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Kabuto Sumo
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Kabuto Sumo - Photo by Zinia Redo @ziniaredo
3 player setup
6 cousins (one unpictured), ages 5-13, playing a 3-wrestler team game together. They played at least 5 times that day.

Kabuto Sumo (2021)

Players
2–4
Best: 2
Playing time
15–15 min
Age
0+
6.70
Average rating
4,438
Ratings
1.19/5
Weight
#2031
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:甲虫相扑 +1 more
Designer:Tony Miller
Artist:Kwanchai Moriya
Publisher:Hobby Japan +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 2.4, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity2.4
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Action / DexterityFightingAnimalsVariable Player PowersSlide / Push

Overview

Spring time in Japan means the return of the rhinoceros beetles — "Kabutomushi", which is Japanese for "helmet bug" — and their athletic contests of dominance. Out in the wild, you can find them butting heads trying to show off their strength and impress their insect friends with their wrestling skills. This is the origin of the phenomenal World Insect Wrestling Championship.

In Kabuto Sumo, you are one of the contending beetles that is battling for supremacy in the ring and your place in the pantheon of legendary wrestlers. The gameplay of Kabuto Sumo resembles the coin-pusher arcade games in which you strategically drop quarters and anxiously anticipate coins cascading off the platform. This game features a similar experience, with you trying to strategically slide pieces onto the board and push the other players out of the ring. It's an exciting combination of dexterity, strategy, and luck.

—description from the publisher

Expansions

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