Tokaido – 10th Anniversary Edition

Tokaido

Travel the famed Tokaido road, visit hot springs, try new food, and paint landscapes. 

1-5 Players | 45 Mins | Ages 8+

Welcome to the Tokaido, the legendary East Sea Road connecting Kyoto to Edo. Here you will begin an extraordinary journey during which you will discover a thousand marvels for the first time.

Move wisely and visit the most places to gather sophisticated souvenirs, meet surprising people, contemplate sumptuous vistas, rest in the tranquillity of the hot springs, taste the countless culinary delicacies that will astonish your palate, and donate to the shrine to benefit from the goodwill of the gods...

This new version of Tokaido celebrates its 10th anniversary! The essential game marks a new stage in its life with a brand new edition adapted to today's world. The result? Tokaido is plastic-free, comes in a smaller box, and the illustrations are completely redone! Thus, Tokaido grows and evolves with the players, while the rules of the game remain the same. 

New features:

• New illustrations
• Smaller box
• Lower price
• Reworked graphic elements
• Removal of the plastic thermo

In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. 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.

The potential action spaces in Tokaido are laid out on a linear track, with players advancing down this track to take actions. The player who is currently last on the track takes a turn by advancing forward on the track to their desired action and taking that action, so players must choose whether to advance slowly in order to get more turns, or to travel more rapidly to beat other players to their desired action spaces.

The action spaces allow a variety of actions that will score in different, but roughly equal, ways. Some action spaces allow players to collect money, while others offer players a way to spend that money to acquire points. Other action spaces allow players to engage in various set collections that score points for assembling those sets. Some action spaces simply award players points for stopping on them, or give the player a randomly determined action from all of the other types.

All of the actions in Tokaido are very simple, and combined with a unique graphic design, Tokaido offers players a peaceful zen mood in its play.

Awards & Honors
2017 Guldbrikken Best Family Game Nominee
2014 Hra roku Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee
2013 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee