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In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. While traveling, you will meet people, taste fine meals, collect beautiful items, discover great panoramas, and visit temples and wild places but at the end of the day, when everyone has arrived at the end of the road you'll have to be the most initiated traveler – which means that you'll have to be the one who discovered the most interesting and varied things.

The potential action spaces in Tokaido are laid out on a linear track, with players advancing down this track to take actions. The player who is currently last on the track takes a turn by advancing forward on the track to their desired action and taking that action. So, players must choose whether to advance slowly in order to get more turns, or to travel more rapidly to beat other players to their desired action spaces.

The action spaces allow a variety of actions which will score in different, but roughly equal, ways. Some action spaces allow players to collect money, while others offer players a way to spend that money to acquire points. Other action spaces allow players to engage in various set collections which score points for assembling those sets. Some action spaces simply award players points for stopping on them, or give the player a randomly determined action from all of the other types.

All of the actions in Tokaido are very simple, and combined with a unique graphic design, Tokaido offers players a peaceful zen mood in its play.

Genres

End Game Bonuses   Set Collection   Track Movement   Turn Order: Time Track   Variable Player Powers   Worker Placement  

Info

Release Date	2012
Players	2-5
Playing time	45 minutes
Age	8+
Alternate names	Tokaido Токайдо Токайдо 東海道
Honors and prizes	2013 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2014 Hra roku Nominee 2017 Guldbrikken Best Family Game Nominee
Publishers	Funforge Asterion Press Devir Enigma (Bergsala Enigma) Galápagos Jogos Gém Klub Kft. hobbity.eu Hobby Japan Hobby World Jolly Thinkers MINDOK Passport Game Studios Pegasus Spiele Pendragon Game Studio Rebel Sp. z o.o. Rozum Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. Zhiyanjia