Shinkansen Zero-Kei (engl.)

Description

Shinkansen Zero-Kei (engl.) is a strategy game for 1 to 4 players aged 12+ with a playing time of 45 to 60 minutes. Players take on the role of builders constructing the historic Tōkaidō Shinkansen railway line in time for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, using Carriage Cards to build trains, lay tracks, and prepare Olympic venues to earn victory points.

Use your skill to build the historic railway line in time for the Olympics! The Tōkaidō line of the Shinkansen began being built in 1959 with the aim of inaugurating the fastest train of the time, just before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

In Shinkansen Zero-Kei, the players will take the role of its builders. They will take charge of constructing this historic railway line and all its corresponding stations. They can also help the Olympic venues in their preparation for the Games.

In each round of a game of Shinkansen Zero-Kei, you will build your own bullet train. Each Carriage Card you add to your train will grant you an action or an ability. These actions will allow you mainly to do the preparation work so that you can lay tracks and build stations, collaborate in the preparation of the Olympic Venues and obtain new Carriage Cards. The Carriage Cards are associated with cities through which the trainline passes, if you manage to connect these cities in the correct order, you will be rewarded in victory points.

After 5 rounds, corresponding to the 5 years that the construction of the line took, the player who has obtained the most victory points will be proclaimed the winner.

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