If you have ever wanted to bribe a dragon, Board Game Arena has you covered. Please Don't Burn My Village, Fireside Games' competitive card game set in the Castle Panic universe, arrived on the platform today and is free to play in your browser.
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See how it worksDesigned by Simon Weinberg, Please Don't Burn My Village flips Castle Panic's cooperative formula on its head. Instead of working together to defend your castle, you are bribing a greedy dragon with treasure to convince it to torch someone else's village instead of yours. On each turn, you spend treasure cards to appease the dragon, buy more loot from the black market, or draw from the deck. Card values shift depending on what is already in play, so reading the table matters as much as the cards in your hand.
The game supports 2 to 5 players and wraps up in about 20 minutes, slotting neatly into the filler gap between bigger games. If your group reaches for Love Letter or Skull when someone needs a break, this scratches a similar competitive itch with more card-value manipulation. It sits at a respectable 7.1 on BoardGameGeek from around 500 ratings, and the BGA release means you can try it for free before committing to the physical version.
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Set up your group for freeFireside Games is best known for the Castle Panic series and the upcoming Hotshots 2nd Edition, which hits Kickstarter on 21 April. If you enjoy quick, competitive card games with a healthy dose of spite, this one is worth 20 minutes of your evening. Head over to Board Game Arena to give it a go.
Sources: Board Game Arena | BoardGameGeek | Fireside Games
