Tsuro is a great game. It's simple and easy to pick up and play, a perfect entry-level hobby board game that could easily sit amongst the likes of chess and backgammon on a family's shelf. The game is also pretty cheap. The upcoming luxury version of Tsuro by Calliope Games is on entirely the other end of the cost spectrum.

Tsuro // Calliope Games

In games of Tsuro, you play as mighty dragons who follow paths around a gridded board. The idea is to place tiles in such a way that you are the last dragon standing, making routes so that your opponent's dragons end up flying off the board or into each other.

The regular game uses plastic components for the dragon tokens alongside cardboard tiles. The luxury version of the game turns things up to eleven. Well, it actually just rips the knob right off...

Absurdly Expensive Tsuro // Calliope Games

This luxury version of the game features stone tiles that are placed onto the board with etched "paths" for your dragons to follow. The dragon for the first player is crafted in gold which is wild and the rules, which usually come on one sheet of paper, are now presented on a bamboo scroll.

As you can see, Calliope Games has truly been going for the vintage and bespoke look. It feels very much like it could be a relic that once belonged in the house of a noble family. A single print run of this version of the game will be released and it will come at the price tag of an eye-wateringly expensive $350.

To put that in context, the original Tsuro is just $40. I don't imagine many folks are going to be picking this up but if you've got some money to burn, this might be the statement piece you've always wanted for your board game collection.

I would just make sure that whenever you break the game out, you take great care with it!

Are you tempted by a fancy version of Tsuro?