Pillage the Village is a 2-6 player game where each player takes on the role of a dragon competing to build the largest hoard of gold and not get slain by the knight at the end of the game.

Using a phase system the game players act simultaneously rather than taking turns adding chaos to the feel of play. Each player can generally perform one of three actions each round. Pillage the Village, which guarantees more gold but you also become more threatening to the villagers increasing your likely hood of being killed. Steal From another dragon which gives you a chance at taking gold from another player with the risk of raising threat. And Protect Your Lair, which prevents other dragons from stealing from you and lowers your threat level as the villagers didn't see you flying about.

More elements of randomization are adding in with all gold earnings being based on dice rolls and treasure cards which have rules altering effects to keep games fresh and interesting.

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