Japan-Themed Board Game Gets Over $2 Million On Kickstarter

Luke Plunkett

PublishedMarch 13, 2017

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Let the success of Rising Sun remind you that board games with fancy miniatures do very well on Kickstarter.

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The game, set in “feudal Japan”, is designed by the same guy behind Blood Rage, and plays out as a blend of strategy, worship and structured diplomacy. It sounds interesting, but let’s be real, despite the pedigree this thing is making mint because people want to play with these:

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It’s $100 to back the game, and that’s it. The more stretch goals are unlocked by purchases, the more stuff everyone who bought a copy gets.

They’re estimating a shipping date of April 2018, and you can back the game here. Note that it’s picked up over $2 million in just a few days; there are still three weeks left on the campaign.