2023John Cadice, Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski
- Videos
- 28
- Creators
- 9
2 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight

2023Rick Perez
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Whelps to Wyrms is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Explore the new world as a dragon hatchling! Players compete with each other to see who can amass the greatest horde of gold. As they gain experience and grow into larger and more capable dragons they will also face the challenge of slayers. With only 9 rounds to play it will be a tight race to see who can be most infamous Wyrm! On your turn you will take actions that include search, eat, move, explore, raze, and fight. The explore action will allow you to draw new tiles to expand the play area. The search action will let you draw an event for a specific tile, which may be a fort, ruins, or a farm. These farms and forts may be razed for gold, or you can eat the livestock they produce to grow and gain experience. Experience can be used to grow your dragon, from whelp to drake, and then to a mighty wyrm! You will also use experience to unlock and upgrade skills for your dragon. Each dragon has several unique skills that only they can use, no two dragons are exactly the same. Each new round will start by introducing a new slayer to the board. The player who's turn it is to go first will control this slayer for the rest of the time it remains on the board. These slayers come in a variety of forms, from the simple bandit chieftain, to the mighty heroes of legend. Defeat these slayers and you will earn gold and experience, fail and you will have some of your actions crippled for a time. Throughout the 9 rounds there will be new objectives introduced that will give players chances to earn more gold as they complete them. Whoever ultimately ends up with the most gold at the end of the game wins!
Whelps to Wyrms has 10 videos from 7 creators: 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2016 to March 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Whelps to Wyrms - How to Play and Overview - KS Prototype" by Let's Level Up, which runs 26 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Whelps to Wyrms Review" by UndeadVikingVideos. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Whelps to Wyrms Gamefound Preview Gameplay & First Impressions | @SpyglassG" by Gettin' Jiggly Board Games.
If you like it, try Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone, Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, Deep Madness or Secrets of the Lost Tomb, which share several of its mechanics.
2023John Cadice, Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski
2 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
2019Jonathan Ying
2 - 5 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2018Chauncey, Roger Ho
1 - 6 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2015Christopher Batarlis, Jim Samartino
1 - 6 players120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Explore the new world as a dragon hatchling! Players compete with each other to see who can amass the greatest horde of gold. As they gain experience and grow into larger and more capable dragons they will also face the challenge of slayers. With only 9 rounds to play it will be a tight race to see who can be most infamous Wyrm! On your turn you will take actions that include search, eat, move, explore, raze, and fight. The explore action will allow you to draw new tiles to expand the play area. The search action will let you draw an event for a specific tile, which may be a fort, ruins, or a farm. These farms and forts may be razed for gold, or you can eat the livestock they produce to grow and gain experience. Experience can be used to grow your dragon, from whelp to drake, and then to a mighty wyrm! You will also use experience to unlock and upgrade skills for your dragon. Each dragon has several unique skills that only they can use, no two dragons are exactly the same. Each new round will start by introducing a new slayer to the board. The player who's turn it is to go first will control this slayer for the rest of the time it remains on the board. These slayers come in a variety of forms, from the simple bandit chieftain, to the mighty heroes of legend. Defeat these slayers and you will earn gold and experience, fail and you will have some of your actions crippled for a time. Throughout the 9 rounds there will be new objectives introduced that will give players chances to earn more gold as they complete them. Whoever ultimately ends up with the most gold at the end of the game wins!
Designer
Rick Perez
Artists
JJ Ariosa, Peter Wocken
Publisher
Lamp Light Games Inc
Categories
Mechanics