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Well, with that confession out of the way, I'll note that after filming this video, the four of us played RYŪ and it was a tense and engaging game. While built on a system of collecting and using cubes, RYŪ is actually a racing game since everyone is competing to be the first to complete their mechanical dragons. That goal drives your activity in certain directions, with you trying to be in on as many "cube splits" as possible with the other players (just as you try to trade as often as possible in Bohnanza) so that you can push forward with our construction — yet the more you build, the more that others want to avoid having anything to do with you.
The playing area is essentially a rondel of action tiles, but you can move in either direction around the circle, and your choices of movement — along with the choices of others who may or may not beat you to certain spaces — keeps things highly interactive. It's been a long wait for this game, but this project is far bigger than anything previously undertaken by Moonster, so the finances involved are also far bigger, which means you want those ducks to be orthogonally organized before doing anything crazy.
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For a short description, think competitive magic-based Hanabi with way more talking than during that game. I've played the complete game a couple of times since Spiel 2014 and have greatly enjoyed it.
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