Please Don’t Burn My Village!

About this board game

Please Don’t Burn My Village! is a 30-minute treasure-management and push-your-luck game for 2–5 players, set in the world of Castle Panic. A fearsome dragon threatens every village, and only the player who best times their bribes can hope to survive.

Players use treasure cards to influence what the dragon values most. Sets placed in front of you become bribes, while cards such as a barbarian’s axe or a phoenix feather can help shift treasure values in your favor. Each bribe also adds more cards to the black market, creating new opportunities—and new risks—for everyone.

• Bribe the dragon: Play cards in sets, advance the matching treasure’s value, and reveal more cards for the black market.
• Visit the black market: Pay the required number of cards to take treasures from a stall, while reducing the value of a matching treasure.
• Draw a card: Keep your options open without changing the dragon’s favor.

The number of cards played determines how far treasure values move. This makes every decision matter: strengthen a valuable set, undermine an opponent’s treasure, or hold cards for a better opportunity. Other villagers are pursuing the same plan, so the dragon’s favor can change quickly.

Every bribe triggers a tense reveal from the deck. Cards enter the black market until a matching card or wild appears; if the deck runs out first, the game ends immediately. Players then add cards from their hands to bribes when they match treasures they have already played.

In Please Don’t Burn My Village!, the player with the highest final score earns the dragon’s favor and spares their village from disaster.