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2002 Ranked #4,927

Fist of Dragonstones

Fantasy auctions with teeth: hide your bid, call the bluff, and collect the dragonstones before your gold runs dry.

Auction / Bidding Auction: Sealed Bid Bluffing Set Collection

Players

3-6

Play time

45-60 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.86/5

Rating

6.15

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy
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Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.8/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 5.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.4/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.7/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 15 min
Recommended edition Fist of Dragonstones – Days of Wonder English edition (2002)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Bid hidden gold and silver for character powers, collect enchanted stones, and race to complete the Dragon Scepter.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Set Collection

Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Auction / Bidding

Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
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Fist of Dragonstones is a sealed-bid auction game of bluff, timing, and magical favors. Each round reveals a lineup of characters, and players secretly commit gold and silver coins to win their powers. Some characters provide income, others steal or protect resources, and the most important convert money into colored dragonstones. Because spent gold is scarce while silver returns after every auction, the table must judge when a rival is bluffing and when a character is worth a costly push. Assemble the required stones first to claim victory.

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Category

3
Bluffing Fantasy Medieval

Mechanism

3
Auction / Bidding Auction: Sealed Bid Set Collection

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Fist of Dragonstones – Days of Wonder English edition (2002) 2002 English Days of Wonder / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (23)

Play and group

Players
3–6
Play time
45–60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.9/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 15 min Source
Teardown time
About 10 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; a session completes in about an hour. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
The original Days of Wonder edition is a social sealed-bid auction game; bluffing and reading opponents matter more as the player count rises. Source
Recommended edition
Fist of Dragonstones – Days of Wonder English edition (2002) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Observed
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
No Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Recommended Original Days Of Wonder English Edition; The Tavern Edition Is A Later Reimplementation Rather Than A Component Compatible Expansion. Source

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Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Bruno Faidutti Michael Schacht

Artists

2
Cyrille Daujean Julien Delval

Publishers

1
Days of Wonder

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