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Unofficial Rules / House rules: The Princess & the Dragon (Pompeii)
« on: April 07, 2023, 05:16:19 AM »
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share with you the customised and simplified rules I use when playing The Princess & the Dragon with younger players (6-7 years old). We do not play with all the rules (they are still learning the basics), but we use the tiles from the Princess & the Dragon expansion, so that the game gets longer. We do not use the dragon and the fairy figures (they make the game too complex and competitive), but we respect some symbols (princess and magic portal), and make up some new rules with the remaining ones (volcano and dragon). Because of this, I call this variant Pompeii. The rules are as follows:
And that's all. It's a simpler way to play with the art of this expansion and things get easier for learning players. Uncompleted features that have been devastated can be re-claimed thanks to the magic portal or by placing the meeple in another part of this feature (far from the volcano). In this way, volcano and meeple placement become more strategic. I guess that there may be more considerations for the adjacent tiles, figures and tokens, especially if they are combined with other expansions:
I hope you like this, and I'm looking forward for your feedback and consideration for the "House rules" section in the Wikicarpedia.
Have fun!
I just wanted to share with you the customised and simplified rules I use when playing The Princess & the Dragon with younger players (6-7 years old). We do not play with all the rules (they are still learning the basics), but we use the tiles from the Princess & the Dragon expansion, so that the game gets longer. We do not use the dragon and the fairy figures (they make the game too complex and competitive), but we respect some symbols (princess and magic portal), and make up some new rules with the remaining ones (volcano and dragon). Because of this, I call this variant Pompeii. The rules are as follows:
- Volcano tiles are placed as regular tiles, but no meeples can be placed on them because they are "active" and it would be dangerous.
- When a player draws and places a dragon tile, the player decides which volcano erupts violently. When a volcano erupts, all the meeples on the current adjacent tiles (even diagonally) are "destroyed" (they go back to the owners' supply).
And that's all. It's a simpler way to play with the art of this expansion and things get easier for learning players. Uncompleted features that have been devastated can be re-claimed thanks to the magic portal or by placing the meeple in another part of this feature (far from the volcano). In this way, volcano and meeple placement become more strategic. I guess that there may be more considerations for the adjacent tiles, figures and tokens, especially if they are combined with other expansions:
- I feel that most meeples and tokens must be destroyed when a volcano erupts: abbots, large meeples, mayors, wagons, pig, sheep... (probably, there'd be some exceptions, depending on the rules of each expansion).
- Some buildings and items should be removed (towers, big top, ingots, bridges...), some tiles should go back to the stack (a tile with a bridge, monasteries, little buildings, castles...) and other features should be reset or incapacitated (tunnels, fruit-bearing trees, crops, inns...). In any case, new meeples and tiles can be placed in devastated spaces (representing how landscape changes after a volcanic eruption).
I hope you like this, and I'm looking forward for your feedback and consideration for the "House rules" section in the Wikicarpedia.
Have fun!