Black Gate

Two of my favorite card games come from Looney Labs: Fluxx and Chrononauts.  One of the major selling points of these games, for me, is that they’re creative games that have victory conditions that can change on a dime. You can be close to winning and then, with a lucky and well-played turn by an opponent, you can find yourself on the losing end.

Seven Dragons captures this chaotic feel, mixing it with some great fantasy artwork by Larry Elmore. The name comes from two different aspects of the game:

• There are seven different colors of dragons represented in the the game: red, black, gold, blue, green, silver, and rainbow
• The goal of the game is to create a chain of seven dragons of your designated color

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