Draconis Invasion: The Dark Fantasy Deck-Building Game
Created by Jonathan Jeffrey Lai
Battle the dark powers of Draconis in the ultimate medieval fantasy deck-building game. With over 400 beautifully illustrated cards.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Live in Toronto? Come test our expansion this Saturday!
almost 9 years ago
– Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 07:21:01 PM
Expansion Playtesting in Toronto
This Saturday, we are celebrating International Tabletop Day 2017 in downtown Toronto with the Draconis Invasion Expansion (untitled beta version). We'd love for you to pop in.
New Tutorials & Nice Email
almost 9 years ago
– Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:07:18 AM
Board Game Briefs
EphFive, creator of Scrappy Reviews, has started a new series called Board Game Briefs where he will do fast and frantic board game tutorials. Here is his Accelerated Setup and One-Turn Rundown for Draconis Invasion. Thanks EphFive!
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A Nice Email from Scott "Tox" Morris
I felt like sharing about a very nice email I recently received from Scott Morris of Crits Happen with his impressions of Draconis Invasion. He played version 1.1 and really enjoyed it. It made my day to get these comments from him:
"The campaign cards are superb, SUPERB mechanic! We had so much fun with these, both trying to obtain them, but also head faking our opponents to think we were after something specific when we weren’t so they’d leave other things alone. These are a great idea, almost like quests, and I can’t believe someone hasn’t done more with this type of thing in a deck builder. Kudos on this one."
"The Terror die/card mechanic is really cool, we all liked that a lot, from the beginning of the game, to during gameplay, it all felt very “tense” due to that and it was a refreshing mechanic for a deck builder."
"The Starting Threat Level is really cool too. This added a nice amount of stress to the game, that made even a replay with the same cards feel different."
"Simple icons… thank you, thank you, thank you! As a designer and someone who publishes games, this is SO important on SO many levels. Well done with these."
"Beautiful artwork, the game is gorgeous."
"The Terror die/card mechanic is really cool, we all liked that a lot. It was a refreshing mechanic for a deck builder."
For anyone out there who designs games or creates stuff, I'm sure you know how nerve-racking it can be to receive feedback from respected people in your industry. This email was very encouraging, so I thought I'd share :)
Contest Winners + Version 1.1 + Party Games
almost 9 years ago
– Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 12:15:27 AM
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March Contest Winners
March's contest is over and we have randomly chosen 5 winners:
Koendert, Netherlands
Paul Bach, Germany
V. Lazaro Zamora, USA
Shawn Beatty, USA
Denan Tran, Canada
Each of these winners will be receiving a retail copy of Draconis Invasion in their mailbox. Thanks to all participants for your suggestions for the upcoming expansion Action card. I'll get you some extra news for the expansion soon.
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Play Version 1.1
The Draconis Invasion v1.1 game sessions have been excellent. More choices. More freedom. More fun. I'd love to hear feedback, so feel free to comment on our BGG forum: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/25468487#25468487
For the past few months I've been developing some fun new party games. Here is a video of a concept I playtested at Toronto's recent Play & Pub event. More exciting news on this game coming soon!
Rahdo, GAMA, Version 1.1, and Contest
about 9 years ago
– Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 12:32:05 AM
Rahdo Runs Through
Rahdo reviews has a BGG voting system. We need YOUR help. Please click and vote today (THUMBS) to get us on Rahdo's radar, here:
Last week I was in Vegas for my first GAMA show (Game Manufacturers Association) pitching Draconis Invasion into wider distribution. Had a blast and met lotsa great people. Good times.
Met some awesome folks in Vegas
Board game night at GAMA 2017
Announcing Version 1.1
We have something new and improved, called Version 1.1. This will be part of the future game releases. Thanks to all the playtesters and friends that helped make these changes. They are minor changes but I recommend you all play this 1.1 version. Check and try out the updated rules and PNP reference card, available here: bit.ly/DraconisInvasion-Rules
1. Fixed the potential misunderstanding in the rule book: The STARTING THREAT LEVEL only occurs once, at the start, and is never used again during that game.
2. To save on PNP printer ink, the main difference in the updated v1.1 rules:
- A-BCDE-F, where E and F are new, allowing the option to ELIMINATE/TRASH exactly 1 card from your hand on your turn. Then you may always end your turn with the option to FORWARD exactly 1 unused Gold card to the top of your deck.
- For a 2-player game, the game INCLUDES Casualty of War, and it ends when the Retreat card is revealed OR a player kills 9 Invaders.
Beta Expansion?
about 9 years ago
– Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 12:00:55 AM
Vote and Win
This month, we have a contest where 5 people will win a free copy of Draconis Invasion shipped to their house. Keep it! Play it! Gift it! Sell it! So many options :)
In case people hadn't checked, the winners of the last contest have their promo boards being shipped to them now!
Yauchy
Irox
A. Widmar
Thank you to everyone and their hilarious replies!
Online Beta Expansion?
We are considering a free beta Print-N-Play "teaser" Expansion Pack. The goal is to get some feedback on some of our new elements on BGG, while allowing our fans to play with new cards and get a taste of our new cards/mechanics. Is this a good idea? Let us know. https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1739844/pnp-beta-expansions-and-variants
