Dragonslayer is a board game published in 1981 by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI), adapting the same year's fantasy film of the same name for tabletop play. Designed by Brad Hessel and Redmond A. Simonsen, it seats two to four players who take the roles of rival magicians racing to free the imagined kingdom of Urland from the dragon Vermithrax Pejorative. Play unfolds across a large 17 by 22 inch map of Urland using more than 100 die-cut counters, with a separate battle display resolving confrontations between the magicians' forces and the dragon. A contemporary reviewer, David Ladyman, called it a simple but imaginative game likely to appeal to fans of the film, while noting its price sat high relative to the physical components included.
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Dragonslayer is a board game published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1981 that is based on the movie of the same name.
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It was released in 1981.
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Dragonslayer is a game for 2-4 players in which the players are magicians competing to free the fictional land of Urland from its last dragon, Vermithrax Pejorative.
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Dragonslayer is a game for 2-4 players in which the players are magicians competing to free the fictional land of Urland from its last dragon, Vermithrax Pejorative.
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