Four Dragons - New Edition of Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos, a mind-twisting trick-taking card game, is going to see new life as Four Dragons, published by Jolly Roger Games in the first quarter of 2004.

The new theme of the game is "based on a cool Chinese myth about how the rivers of China came to be," according to game designer Frank Branham.

A review of Dia de los Muertos is available at The Games Journal. At BoardGameGeek.com, one player described it as "a trick-taking game that is actually different from every other trick-taking game."

This is one of my favorite trick-taking games, and the Four Dragons artwork will be terrific, if these two early samples are indicative: