Reviews of Dragon Chess

My Dragon Chess game arrived today, and I eagerly tore into the packaging.

The key to this variant chess set are the dragon pieces. They move as a Queen, but only up to three spaces. Handy yes, overly powerful, no, so that is nice.

The game is played on a 10×10 core board to accommodate the dragons which sit outside the rooks, protected by two additional pawns. The board also has extra areas to acoommodate the new pieces.

At first glance I wasn’t sure the additional area would be much of a factor, but in the first game the Dragons, Bishops and Queens soon floated out to the wings to get angles of attack. Ditto the second game.

It has a play style familiar to classic chess, with a little spice that even a novice player can pick up quickly. The Dragons are simple, but pesky, and add some nice offensive and defensive possibilities which will no doubt take more than two plays to fully appreciate.

Talisinbear