Crowd Games2026Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade
Nippon: Zaibatsu
- Ships from Hudsonville, MI. Free in-store pickup.
- 30-day returns on sealed, unused items. No restocking fee.
Is it for your table?
Plays solo, or with up to 4 at the table.
A full game night, start to finish.
Plenty to chew on. Expect a rules walkthrough first. (3.6 / 5 on BGG)
Recommended for teens and adults.
About the game
Nippon: Zaibatsu is a board game from Crowd Games, designed by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade (2026). It plays 1–4 players in 60–120 minutes, for ages 15+. BoardGameGeek players rate it 8.5 out of 10 and call it medium-heavy (3.6 / 5 weight).
Nippon: Zaibatsu is a reimagined and updated 10th anniversary of Nippon — a fast-paced area majority economic game about 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 ship goods to domestic and foreign markets — all to grow their influence and power and become the rulers of the new modernized country.
The new version incorporates the best elements of the original game, streamlining gameplay and introducing many new concepts and mechanisms.
FEATURES
★ Manage A Zaibatsu: Build and brow an economic empire, fill local markets with goods, and establish your influence over the country.
★ Choose Your Way To Win: Players follow their path to victory, control the game's pace with income rounds, and choose what to get victory points for.
★ Tabletop Legend, Reimagined: Updated and enhanced, the anniversary edition of the classic game with new design, mechanisms, and components.
1-4 players, ages 15+, 60-120 minutes
Details
- Designers
- Nuno Bizarro SentieiroPaulo Soledade
- Publisher
- Crowd Games
- Mechanics
- Area Majority / InfluenceContractsEnd Game BonusesIncomeOpen DraftingSolo / Solitaire GameVariable Set-upWorker PlacementWorker Placement, Different Worker Types
- Published
- 2026
- SKU
- CGA24001
Ratings, player counts, play time and weight are from BoardGameGeek.
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