Tao Long: The Way of the Dragon – 4 Players Expansion
Tao Long: The Way of the Dragon – 4 Players Expansion Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
8 Dragon tiles, 4 white and 4 black (each set with 3 segments and 1 head).
The Goal
This is a team-based expansion. Both dragons of the same color must work together in eliminating all segments of the opposing dragons.
The Rule
Dragons on the same team share the fire and water meters. Whenever the water meter depletes, both dragons lose a segment.
Setup
When placing the dragons on the board as in a regular game, also place the other dragons mirroring horizontally their respective pairs.
Each team must sit in their respective side of the board. Turns alternate between teams as indicated by the image.
The sheet's diagram shows the turn order between the two teams as arrows between four circles.
The heaven dragon closest to the Ba Gua plays first.
Clarifications
- A dragon never inflicts damage to its own pair.
- If both opposing dragons are within reach of a ranged attack, sum up the highest printed value on the distance ruler overlapping each dragon, then adding the element bonus only once. Keep in mind that a dragon is not hit if it is behind another dragon, as every tile is an insurmountable obstacle for range.
The sheet illustrates this with two board diagrams: in the first, both dragons are marked with green check marks as within range; in the second, a dragon is marked with a green check and a dragon standing behind another dragon is marked with a red cross and is not hit.
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In Monk mode, whenever Focus takes place, both dragons of the respective color must perform the action, starting from the one whose turn is nearest (counting from the active player's turn).
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For games in The Valley, relocate the green portals one space further, diagonally, towards the center of the board.
The sheet shows the Valley board setup with the green portals relocated, diagonally, one space toward the center.
- For games in The Torus, relocate the rocks indicating the limits of the play area one space further, diagonally, towards the corners of the board.
The sheet shows the Torus board setup with the play-area limit rocks relocated, diagonally, one space toward the corners.