Here Be Dragons
Step into the gaming world with Here Be Dragons, one of the top $4.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Marek Panczyk, this captivating Strategy game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 9+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 1st July 2021, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 4th August 2021.
Whether you have a liking for Strategy, Puzzle, games, Here Be Dragons is sure to keep you hooked!
User Ratings
Join the crowd of 23 gamers who have given their verdict on Here Be Dragons.
Ready to take on the adventure? Get Here Be Dragons now from the APP STORE.
Dive into Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons is a satirical turn-based strategy game featuring unique "living map" graphics, where you lead a group of crazed captains and eradicate legendary monsters in order to allow Christopher Columbus the discovery of the New World.
STORY
Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492. In 10 weeks. With 100 men. With 3 ships. This is a LIE!
Firstly, someone had to defeat kraken and tritons. Someone had to vanquish the Leviathan. Someone had to banish all the ghost ships. The information about these deeds is missing from the archives, and you can’t find it in any great statesmen’s memoir. The knowledge of the “Avant Armada” was completely erased by some bloody officials.
The people who took part in the expeditions were not sane people. Maniacs, psychos and common crackpots were forced by royal orders to eradicate Evil in the uncharted seas. “Here Be Dragons” describes these events.
GAMEPLAY
- Use original Dice Activation System to attack enemies, heal your crew, and upgrade the fleet.
- Collect and use Command Points to turn the tide of the encounter.
- Cross the seas with an ancient, living map, full of terrible creatures that want to devour you!
- Confront the most fierce beasts that ever lived: leviathans and krakens, predatory whales and lustful mermaids. Decimate tritons, awake Dagon, and then erase them from human memory.
SATIRE
- Meet an extraordinary company of weirdos, madmen and oddballs. Their vices and virtues fuel the journey.
- Experience clashes with bureaucratic machine. Don’t lose your mind when confronted by absurdities spewed by authorities and royal advisors.
- Sniff at pirates. Ignore the settlers. You are above them. You are a monster hunter traversing through the aqua incognita. Who cares if you are insane?
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Here Be Dragons on 4th August 2021:
Bug fixes thanks to users feedback within:
- Revive skill
- Maelstrom environment in the 13.1 scenario
Hear from the Players – Here Be Dragons Reviews
Find out what gamers are saying about Here Be Dragons:
Im a big fan of turn based strategy games, and this one didnt disappoint. We had to run through the tutorial levels again after a few levels because we didnt understand the subtleties of salvos and how to keep initiative (hint- sometimes its better to not choose a die rather than lose initiative). We beat the game on Fun so now Im playing again on Challenge. The dice throws are RNG so replayability is high. Im glad we downloaded this one!
And coming frequently in short sentences requiring touching to work through dialog that neither humorous nor really pertinent to actual gameplay. After a while it starts feeling like a slot machine mechanics. After about 20 minutes it starts getting annoying with tapping through the pointless dialogs.
This isnt a strategy game. Its a puzzle game. Theres no character/ship building. Its all the same for everyone who plays, regardless of their choices.
You could tell this game had a top-tier board game designer on deck. Red Zero introduces a novel dice-combat mechanic, and then artfully introduces an extensive series of levels, with each one presenting a distinct puzzle. The difficulty curve on Challenging mode is chefs kiss. You know how in some of those classic tactical RPGs, the introduction of characters and the switching of narrative threads makes the combat feel completely different? Somehow this game captures that feel. It creates an ongoing sense of anticipation that keeps it quite fresh throughout the games ample length. The writing is quite amusing to boot. Its a delightful game that deserves more attention.
We would recommend this to people who like strategy games. The characters are good, the game makes you think, and the graphics are nice. It can be very challenging, and if you have bad luck you can be screwed over. But, you can win rather easily at times.
It freezes. We are sure it will be a quick fix though, so it is otherwise an excellent game. The humor is great and the theme is well thought out.
This game is a blast with its strategic gameplay and its fun lore. We would definitely recommend buying it and trying it out, but we are disappointed that there isnt anymore to the game such as mini games. We think this game would be so much more if it could have pvp battles or perhaps a way to grow the grow a town through piracy. Overall, a great game, but it is lacking in something more.
This game is a fun new take on strategic combat. There is just a critical flaw that exists that causes the game to freeze randomly when switching between turns. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of randomized bad luck that makes for a good challenge and it becomes increasingly frustrating when it occurs one turn away from beating a challenging level. If the developer fixes the random freezes that occur (review is done on ipad pro), then we would recommend this game to anyone that enjoys strategic combat with a bit of character (or ship) building. Responding to Developer request for info. It has happened on various scenarios, 5 and 6, is where it really started getting frustrating. The freeze happens randomly when it switches between turn phases not from using any abilities, it just during the turn switch after hitting end turn.
We wish we werent saying this, but we’ve reached a point in this game that feels broken. Im on fun mode and reached sea cones that are just undefeatable. Its not a challenge, it cant be done, and if it can then Fun difficulty equals legendary difficulty for this game. Some nice elements here, but the game is broken.