The Games
Druid's Duel
Designer: Jonathan Leistiko
Publisher: Invisible City Productions
Type: Card
Status: Free
Available from:
http://www.invisible-city.com/play/470
Druid’s Duel is a quick card game I made up for the Board Game Designer’s Forum’s Game Design Challenge for November ’07. In Druid’s Duel, you’re a druid competing with other druids in a shape changing contest to display your wits and prowess. The druid who best adapts to the tactics of his or her opponents becomes the new head of the Circle. Everyone starts the game with a full had of strategy cards. Each round you secretly pick a shape (lion, peacock, or jackrabbit) and a strategy card to play. When shapes are revealed, you may or may not get to discard your strategy card, depending on the shapes and strategies of your opponents. If you’re the first one to discard all of your strategy cards, you win.
Druid’s Duel is a game for two to four players. Druid’s Duel uses a standard Poker deck. A four-player game takes about 30 minutes to play. I estimate that Druid’s Duel is appropriate for ages 13 and up.