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2020 Ranked #13,932

The Damsel's Tale

Asymmetric strategy game has a dragon alert its mother while a knight tries to steal ancestral treasure. Distinct character cards and movement pieces create a tense contest of deception and pursuit.

Abstract Strategy Fantasy Series: Tinderbox Tales

Players

2-3

Play time

15-25 min

Age

13+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

6.83

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Damsel etiquette will tell you that you can never really trust a knight to save you properly, but as long as your dragon needs feeding, you should let them have a go.

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Damsel etiquette will tell you that you can never really trust a knight to save you properly, but as long as your dragon needs feeding, you should let them have a go. In the two-player asymmetrical strategy game The Damsel's Tale, the dragon is trying to alert his mother to the presence of a devious knight sent to steal from their ancestral treasure pile. Component Summary: 6 Red Knight cards 6 Baby Dragon cards 6 Mumma Dragon cards 2 Baby dragon meeples 2 Knight meeples 1 Foot meeple 6 2v1 Blue Knight cards 3 2v1 Red Knight cards 4 2v1 Baby Dragon cards 8 Special Knight Character cards 8 Special Dragon Character cards 1 Handicap card 4 Reference cards Bonus: Barmaids Tale Cinder Card Extra: Reinhald Card (The manufacturer made the card in the box incorrectly and had to reprint. One card is the same on both sides (this is the incorrect one) and the other has his title on one side)

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2–3
Play time
15–25 min
Age
13+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Paul Nicholas Josh Sommerfeld Alex Wynnter

Artists

2
Senitra Thompson Alex Wynnter

Publishers

1
Red Genie Games

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