Dragomino Rules

Dragomino is a game for 2 to 4 players, from 5 years old. You are a dragon trainer, whose objective is to discover as many baby dragons as possible on the dragon island.

Contents

  • 1 Mommy Dragon pawn,
  • 4 double-sided starting dominoes,
  • 28 exploration dominoes,
  • 69 Egg tokens.

Goal

  • To discover as many baby dragons as possible.

Setup

  • Assign each player a starting domino; this is the beginning of their exploration area.
  • Shuffle the Scouting Dominoes and place them in the game box.
  • Draw 4 Exploration Dominoes and line them up, face up, in the center of the table.
  • Place the Egg Chits by type around the Exploration Chips, egg side up.
  • Give the Dragon Mom token to the youngest player.

Go on an Expedition

  • Start with the player who has the Dragon Mom token.
  • Then play clockwise.
  • An expedition has as many rounds as there are players.
  • A round always consists of 2 steps: visiting the location and discovery.

How does a round go?

  1. Visit the place
  • Take 1 exploration domino from the ones lined up on the table.
  • Connect it to your starting domino to expand your exploration area.2. Discovery

Connect two landscapes of the same color

  • You win an egg of the same color.
  • Flip the token over and place it in the center of the two landscapes.
  • If it’s a dragon, you get 1 point.
  • If it’s a shell, you get the Mummy Dragon token.
  • You start the next round unless another player takes the token from you.

Connect two landscapes of different colors

  • End of your turn.

End of the expedition

  • Once all players have taken their turn.
  • Discard the remaining Exploration tiles.
  • Draw 4 new dominoes and line them up, face up, in the center of the table.

End of the Game

  • The game ends when all the Exploration tiles have been used.

Winning the game

  • The player with the most points is the winner.
  • 1 baby dragon is worth 1 point.
  • The last player to have the Mommy Dragon token gets 1 extra point.

In case of a tie

The player with the most shells wins the game.

The Thirsty Dragon Variant

  • Some exploration dominoes have a water point.
  • Make a connection of the same color with 1 water point.
  • Take 2 Dragon Chips of the same color and secretly look at what’s underneath.
  • Keep one and place it face up between the two dominoes.
  • Place the second one, egg side up, in the center of the table.

Official Rules in PDF

Discover the rules of Dragomino in pdf.