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Introduction: Welcome to Tokaido, the legendary East Sea route linking Kyotō to Edo. In this game created by Antoine Bauza and illustrated by Naïade, travel the famous Tokaido route while attempting to make the most beautiful and accomplished journey. A new marvel from the famous Antoine Bauza, Tokaido is a course and collection board game for 2 to 5 players. In Tokaido, players are travelers traveling the East Sea Route in search of knowledge and discovery. Each traveler will have multiple opportunities to stop at the stations along the road, where they can buy souvenirs, meet new inhabitants or itinerants, pay their respects at temples, discover numerous culinary specialties, bathe in springs hot or even paint splendid panoramas. Players will move in order from furthest to closest to the arrival point. Thus, the movement order will constantly change, while the places available on each station will be very limited, plunging players into a permanent dilemma. The collections of each player as well as the points of each being permanently visible, you will have to know how to read the strategies of each and anticipate each movement by choosing whether you want to act to serve your interests, or to hinder those of other travelers... Adventure awaits! |
Features: In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. While traveling, you will meet people, taste fine meals, collect beautiful items, discover great panoramas, and visit temples and wild places but at the end of the day, when everyone has arrived at the end of the road you'll have to be the most initiated traveler – which means that you'll have to be the one who discovered the most interesting and varied things. The potential action spaces in Tokaido are laid out on a linear track, with players advancing down this track to take actions. The player who is currently last on the track takes a turn by advancing forward on the track to their desired action and taking that action. So, players must choose whether to advance slowly in order to get more turns, or to travel more rapidly to beat other players to their desired action spaces. The action spaces allow a variety of actions that will score in different, but roughly equal, ways. Some action spaces allow players to collect money, while others offer players a way to spend that money to acquire points. Other action spaces allow players to engage in various set collections that score points for assembling those sets. Some action spaces simply award players points for stopping on them, or give the player a randomly determined action from all of the other types. All of the actions in Tokaido are very simple, and combined with a unique graphic design, Tokaido offers players a peaceful zen mood in its play. Tokaido Includes: 1 rule book 1 game board 5 Traveler tokens 5 Travel Point markers 5 Bundle tokens 50 coins 60 Panorama cards 12 Hot Springs cards 25 Meal cards 24 Souvenir cards 14 encounter cards 7 Achievements cards 1 cloth bag 10 Traveler tiles |
Specifications: Publisher: Funforge Release Date: 2012 Genre: Board Game Ages: 8+ Play Time: 30-45 minutes Players: 2-5 |