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Pawns and Control Tokens for Zaibatsu.  Laser-cut acrylic with clear inkjet labels.
Some of the Mix and Action cards from Zaibatsu.  Nick's color-mod version.
An overhead view of a sample game in progress.  Nick's color-mod version.
All transparent pawns (PPP version)
More infoblocks from my colour reworking

Zaibatsu (2010)

Players
2–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
14+
7.06
Average rating
66
Ratings
2.71/5
Weight
#15571
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Froylan Rutiaga
Publisher:(Web published)
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.4, Theme 6
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.4
Theme6.0

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

Science FictionPrint & PlayTile PlacementModular BoardDice Rolling

Overview

The game is set in a cyberpunk future, players represent supercorporations rivals, the Zaibatsu, who struggle to obtain the domain and control of the global network of information, Cybernet and for this we serve a large number of agents, mercenaries pawns they use to achieve their targets.

Zaibatsu is a print and play cyberpunk-themed game, each player in game can move pawns, attack the pawns controlled by other players, put new hexagonal blocks to expand the modular board or gain control of the existing blocks to dominate the board and win the game

The game consists of cards, which allows variety of actions to choose, dice that add random and uncertainty to the game, and a modular board which adds replay value to the game, also each player have the opportunity to control simultaneously multiple pawns each one of them with special abilities and restrictions.

In the game will alternate turns until one player obtain a certain number of control counters over the board.

Expansions

Zaibatsu: Shadowraiders
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