A beautiful and stunningly simple game!
Easy to introduce to new players, Tsuro lasts only 15 minutes and actually works for any number of players from 2 to 8 players.
Tsuro has an Asian spiritual theme - the lines represent the "many roads leading to divine wisdom," and the game as a whole represents the "classic quest for enlightenment." This theme is very light, and the game is primarily played in an abstract manner.
The game consists of tiles with twisting lines on them, a 6x6 grid on which to place these tiles, and a token for each player. Each player has a hand of tiles. On your turn, you do two things: place a tile from your hand onto the board next to your token and move your token as far as it can go along the line it is currently on, until it is stopped by an empty space without a tile, the edge of the board, or colliding with another player's token. If your token reaches the edge of the board or collides with another player's token, you are eliminated from the game. The goal of the game is to be the last player with a token on the board. Therefore, the strategy involves trying to drive your opponents into each other or off the board while extending your own path in directions that make it difficult for your opponents to do the same.