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Kanagawa: Yokai
Requires:Kanagawa
Designed by Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier
Published by IELLO, 2 Pionki + 4 more
Expansion
Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach
Continents: Asia
Community Snapshot
Medium-Light complexity
~45 min
7.2 on BGG (500)
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Since 2019, Kanagawa: Yokai has captivated fans of worker placement and hand management with its medium-light complexity design.
How It Plays
Hand Management
You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.
Pattern Building
You arrange pieces to create specific patterns that score points — like solving a colorful puzzle.
Push Your Luck
You keep rolling or drawing for bigger rewards, but push too far and you lose it all — knowing when to stop is the real skill.
Set Collection
You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.
Worker Placement
You place your workers on action spaces to claim them before anyone else — it's a scramble for the best spots!
About This Game
Kanagawa: Yokai includes cards and scoring elements for three new elements — kites, parasols, and paper lanterns — and to use them, you replace any two elements in the Kanagawa base game with two new elements. Some of the cards in this expansion include a yokaï symbol that is visible whether you place the card in your painting or in your studio. When you place such a card, you take a yokaï marker from the reserve or from another player, and if you collect all three such markers, you receive a reward.…
Source: BoardGameGeek