Tsuro is a strategic tile-laying traversal game where the goal is to keep your piece on the board longer than anyone else. You play by adding intricate winding Path tiles to a board to move pieces along the path that you create. It is a game of cat and mouse, where you use the tangled paths to force your opponents onto a route that takes them off the board whilst avoiding the same happening to you.

You start by shuffling the Path cards, which contain a variety of twisting paths and placing them in a face-down pile. Each player then takes turns positioning their piece at the edge of the board. During each turn, you place a tile next to your piece extending (and connecting) paths. You then must move all pieces to the end of any new paths created or extended. The goal is to keep your token on the board longer than anyone else's.

As you play, the board fills up and you encounter paths created by other players, which unless you are careful will lead your piece to the edge of the board and out of the game. You have to rotate the tiles to create a path that keeps you in play, whilst leading to your opponent's downfall.

What starts as a simple tile-laying game, quickly becomes a strategic battle for space, as you compete to trap each other, whilst creating enough space for you to survive. Place a tile in the wrong space or in the wrong orientation and your cunning plan of attack quickly becomes your own downfall.