Burning Sands is a fantasy skirmish game with a desert feel. Sand and Sorcery! It is designed with a view to creating legendary tales of high adventure featuring your very own hero. It is not as complex as a traditional RPG, nor as basic as a wargame. Think of it as a sweet spot between an RPG and a tabletop skirmish game. Your hero will have stats, abilities and gain XP to improve as you play. Depending on what your hero is trying to accomplish, games could be quite short, taking only 10 minutes to play or an hour or so. A simple straight up fight encounter will probably take only 10 minutes to play through. If you want a traditional length game of say an hour or more, then the idea is to have a story with lots of little chapters that link together. —description from the publisher