Boss Battle: a Solo Game for Reading Dragons and Friends

Click the image to watch a video showing how to play Boss Battle.

Boss Battle was created to give players a solo option for playing with their Reading Dragons cards when they don't have someone to play with them.

I am including printable pdfs for the rules, boss cards, heart tokens, constructable die, and player turn reference cards.

Players will need to have 3 complete sets of cards; one set in each element. A complete set includes an egg, baby, teen and adult card.

Summary

To win against the boss, players will cover each of the 9 squares on the boss card by playing cards that match the requirement of each square. Players may lose the game if they lose all 6 health tokens. Click on the image above to watch a video teaching you how to play the game.

Printable Files

Boss Battle Cards, Tokens and Constructable Die (1 page)

Boss Battle Rules (1 page)

Boss Battle Player Turn Reference Cards (2 pages, print double sided, prints 9 cards)

YOU WILL NEED

1 - Boss card

1 - 6 sided die

12- hearts total

       6 to track your health

       9 to mark off Boss card squares

1 - deck of 12 cards containing:

      1 set of fire cards, 

      1 set of water cards

      1 set of plant cards.

SET UP

Place the boss card in front of you. 

Place 9  hearts beside the boss card to mark off squares on the card. 

Place the 6 sided die beside the boss card.

Shuffle your deck of cards and place it beside you.

Place 6 hearts beside your deck to represent your health. 

GOAL OF THE GAME

To win you must cover all 9 squares on the boss card with crystals. To cover a square you must play a card that matches a square on the boss card. Beware! The boss fights back. If you lose all 6 of your health crystals you will lose the game.

PLAYER TURN

Draw 3 cards.

Play 2 Cards to Use 2 Actions

ATTACK the Boss!

• Discard a card that matches one of the squares on the Boss. 

• Put a crystal on that square.

HEAL

• Discard a PLANT Card to HEAL 2 hearts You cannot have more that 6 health.

PROTECT

• Discard a WATER Card to Stop 1 Damage on Boss’s NEXT Attack

SWAP

• Discard a FIRE Card to DRAW a new card from the top of you deck. (This does not count as an action, you can still play 2 cards.)

Once you have completed 2 actions discard your last card.

BOSS TURN

The Boss Attacks!

Roll the die.

Do the action on the Boss card that matches the number you rolled.

Attacks will remove crystals from your health pool.

Repeat until you win or lose!