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Dragon Parade

Dragon Parade

2007·Reiner Knizia

2 - 5 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

Dragon Parade is a simple game by Reiner Knizia which is played on a small, beautifully decorated board depicting Chinese New Year fireworks in and around the Forbidden City. Players alternate playing cards to move the dragon pawn back and forth along the street in front of the Forbidden Palace: red cards to move it one direction, yellow to move it the other. Each player gets a random hand of six movement cards and will play only four of them before the dragon's final position is settled. Players individually deploy their three pawns ("street sellers") somewhere along the red/yellow number line, one at a time after each of the first three cards played, in the effort to be nearest to the dragon once it stops moving. Then coins (VP) are collected by each street seller depending on proximity to the dragon, the top payoff of 5 going only to the pawn on the exact same space. You play as many hands as there are players, with each player going first once. It's a game of groupthink and should move pretty quickly once everyone gives in to the idea that it's not an exact science!

Dragon Parade

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Reiner Knizia's DRAGON PARADE Board Game Review + How To Play Tutorial E32:A Charming Game of Chance17:41

Reiner Knizia's DRAGON PARADE Board Game Review + How To Play Tutorial E32:A Charming Game of Chance

Undiscovered Games

Undiscovered Games

Review

Bower's Game Corner #14: Dragon Parade Review7:20

Bower's Game Corner #14: Dragon Parade Review

Bower's Game Corner

Bower's Game Corner

Which Dragon Parade video should I watch?

Dragon Parade has 4 videos from 4 creators: 3 reviews and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from 2012 to April 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Reiner Knizia's DRAGON PARADE Board Game Review + How To Play Tutorial E32:A Charming Game of Chance" by Undiscovered Games, which runs 18 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Bower's Game Corner #14: Dragon Parade Review" by Bower's Game Corner. 3 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Ra, Rebirth, The Quest for El Dorado and My City, also by Reiner Knizia.

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Bower's Game Corner #14: Dragon Parade ReviewReview7:20

Bower's Game Corner #14: Dragon Parade Review

Bower's Game Corner

Bower's Game Corner

Why you Should be Playing: Dragon ParadeReview7:30

Why you Should be Playing: Dragon Parade

Castle Archon

Castle Archon

Reiner Knizia's DRAGON PARADE Board Game Review + How To Play Tutorial E32:A Charming Game of ChanceHow to play17:41

Reiner Knizia's DRAGON PARADE Board Game Review + How To Play Tutorial E32:A Charming Game of Chance

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Undiscovered Games

Knizia in 5 Minutes. 38 Dragon ParadeReview4:41

Knizia in 5 Minutes. 38 Dragon Parade

Doug Adams

Doug Adams

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Castle Archon
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Doug Adams
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About Dragon Parade

From BoardGameGeek:

Dragon Parade is a simple game by Reiner Knizia which is played on a small, beautifully decorated board depicting Chinese New Year fireworks in and around the Forbidden City. Players alternate playing cards to move the dragon pawn back and forth along the street in front of the Forbidden Palace: red cards to move it one direction, yellow to move it the other. Each player gets a random hand of six movement cards and will play only four of them before the dragon's final position is settled. Players individually deploy their three pawns ("street sellers") somewhere along the red/yellow number line, one at a time after each of the first three cards played, in the effort to be nearest to the dragon once it stops moving. Then coins (VP) are collected by each street seller depending on proximity to the dragon, the top payoff of 5 going only to the pawn on the exact same space. You play as many hands as there are players, with each player going first once. It's a game of groupthink and should move pretty quickly once everyone gives in to the idea that it's not an exact science!

Designer

Reiner Knizia

Artist

Josh Cappel

Publisher

Piatnik

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