I have the original Three Dragon Ante game. After a few games, I was able to get people, who are not into board games, to have a great time playing. I can't wait for this one to come out.
Hopefully, the box will have a good design and the cards from the original set will fit into the new one as well.
@ yoshiru, It is all new cards. You can play it alone or in combination with the other deck.
A couple of us played it at lunch today. The new powers introduced are fun. The colors seem too be a bit to similar. (Kind of like how bronze and brass look similar in the first version).
It's great if you don't have the first set, and great if you do.
The 10 new dragon types (plus mortals) and their abilities make for a different game than the original deck. Hard to tell from looking at the cards if the game play is better or worse. My group would definitely notice a different feel to the game simply due to removing the classic 10 dragons and using 10 dragons they've never heard of before.