Reading Dragons & Friends
At Fraser Public Library
What is Reading Dragons?
Started at the Dover Public Library in Dover, Ohio, Reading Dragons is a collectable card game that rewards you for reading! Cards range from dragons to other mythical creatures, like unicorns and griffins. You can battle players with your cards, or collect them just for fun!
When you first sign up at the library, you will get a collector's card box, three starter cards of each element type, a rules card, a reading tracker and an egg checklist.
How do I earn dragons?
Dragons are mostly earned through reading books using the reading tracker, although some may be available by participation in library events and programming.
Each month, a reader can earn up to 4 mythical creatures, and evolve them to adult form. A card is earned by reading 30 minutes. A reader can then choose to earn a new creature or evolve a current creature from that month’s list of creatures.
Bring your tracker to the library desk, and a librarian will help you get your cards and mark the row after you collect your cards.
Reading dragons are only available to play with us from September until April. Dragons go on a 3-month summer vacation every year, and return again in September.
Use your Dragons to Battle your Friends!
You can play two different games using your Reading Dragon cards! Just make sure you write your name on your cards so nothing gets lost.
Simple:
Rock, Paper, Scissors
To play, you and a friend each choose one card secretly, keeping it hidden so your friend can't see what you chose. Then count to 3 and both of you flip over your cards to see who wins.
Fire beats Leaf
Leaf beats Water
Water beats Fire
If you have the same color you tie.
Complicated: Mythical Battle
You will need a stack of cards to play. You and a friend take both of your decks, mix them up, and count out the same number of cards into two stacks. One of these stacks will be your stack of cards for the game.
Make sure to keep your stack face down so your friend can’t see your cards! Pull the top card off of your stack to play.
Just like the basic game you will count to 3 before flipping your cards over.
Look at the age of the cards to see who wins:
Adult > Teen > Baby > Egg
If the cards are the same age then look at the element:
Fire beats Leaf
Leaf beats Water
Water beats Fire
If your cards tie (same age and element) then you will continue your battle!!
V.S.
Example 1: We have an Egg Leaf creature versus a Teen Water creature.
Teen beats Egg
Mythical Battle Continues
You and your friend will put 2 cards face down, and on the count of 3, pull a card from the top of your stack and place it face up. Look at the age and element to see who wins. The winner takes all the cards from the battle and adds them to their stack.
The game ends when someone runs out of cards to play.
Whoever has the most cards in their win pile, is the winner!
Don’t forget to sort out your cards at the end.
V.S.
Example 2: We have a Teen Fire creature versus an Teen Fire creature
Since both are the same age and element the Mythical Battle continues