StrategyFit check
Is Here Be Dragons worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want dice-based actions instead of direct real-time combat
- Players who enjoy monster-hunting campaigns with satirical historical framing
- Fans of unusual sea settings who want fleet upgrades and encounter modifiers
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat may bounce off the turn-based encounter structure
- Players wanting a straightforward historical narrative may dislike the deliberately absurd satire and unstable cast
- Players looking for a conventional naval simulation may find the focus on monsters, characters, and encounter effects too narrow
Our take on Here Be Dragons
The bounce point is the dice activation system: players who want direct control over every attack, heal, or fleet improvement may hit a wall when encounter actions depend on available dice. The Ink and Errata layer adds another resource decision before the campaign's monster hunts can proceed.
What is Here Be Dragons?
Lead a group of eccentric captains through a satirical campaign set before Christopher Columbus's voyage.
The turn-based strategy gameplay uses a dice activation system for attacking enemies, healing the crew, and improving the fleet. Ink and Errata provide additional ways to alter encounters. Travel across an animated map populated by sea creatures, including leviathans, krakens, predatory whales, mermaids, tritons, Dagon, and ghost ships. The narrative presents the expedition as a suppressed chapter of history, involving royal orders, bureaucratic absurdity, pirates, settlers, and a crew of unstable characters whose personal traits affect the journey.
How Here Be Dragons plays
- 01Dice-Driven Actions
- Dice determine opportunities to attack foes, restore crew health, and develop the fleet during encounters.
- 02Ink And Errata
- Collected Ink and Errata can be spent to change how encounters unfold.
- 03Living Sea Map
- The expedition crosses an animated ocean map filled with creatures that threaten the crew.
- 04Satirical Expedition
- The campaign frames monster hunting through absurd authorities, royal advisors, pirates, settlers, and unstable captains.
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Here Be Dragons: platforms & release
Is Here Be Dragons worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want dice-based actions instead of direct real-time combat. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat may bounce off the turn-based encounter structure.
Where can I download Here Be Dragons?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Here Be Dragons's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Here Be Dragons on?
Windows and macOS.
