Druid: Strategy Card Game

Players: 2-5

Ages: 10+

Time:  45 minutes

Times Played: 2 times with a review copy

I came home from Essen with several new card games, all of which I was excited to try.  I couldn’t seem to get anyone to play Druids, though. “Oh, I don’t hear good things about that one” they’d say, and we’d move on to another game. Some of the other card games did indeed turn out to be not so great, and I stopped bringing this to game day, figuring it was as mediocre as the others.  A few months passed and, as I was packing for a game convention with a flea market, I threw this in the bag, figuring if nothing else I could sell it. Thankfully I was able to recruit some players and give it a try, because I quite enjoyed it – and is often the case, it is best not to listen to negative reviews from people who have yet to try a game.

Druids is a card game for 3 to 5 players. While the box and the art look somewhat similar to Wizard, the game play is different.  Players are novice druids learning how to control different domains while at the same time learning to pace themselves and not try to control too much.