Nippon: Zaibatsu - Emperor's Edition (English)

Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced and majority economic game. Players control “zaibatsu”: massive conglomerates of interconnected companies that run the Japanese economy during the era of the Industrial Revolution.

During the game, players invest in new industries, build factories and railroads, and produce goods to saturate local markets and fulfill contracts — all to increase their influence and power and become the rulers of the new modernized country. Players are free to choose their playing style and Strategy winning: They choose what to score victory points for, control the pace of the game with income rounds, and compete to obtain the most beneficial factories, markets and bonuses.

All the core mechanics of the original Nippon are present, but the components, art and design are improved, and many gameplay features are reworked to adapt the game to modern trends. Nippon: Zaibatsu features new resource types, ships are heavily overhauled with the new Iwakura mission rules, factories are much more variable, Consolidation Towers offer players new rewards, and much more. Additionally, the game now has an Automa-driven single-player mode.