"There was something formless and perfect before the Universe was born. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao." Lao Tsu Tao Long: The Way of the Dragon is a circular abstract-like game in which each action taken leaves different options for your foe. In it, each player controls a dragon striving to diminish the other whilst bound together by the Tao; you manipulate tokens on a special board in order to activate your dragon, leaving that same board to be manipulated by your opponent on their turn. Among customizable scenarios and increasingly profound modes, both dragons will move, attack, block each other's way and seek dominance. At the end, there can be only one... that is, at least until the tides of change come once again.
M**D
Fabulous.... the game, the idea, the board and other items
Fascinating and beautifully presented board game.Based on the Ancient Chinese ideas of Astrology and Feng Shui - and cleverly using the Feng Shui Compass (or Ba Gua) to work out how things move.The game board is in two parts, the Human board is a quadrangular grid representing the world disputed by the dragons. Each dragon is represented by dragon tiles placed on the board. Each set of dragon tiles are always arranged sequentially on the board, with the head to the front.The other part of the game board is the board of Ba Gua, with the water and fire meters of each dragon, the lost segments areas and the Ba Gua itself. The dragons’ movement is determined by what happens on the Ba Gua, on which the energies of the Tao - the Ba Gua stones - are manipulated to create the dragon’s path. In advanced game modes, the stones’ colors refer to each dragon, so that specific combinations of a colour on the Ba Gua might affect the respective dragon.Included in the box are:The Rulebook1 Game Board (1 Board of Ba Gua and 1 Board of Human)8 Ba Gua stones, 4 black and 4 white8 Dragon tiles, 4 white and 4 black (each set with 3 segments and1 head)8 Water stones8 Fire stones1 Distance Ruler1 Big Rock and Village tile8 Small Rock and Damaged Small Rock tiles8 Portal tiles, 2 blue, 2 green, 2 red and 2 yellow1 Flux coincheck out the rest of the rule book online at "Thundergryph Tao Long Rulebook"
L**A
Dogfights with Dragons
Two four piece dragons fight for territory . Looks like air combat. Superb graphics, package and good taste. Innovative. Excellent idea resulted in a fantastic game. Challenging to play competently.
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