Way of the Dragon – Chinese Yahtzee from Nestorgames

Néstor Romeral Andrés has released a new title of his own design from nestorgames: Way of the Dragon. The game marries the die-rolling mechanism from Yahtzee – roll five dice up to three times, rerolling dice as you desire – with a Chinese theme and a racing platform. After a player finishes rolling dice, she chooses one or more dice that show the same element and moves a playing piece of her color forward in that element’s column a number of spaces equal to the number of dice on display. Alternatively, if each die shows a different element, she moves a piece forward in each of the five columns. Each space can be occupied by only one piece, and while you must move if you can, in some cases you might be out of luck.

The final five spaces in each column are numbered 1-5, and once a piece lands on a number it stays there for the rest of the game – unless a player rolls four or five dragons, in which case she can swap two pieces in the same column. When one player places all five pieces in the scoring zones, the game ends and players tally their score by summing the numbers on which their pieces stand.

Complete rules for Way of the Dragon, along with special player powers for an advanced game, are available on the game’s page on the nestorgames’ website. (2-5 players, 30 minutes, €27)

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