the dragon wakes up, the draw deck is depleted, or a player has no cards at the start of his or her turn. That player must allow the sword player to look at his or her hand and either choose a card, give a card, or both, unless the victim has a shield card in hand, which cancels the sword and grants a point.

The dragon is starting to wake up…įinally, a player may play a sword card against any other opponent. Treasure chest cards (which act as wilds in melding/extending sets) also wake the dragon. Playing dragon cards either wakes the dragon up (“Bones!”) or puts him back to sleep (“Shhh!”). To extend a set, a player must place at least two additional objects of that type on the set. Melding a set requires a player to place three objects of a single type on the table. (There is a custom face on the die that, when rolled, allows the player to move up to five spaces or stay where they are.) The player can keep the card, replacing it with a card from hand or from the deck, or the player can put the card back and draw a new card from the deck. The player moves that number of spaces clockwise or counterclockwise and looks at the card. If a player chooses to move, he or she rolls the included custom die. On their turn, players may take one of four possible actions: 1) move/draw a card 2) meld/extend a set 3) play a dragon card or 4) play a sword or shield card. Players peek at the card their token is on. Each player receives a hand of five cards and places the token of their color on any of the twelve cards. Then place twelve cards from the treasure deck in a circle around the dragon. To begin, place the three dragon cards, sleeping side up, in the center of the table. The setup for a four-player game of Hoard. The first player to five points is the winner.

Players move around the dragon’s hoard collecting sets of treasure before the dragon wakes up. Hoard is a set collection game for two to five players. Well, the odds were a lot more in your favor before flatfooted Don arrived, uncovering bones at every turn and lugging gargantuan treasure chests toward the cave entrance.Ĭan you make it out with the most loot before the dragon awakes? Find out in Hoard! How It Works

What are the chances that the dragon will care about the few jewels lining your pocket? What are the chances that the dragon will spend his five minutes awake, expending his remarkable fury, while you’re there? Dragons are usually sleeping, and that’s how you can make your living. You just have to sneak in, grab a few things, and get out.

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