About Daggers High
Daggers High is a board game about the competitive college admissions process.
What is Daggers High?
Daggers High is a board game about being a high school student battling through cutthroat college admissions.
How to Play
1. Play an Event Card from your hand
2. Take actions equal to the number in the top left corner
3. Win by having the most resume points!
Reviews
Unfiltered Gamer:
Jambalaya Plays Games:
Blue Giant Media:
Gaming Trend:
Gaming Trend's Review“Daggers High is an enjoyable tabletop that evokes feelings of high school nostalgia. The plentiful actions and tactical gameplay are engaging. The charming design and nature of the set pieces will put a smile on your face.”
Codi Spence, Author at Gaming Trend
Kickstarter Campaign
Daggers High launched on Kickstarter on May 28th, 2019. It stopped short of the $10,000 goal, raising $2257 from 57 backers.
Board Game Geek Page
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260548/daggers-high
Rulebook
https://jorgezhang.com/2018/12/15/rulebook-edits-please/
Where else can I get Daggers High?
Play Online on Tabletop Simulator
Click here to download the files: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1631560486
You will need to buy Tabletop Simulator, but after that you can play all sorts of board games online with your friends. And now, you can play Daggers High too!
Buy on The Game Crafter
I put Daggers High on The Game Crafter. Each time someone wants a copy of Daggers High, one will be printed on the spot. While it means no longer having the advantage of economy of scale, I was able to bring the costs down this way since it means not needing to make a print run of over 1000 copies in order to make the game. The cost comes out to about $37 before shipping, and you can find it here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/daggers-highschool
Fair warning: this is an abridged version of the game. In order to keep costs down, several significant things had to be done:
- No Game Box
- Removed the FUN entirely (and all associated event cards)
- Removed Essays entirely (and all associated event cards)
- Removed Achievements entirely
- Cut 6 Clubs, 6 Influence Cards, and 12 Event Cards
- 25 small cubes instead of 36 per player. No medium cubes included.
- Removed dice.
- Removed special characters
- Smaller player boards
- I make 0 profit off of sales
If you want the full, unabridged version of the game, buy one from me! I may still have some copies left from the original printing.
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Rules FAQ
Does it cost an action to use a Teacher Ability?
Do yearly Club Effects occur before Student Government President moves?
Yes. Yearly club effects occur at the end of the year, while Student Government President moves at the beginning of the year.
What if there is a tie in friends for Student Government President?
Does the effect of Senioritis kick in when played, or at any time?
No. It does, however, cost teacher influence.
It stays with the person who currently owns it.
At any time. So, a player who previously had less than 6 Happiness but later regained some can study again.