Tokaido Board Game (Base Game) | Strategy/Travel Adventure Game | Exploration Game for Adults and

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TRAVEL THE FAMED TOKAIDO ROAD: Welcome to the Tokaido, the legendary East Sea Road connecting Kyoto to Edo, in Japan. In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the “East Sea Road”, one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. Here you will begin an extraordinary journey during which you will discover a thousand marvels.
ADVENTURE GAME: While traveling, you will meet people, taste fine meals, collect beautiful items, discover great panoramas and visit temples and wild places but at the end of the day, when everyone has arrived at the end of the road you’ll have to be the most initiated traveler – which means that you’ll have to be the one who discovered the most interesting and varied things.
STRATEGY BOARD GAME: Action spaces are laid out on a linear track with players advancing down this track to take actions. Players must choose whether to advance slowly along the track in order to get more turns or to travel more rapidly to beat other players to their desired action spaces.
A PEACEFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL: With simple actions and a unique graphic design, Tokaido offers players a peaceful zen mood in its play. Time will be your best means to remain clear-signed, methodical and patient so you don’t miss anything on this unique road but instead can fully savor the experience Tokaido has to offer.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This thrilling adventure game is made for 2 to 5 players and is suitable for ages 8 and older. Average playtime is approximately 45 minutes.

Our Top Reviews

Reviewer: Haon the Great
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Life, Parcheesi, and a journey along Tokai-do
Review: A review for Tokaido requires a discussion on the theme and art, and a discussion on the mechanics.Let’s start with the mechanics. Tokaido is an odd combination of the Game of Life and Parcheesi, with a unique movement twist thrown in. Tokaido is based on Tokai-do, an old road that runs between Kyoto and Tokyo. The board is a representation of that road, with stops for beautiful views, hot springs, inns, and the like. Every turn, the last player on the road will move as little or as far as they would like – no dice rolling, no spinning, you decide the distance. However, you cannot stop at a location occupied by another player (the Parcheesi element), and all players must stop at the various inns for everyone to catch up. When you make stop, you will engage in an encounter and various things will happen – too varied for this review – all of which are based around points or money (the Game of Life element). You can also potentially gain benefits based on the ability of your traveler (there are 10, increasing the replayability substantially).It is simple premise, so I found myself surprised at the light tactical nature of the game. Where and when you move matters quite a bit, as does when you move into an inn. Your timing can both hurt your opponents and yourself if you’re not careful. On top of that, you need to decide whether to play to your abilities or worry more about hamper your opponent’s. While Tokaido won’t win any awards for it’s strategy, it will keep your brain engaged enough during your play.The theme and the art are what really steal the show and bring the game to the table. As noted, the game is about a journey, a peaceful walk in a slower time. Everything is (digitally) painted in bright watercolors, with quite a bit of variation within each type of encounter. For example, when you draw a meal card at the inn, there are 10 or 12 different food types. It is a pleasant experience to play this game on a cold rainy day; with a bit of imagination, you really feel as though you are travelling along the coast of southern Japan.To me, it is that ability to inspire the imagination that puts Tokaido into the 5-star territory. Once the mechanics are explained, our house rule will be that you don’t receive your points unless you role-play the encounter. There is enough variety among the encounter types – and of course the imagination is limitless – to turn the game into a great story-telling game! On top of being great for kids, it helps make the game remain meaningful even when you are in last place. Even if you don’t play that way, you will find yourself writing a story in your head.I would strongly suggest this game for any family and as a light breather for game groups. It is a simple game, but one that can still make you smile if you let it.

Reviewer: Bookworm42
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful, easy to learn, fun to play!
Review: This is a top 10 for me. I own around 150 board games and this is definitely 1 of my favorites.The artwork is beautiful and the concept is unique. They compliment one another nicely.If someone is new to games I love to pull this 1 out because it’s easy to learn and fun. Not to mention people find the artwork stunning.Component quality is very nice. Makes a great gift and appreciated by board gaming enthusiasts alike.I’ve played this game probably 50x and it never gets old. There is high replayability due to the variable characters and your turn order rotating each round.Rounds are fast depending on the number of players but easy to finish in 20-30m with 4 players teaching someone. Rounds can go much faster with experienced players.I love the art and concept. Anyone at any age can play. Young children who are focused and interested can certainly pick this up. Great entry point for new board game players and a classic for those who enjoy board games.This is a light game but can be explored by strategists to great effect (considerations: start with more money or other bonuses like extra souvenirs, move first now or last to secure points on particular segments ahead, etc.).

Reviewer: MPatoka
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Delivers a relaxing feeling
Review: Tokaido is a relatively simple game that gives you a very relaxing feeling while playing. We’ll often play it after a heavier game just to relax a bit. The rules are very straighforward. Each player is a character with a special ability that will help you when you stop at specific spaces as you traverse the path. Decisions are fairly easy: stop at a location, pick up the corresponding card and gain immediate points, choose to purchase it or leave an offering at the temple. Almost every action will give you some points so it minimized analysis paralysis.Turn order is determined by the person last on the path. If you move too far ahead to claim a space, you’re allowing your opponents more time to move and gain points. There are several locations where everyone will catchup before you proceed on the path so no one can really get too far ahead.The artwork is beautiful and adds to the zen-like experience of playing. Actions you take against another player appear very subtle since all you can really do is block them from taking a certain space but then they may take a space you really want.This is a good game to introduce non-gamers to or to people that just want a relatively simple game to learn and play.

Reviewer: Sarah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty game!
Review: It’s a pretty game, but I don’t think it’s nearly as simple as I was expecting based on reviews. Conceptually it’s simple, but there’s so many types of cards that it gets a little long to explain to a new player. Beautiful game though I don’t know how much I’ll play it since it’s a little easy for my tastes but hard to teach to non-board gamers. It feels like a complex Life type of game.

Reviewer: Michael McDonald
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Family game. Fun and strategic as well as being beautiful
Review: Great Family game. Fun and strategic as well as being beautiful. Another game that totally lives up to the hype. The game is easy to pick up and teach, and its unique movement system is something that can appeal to anyone of any age. It’s a fun thinky puzzle game that scratches the itch that something like sudoku or solitaire might scratch. It doesn’t take too long to play either, so you’re always left with that “one more game!” feeling. I’m glad I finally copped a copy, and I couldn’t recommend it more.

Reviewer: RMK
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful But Simple.
Review: The game art is beautiful. Gameplay is simple but offers some strategic variety. I would prefer something a bit more complex, but it is a good warm up game for 2 or a group.

Reviewer: Fethris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Relaxing game
Review: Tokaido is a great game with an element of strategy but mostly very laid back. Easy to learn, but with a curve to master the strategy elements to get as many points as you can. Choices matter and can be costly, which I am normally not a fan of. But this game does it in a way that doesn’t break the game or make it less fun.

Reviewer: Carmine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Veramente un bel gioco, semplice e quasi rilassante. Il design delle carte e tutto il resto è veramente eccezionale, consigliato!

Reviewer: juliashiban
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Played this game quite a few times with my family and always loved the game. It’s not overly competitive, nor cutthroat, but there’s definitely a lot of planning involved to make things happen haha. A fun buy if you’re looking to play a little more relaxed game.

Reviewer: Max de Mendizabal
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Es un juego con reglas simples, que evoca un agradable paseo, que se recorre sin prisa y disfrutando cada etapa. Es más cooperativo que competitivo, vale la pena disfrutar un poco de la cultura japonesa que se recorre durante cada partida.

Reviewer: Lilian
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Undoubtedly a sumptuous visual feast for Japanophiles as travellers simulate the ancient tokaido experience and be rewarded for it. The eye-catching artwork resembles that of an anime or manga with a pre-Meiji backdrop. Depending on the number of players gameplay can take anything from 30 min to an hour. It certainly works best as a “gateway” game for the uninitiated. It’s easy to learn and very nice to look at.The game can be played as peaceably or aggressively as the players want to. It combines an element of luck (card draws) and leaves room for the use of tactics as players inevitably get in the way of each other’s leisure and consumption goals.Although I bought this to get the entire family off their devices, there is a cute iOS/Android app that opens up more opportunities to play different players. For the more competitive amongst us it allows for some extra practice.

Reviewer: Darren Wong
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very nice game. Board is beautiful and the concept and gameplay is nice. Doesnt feel like you are competing and more like just going on a journey and doing what you want.

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