2016 · Card Game
Kanagawa
Players take on the roles of disciples at a 19th-century painting school, expanding their studio and composing a personal landscape print. Each turn offers a choice between waiting for more lesson cards or selecting a column of lessons to play into the studio, acquiring diplomas and new painting elements (Trees, Animals, Characters, Buildings). Gameplay tracks seasons and movement of brush pawns across a personal mat, and scoring rewards collected print cards, studio features, longest run of matching seasons, completed diplomas, and special endgame bonuses. The game ends when the lesson deck is exhausted or a player fills their print; highest total points wins.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 2 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 201
- Players
- 34m
- Average play
- 75
- In collections
- 9
- On wishlists
6.6/10
from 36 Ludoya reviews
Garfield7.0 #8 Very nice, appealing game. [c] Theme: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Interaction: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Not much --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Beautiful --> Luck: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random tiles are drawn --> Strategy: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different ways to win --> Components: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]Not yet read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Plays quick --> Replay value: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different strategies --> [/c]
Mohasz6.0 I wanted to like this game as it is so beautiful, but I guess it's just to random and the choices are not very exciting with 2 players.
Draft game in Cathala style, with more depth than others like Kingdomino but at the same time still being a family game.
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Free, on web, Android and iOS
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