Award Winning Dao. One thing we will say about our friends in the Far East is that they sure know how to create intriguing board games of strategy.

As far as fiendishly compelling, easy-to-learn but difficult-to-master games go, Dao Deluxe is up there with the very best.

Step forward Dao Deluxe Board Game, one of the most entertaining and addictive little board games we've ever had the pleasure to play. Consisting of a roll-up bamboo game board and eight river stones, this deceptively deep board game will have you captivated from the word go.

Each player begins with four stones. The idea is to position or 'glide' them in a straight line (vertically, horizontally or diagonally), in all four corners, or in a square without jumping over your opponent's stones.

And that, as they say, is all there is to it. Well okay, not quite, because blocking an opponent into a corner using three of your stones spells instant defeat!