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Droo, A Stonehenge Party Game by Rich Hutnik

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2–100 players. According to Richard Garfield, as stated in the rules to Magic of Stonehenge, the Celtic word for beard is Droo. By coincidence, there is a cardgame, called Barbu, that is made up of multiple other games, that is named after the French word for bearded (barbu). This game is a Stonehenge game along the lines of Barbu.

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Droo, A Stonehenge Party Game by Rich Hutnik

Stonehenge, by its very nature, lends to a lot of games being created for it. I wanted to have metagame that would tie multiple games for Stonehenge together into one game. Barbu, the cardgame, is a game consisting of multiple games under one metagame. Barbu means bearded in French. Since Richard Garfield in Magic of Stonehenge states the Celtic word for beard is Droo, it is only natural that this game bear the name Droo.

Game Rules

Number of players: 2–100

Object of the game: The object of the game is to score the most amount of points after playing a set number of rounds, each consisting of a unique game.

Getting Started

Equipment: The components needed for each game to be played.
The rules for each game.
A way to record score.

Setup: Players divide up evenly into a number of teams of an equal number of players (all teams could consist with as little as one player). Make sure there is sufficient number of games for the number of teams in the game. The teams collectively vote on which game will be used as a tiebreaker game. This game may be played once during a round, and reused as a tiebreaker.

Randomly pick which team will be the first team to pick a game. That team picks one unselected game, for which the rules are present, along with the needed components. That team selects one of its members to play the selected game for that round. Each other team then selects one of its members to play that game. The team selecting the game also picks which variant of the game rules will be used, provided those rules allow all teams to participate.

Playing the Game

The selected game is played normally as if the game is being played standalone. Once game is over teach team scores according to the place they finished in the game.
First place scores 5 points. Second place scores 4 points. Third place scores 3 points. Fourth place scores 2 points. Fifth place scores one point. Sixth or worse scores no points. It is possible a game may have a first place finish In that case, that team alone scores 5 points, and all other teams score no points. Same would go if there was only a first or second place. First place scores 5 points, second place 4.

The team that won a game for a round then selects a new game, that hasn't been played yet, to be played for the next round. There are as many rounds as teams in the game, with each round playing a different game. A member of a team may play more than round for a team.

Ending the Game

Once all rounds are played, tally up the score. In event of a tie, the team that won the most games win. If there is still a tie, these teams that are tied play a last game, selected before game began, to determine the winning team.


Rich Hutnik is a regular on Board Game Geek, contributing far too many Geeklists to that website. He is also a creator of an excess amount of games for Stonehenge. Droo is an attempt by Rich to come up with a way to play multiple Stonehenge games as one game.

This rule set is for use with Stonehenge: An Anthology Board Game?Ñ¢ from Paizo Publishing. Stonehenge may be purchased at paizo.com or at your favorite local game store. © 2009 Paizo Publishing, LLC. Titanic Games, its logo, and Anthology Board Game are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. All rights reserved. This contribution was made under the Anthology Board Game Library Agreement, whose conditions apply to the material in this document. For more free Stonehenge rule sets, visit the Stonehenge Library at paizo.com/stonehengelibrary.

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