Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced, area-majority economic game. Players control "zaibatsu": massive conglomerates of interconnected companies driving Japan's economy in the Industrial Revolution era.
During the game, players invest in new industries, build factories and railroads, and produce goods to saturate local markets and fulfill contracts - all to grow their influence and power and to become rulers of the new modernized country. Players are free to choose their playstyle and winning strategy: They choose what they score victory points for, control the game's pace with income turns, and race each other to get the most beneficial factories, markets, and bonuses.
All the core mechanisms of the original Nippon are present, but the components, art, and design are upgraded, and many gameplay features are reworked to get the game in line with modern trends. Nippon: Zaibatsu features new resource types, ships are heavily revised with new Iwakura mission rules, factories are much more variable, consolidation turns provide players with new rewards, and much more. Also, the game now has an automa-driven solo mode.
Contents:
1x Main Board
30x Factory Tiles
24x Unique Factories
6x Late-Game Factories
9x Demand Tiles
Cardboard Tokens
10x Starting Tokens
6x Extra Starting Tokens
24x Department Tokens
48x Worker Meeples
1x Black cloth Bag
6x Expert Worker Tokens
2x Round Markers
32x Goods Cubes
32x Coal Cubes
24x Silk cubes
24x Iron Cubes
40x Money Tokens
4x Zaibatsu Boards
32x Contract Tokens
12x Track Markers
8x Scoring Discs
24x Ships
24x Machines
24x Trains
40x Influence Tokens
35x Favour Tokens
1x Rulebook
4x Player's Handbooks
1x Automa Board
9x Action Tokens
9x Goal Tokens
1x Common Goals Board
During the game, players invest in new industries, build factories and railroads, and produce goods to saturate local markets and fulfill contracts - all to grow their influence and power and to become rulers of the new modernized country. Players are free to choose their playstyle and winning strategy: They choose what they score victory points for, control the game's pace with income turns, and race each other to get the most beneficial factories, markets, and bonuses.
All the core mechanisms of the original Nippon are present, but the components, art, and design are upgraded, and many gameplay features are reworked to get the game in line with modern trends. Nippon: Zaibatsu features new resource types, ships are heavily revised with new Iwakura mission rules, factories are much more variable, consolidation turns provide players with new rewards, and much more. Also, the game now has an automa-driven solo mode.
Contents:
1x Main Board
30x Factory Tiles
24x Unique Factories
6x Late-Game Factories
9x Demand Tiles
Cardboard Tokens
10x Starting Tokens
6x Extra Starting Tokens
24x Department Tokens
48x Worker Meeples
1x Black cloth Bag
6x Expert Worker Tokens
2x Round Markers
32x Goods Cubes
32x Coal Cubes
24x Silk cubes
24x Iron Cubes
40x Money Tokens
4x Zaibatsu Boards
32x Contract Tokens
12x Track Markers
8x Scoring Discs
24x Ships
24x Machines
24x Trains
40x Influence Tokens
35x Favour Tokens
1x Rulebook
4x Player's Handbooks
1x Automa Board
9x Action Tokens
9x Goal Tokens
1x Common Goals Board