I saw this game on Wil Wheaton's "Tabletop" web show and was immediately hooked. If you haven't seen it already, go there NOW. [...]
The premise is that you (and up to 7 other players) are dragons, flying around the board. You place a tile on the board and place your dragon on one of the lines printed on the tile. You then move your dragon along the line to the end of the tile. Everyone else does this on their turns. On your next turn, you place another tile adjacent to the one you played previously, so that the lines of the two tiles line up. You then move your dragon along the new line until it terminates. The winner of the game is the one who stays on the board the longest. That's it.
While it sounds boring and simple, the game has some strategy involved. The tiles drawn are random, so it's very possible to draw three tiles that ultimately throw you off the board; or could throw an opponent off. You must plan ahead to ensure that you don't get put into such a position. However, there's not much use in planning more than 1-2 moves in advance, as your opponents' moves will (near the end of the game) greatly affect your plays.
With more than 4-5 players, the game would get hectic very quickly. I've only played with 4 people, but it was still really fun. The first 4-5 turns are relatively boring, as the other players' tiles generally won't interact with your own. It's when you begin linking tiles that things get really interesting and unforeseen connections are made that win or lose the game.
The game plays out (with 4 players) in about 10-15 minutes, so it's a great game to break out while waiting for the rest of your group to arrive. It's also a nice break between longer games like Settlers of Catan or Lords of Waterdeep. Simple, fun, and quick. Can't ask for much more!
The production value of the game is quite high as well. The tiles come on ~2mm thick, plastic-coated cardboard tiles. The playing board is also of similar quality. The "dragon" pieces are plastic, which disappointed me a little, as I thought they'd be stone or some other "higher quality" material. But they're fine as they are. I can see this game lasting a very long time. My only real complaint is that there's no frame into which you could play the tiles. As such, they tend to slide around on the board a little as the interior pieces are played. Having a frame of some kind to keep the pieces lined up would be nice, but is more to satisfy my nit-picky personality.
Two enthusiastic thumbs-up for this one!
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