Yup, dragons. Seven Dragons is a Looney Labs game that I first played at Windycon 42. This game is much like dominoes in that you are connecting similarities. For our types, there are (gee!) seven dragons.
The red, blue, green, gold and black dragons are each a goal. For whoever has that dragon as their goal, they are trying to get seven of that color of dragon in a row. But I mentioned seven dragons, not five. Yes, yes. There are two others. First is the rainbow dragon. It counts as everything.
Secondly, the silver dragon. This dragon is one-of-a-kind and the starter piece. It’s color depends on the color of the top card in the discard pile. Wait… this is effectively dominoes, right? So why is there a discard pile? Well sometimes, instead of dragons to connect in the chain, your cards are actions. They could be “Trade Hands” or “Rotate Goals,” for instance. Each of these has a special symbol in the center that tells you which dragon it represents.
You cannot change the color of the silver dragon by merely playing these cards, however. If you play the action, the effects are played out and the card goes to the bottom of the discard. If you wish to change the color of the silver dragon, you choose to sacrifice the action, in which case it gets placed on top.