Here Be Dragons is a satirical turn-based strategy game featuring unique "living map" graphics, where you lead a group of crazed captains and eradicate legendary monsters in order to allow Christopher Columbus the discovery of the New World.
STORY
Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492. In 10 weeks. With 100 men. With 3 ships. This is a LIE!
Firstly, someone had to defeat kraken and tritons. Someone had to vanquish the Leviathan. Someone had to banish all the ghost ships. The information about these deeds is missing from the archives, and you can’t find it in any great statesmen’s memoir. The knowledge of the “Avant Armada” was completely erased by some bloody officials.
The people who took part in the expeditions were not sane people. Maniacs, psychos and common crackpots were forced by royal orders to eradicate Evil in the uncharted seas. “Here Be Dragons” describes these events.
GAMEPLAY
* Use original Dice Activation System to attack enemies, heal your crew, and upgrade the fleet.
* Collect and use Command Points to turn the tide of the encounter.
* Cross the seas with an ancient, living map, full of terrible creatures that want to devour you!
* Confront the most fierce beasts that ever lived: leviathans and krakens, predatory whales and lustful mermaids. Decimate tritons, awake Dagon, and then erase them from human memory.
SATIRE
* Meet an extraordinary company of weirdos, madmen and oddballs. Their vices and virtues fuel the journey.
* Experience clashes with bureaucratic machine. Don’t lose your mind when confronted by absurdities spewed by authorities and royal advisors.
* Sniff at pirates. Ignore the settlers. You are above them. You are a monster hunter traversing through the aqua incognita. Who cares if you are insane?
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Is Here Be Dragons free?
Here Be Dragons is not free (it costs 5.99), however it doesn't contain in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Here Be Dragons legit?
🤔 The Here Be Dragons app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
He jugado los niveles de tutorial varias veces para entender bien la mecánica. Aún así, al llegar al primer nivel real no hay manera de pasarlo, ni bajando la dificultad. Habré jugado al menos 25 partidas y ni me he acercado a derrotar a los 3 rivales. El juego depende demasiado de la aleatoriedad de los dados, y dan una posibilidad de cambiar algún dado de vez en cuando, pero en la práctica tiene muy poco impacto en el juego. Una pena, porque gráficamente el juego es muy chulo.
Obra maestra!!!
Divertidísimo!!!, gran jugabilidad y muy sencillo de manejar, sin embargo necesitarás mucha calentura de cerebro para utilizar sabiamente los recursos de dados y poderes (acciones) disponibles para progresar , el enemigo es poderoso y te dará mucha guerra. Da un subidón cuando vas derrotando a los enemigos estudiando sus puntos fuertes y débiles y como aprovecharlos. Gráficos sencillos pero muy bien diseñados y muy divertidos. Todo está muy animado y con muchos sonidos y una música preciosa como banda sonora de presentación. Mucha variación de batallas y combinación de enemigos, no te aburres. Si sigues la historia y los diálogos son tronchantes y cómicos. La verdad que es un juego que no puede faltar en una buena colección. Para disfrutar jugando a tope. Enhorabuena al creador, gran trabajo!!!!.
The dialog is superfluous to game play…
…and coming frequently in short sentences requiring touching to work through dialog that neither humorous nor really pertinent to actual gameplay. After a while it starts feeling like a slot machine mechanics. After about 20 minutes it starts getting annoying with tapping through the pointless dialogs.
Challenging but beatable!
I’m a big fan of turn based strategy games, and this one didn’t disappoint. I had to run through the tutorial levels again after a few levels because I didn’t understand the subtleties of salvos and how to keep initiative (hint- sometimes it’s better to not choose a die rather than lose initiative). I beat the game on “Fun” so now I’m playing again on “Challenge”. The dice throws are RNG so replayability is high. I’m glad I downloaded this one!
This is a puzzle game
This isn’t a strategy game. It’s a puzzle game. There’s no character/ship building. It’s all the same for everyone who plays, regardless of their choices.
Excellent but…
It freezes. I am sure it will be a quick fix though, so it is otherwise an excellent game. The humor is great and the theme is well thought out.
Quite good
You could tell this game had a top-tier board game designer on deck. Red Zero introduces a novel dice-combat mechanic, and then artfully introduces an extensive series of levels, with each one presenting a distinct puzzle. The difficulty curve on Challenging mode is *chef’s kiss*.
You know how in some of those classic tactical RPGs, the introduction of characters and the switching of narrative threads makes the combat feel completely different? Somehow this game captures that feel. It creates an ongoing sense of anticipation that keeps it quite fresh throughout the game’s ample length.
The writing is quite amusing to boot.
It’s a delightful game that deserves more attention.
Good effort but broken game
I wish I weren’t saying this, but I’ve reached a point in this game that feels broken. I’m on fun mode and reached sea cones that are just undefeatable. It’s not a challenge, it can’t be done, and if it can then Fun difficulty equals legendary difficulty for this game. Some nice elements here, but the game is broken.
Fun Game When It doesn’t Freeze
This game is a fun new take on strategic combat. There is just a critical flaw that exists that causes the game to freeze randomly when switching between turns. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of randomized bad luck that makes for a good challenge and it becomes increasingly frustrating when it occurs one turn away from beating a challenging level. If the developer fixes the random freezes that occur (review is done on ipad pro), then I would recommend this game to anyone that enjoys strategic combat with a bit of character (or ship) building.
Responding to Developer request for info. It has happened on various scenarios, 5 and 6, is where it really started getting frustrating. The freeze happens randomly when it switches between turn phases not from using any abilities, it just during the turn switch after hitting end turn.
A really good strategy game
I would recommend this to people who like strategy games. The characters are good, the game makes you think, and the graphics are nice. It can be very challenging, and if you have bad luck you can be screwed over. But, you can win rather easily at times.