Dwarves in Trouble
Dwarves in Trouble Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Objective
The aim of the game is to dispose of the gold completely or to have the fewest Gold tokens the moment the Dragon arrives. As we know, dragons have the sixth sense that helps them localise gold and valuables. The dragon will focus on the most greedy treasure hunters. The arrival of the beast will cause such a confusion that only one dwarf will be able to escape and others will be burnt to ashes.
Contents
- 89 Cards
- 110 Coins
- Manual
Cards
There are three kinds of cards in deck:
- Dwarf cards - the ones you play in your round. (Coin icon)
- Counteraction - the ones you play to respond to other players' cards' effects. (Shield icon)
- Dragon's card
Each card has its own name (usually a dwarf quotation) and a graphic symbol of its effects.
Game Setup
Shuffle the cards carefully. Put the Dragon card at the bottom of the Deck.
Each player collects 20 gold tokens and draws 4 cards from the top of the Deck. Place the remaining gold next to the deck. From now on it is called the Dragon's Treasure.
Game Overview
The person who is most generous starts the game. Continue playing your turns clockwise. At the beginning of his or her turn each player draws a number of cards so they have a total of 4 cards in their hands.
In their turns the players can:
- play any number of cards and resolve its effects,
- discard any number of cards.
Important: The amount of gold and number of cards is known to all the players during the whole game.
Symbol Descriptions
The red "?" on each symbol marks the amount of coins or cards; the manual does not give a fixed value for it.
- Give ? coins to one of the players. (Icon: one dwarf gives ? x coins to another dwarf.)
- Each dwarf gives ? coins to a choosen player. (Icon: several dwarves give ? x coins to one dwarf.)
- Give any player ? coins from the Dragon's Treasure. (Icon: the Dragon's Treasure gives ? x coins to a dwarf.)
- Throw ? coins to the Dragon's Treasue. (Icon: one dwarf gives ? x coins to the Dragon's Treasure.)
- Each player throws ? coins to the Dragon's Treasure. (Icon: several dwarves give ? x coins to the Dragon's Treasure.)
- Take 1 card from any player's hand. (Icon: a hand of cards is taken by a dwarf.)
- Discard 1 card from any player's hand. (Icon: a card from a hand is discarded.)
- Pass the gold you have just been given to another player. (Icon: a dwarf passes the coins it was given on to another dwarf.)
- Divide the gold you have just been given among other players. (Icon: a dwarf divides the coins it was given among several other dwarves.)
- Cancel passing the gold. (Icon: passing the gold is crossed out.)
- Draw 2 additional cards.
- Cancel any card's effect.