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Base game

Hokkaido

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Published
2018
Players
2–5
Play time
30–40 min
Reach
Niche
Evaluations
0
Themes:
Card GameCity BuildingTerritory Building
Mechanics:
DraftingHand managementSpatial puzzleTile laying

How it plays

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Main mechanics explained

  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
  • Tile laying: You build a shared or personal board tile by tile.
Full publisher description

After establishing themselves in Honshu, the Lords and Ladies head north to Hokkaido. Beholding Hokkaido s mountainous landscape, they see that expansion on this land will prove to be a greater challenge than before. Hokkaido is the second map-building card game in the Nippon series, bringing new ideas and mechanisms to the first design Honshu . A game of Hokkaido consists of twelve rounds, each divided into two separate phases. Each player must expand their personal map to maximize their scoring possibilities. description from publisher

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