
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,774
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters
- 2–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 2015

Rules assistance for Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares
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Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares is an expansion for Arena: The Contest released in 2020 for 1–8 players and ages 14 and up. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Player Elimination, and Dice Rolling.
This hardcover 300-page book potentializes the rich world carefully built to harbor Arena: the Contest, Tanares Adventures, and Dungeons of Tanares projects, turning it into a full Campaign Setting for your favorite RPG sessions. What is unique about the setting is that each Dragon is responsible for major shifts and differences in the landscape, characteristics, climate, and history of their region. And you, as the Dungeon Master, must choose whether each of the five Dragons, who hide in hibernation throughout the world, start the game alive or dead. In the end, you will get one of sixty-four possible combinations of scenarios. Then, you can develop a story in which players must investigate the remaining Dragons’ legend, discover the location of their lairs, and slay them in an epic fight. But you can do much more than that. There is even a scenario in which all Dragons are dead, and you need to make the characters deal with one of the multiple corresponding consequences to tanarian society, the political atmosphere, and more. With hundreds of unique pieces of artwork and the background of locations and characters (possibilities for either PCs or NPCs), you will have everything you need to inspire an epic, unforgettable campaign with your friends. —description from the publisher
Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares supports 1–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Dice, and Miniatures. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Player Elimination, and Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Arena: The Contest – Dragons of Tanares as an expansion for Arena: The Contest. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Arena: The Contest to use it. Check that your edition of Arena: The Contest is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.