2015Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
- Videos
- 222
- Creators
- 71
2 players30 minMedium weight

2016Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier
Mainly reviews. Kanagawa is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 28 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
1840: In Kanagawa, the great bay of Tokyo, the Master Hokusai decided to open a painting school to share his art with his disciples. You are one of these disciples, and more than anything, you want to prove yourself worthy of the “crazy, old artist”. Follow his teachings to expand your studio and paint your preferred subjects (Trees, Animals, Characters, Buildings), all while paying attention to the changing of the seasons in order to make the most harmonious print - the one that will become the work of your lifetime! Each player randomly draws a starting tile that provides you with a landscape you've already mastered (Forest, Mountain, Plain, or Ocean), two brush pawns, one movement, and a plains Print with a season. Each round, the first player draws the same amount of Lesson Cards as there are players, and places them on the first row of the board. They are face up or face down based on how the mat tells you to lay them. The choice is then immediately made to either Broaden Your Knowledge (pass your turn and wait for more cards) or Put it into Practice (choose a column of Lesson cards, play the cards, take the appropriate Diploma. Anyway, the game continues until one of two conditions is met: The deck is empty or when one or more players have 11 cards in their Print. Points are awarded based on the point symbols in your Print and studio, total number of cards in your Print, longest sequence of identical Seasons, completed Diploma tiles, and ending with the Grand Master pawn. The player with the most points wins.
Kanagawa has 52 videos from 48 creators: 28 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 4 other videos. They date from 2016 to October 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Kanagawa, how to play (In English)" by Game4LifeBG, which runs 24 min. For a quicker teach, "Kanagawa - Tutorial" by Vagabondo74 runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Kanagawa Review - with Zee Garcia" by The Dice Tower. 26 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Kanagawa Board Game|Play Through|Beyond The Box Ep 12" by Beyond The Box, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try 7 Wonders Duel, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Splendor Duel and Sea Salt & Paper, also by Bruno Cathala. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2016.
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2015Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
2 players30 minMedium weight
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2 players30 minMedium weight
2022Marc André, Bruno Cathala
2 players30 minMedium weight
2022Bruno Cathala, Théo Rivière
2 - 4 players30 - 45 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
1840: In Kanagawa, the great bay of Tokyo, the Master Hokusai decided to open a painting school to share his art with his disciples. You are one of these disciples, and more than anything, you want to prove yourself worthy of the “crazy, old artist”. Follow his teachings to expand your studio and paint your preferred subjects (Trees, Animals, Characters, Buildings), all while paying attention to the changing of the seasons in order to make the most harmonious print - the one that will become the work of your lifetime! Each player randomly draws a starting tile that provides you with a landscape you've already mastered (Forest, Mountain, Plain, or Ocean), two brush pawns, one movement, and a plains Print with a season. Each round, the first player draws the same amount of Lesson Cards as there are players, and places them on the first row of the board. They are face up or face down based on how the mat tells you to lay them. The choice is then immediately made to either Broaden Your Knowledge (pass your turn and wait for more cards) or Put it into Practice (choose a column of Lesson cards, play the cards, take the appropriate Diploma. Anyway, the game continues until one of two conditions is met: The deck is empty or when one or more players have 11 cards in their Print. Points are awarded based on the point symbols in your Print and studio, total number of cards in your Print, longest sequence of identical Seasons, completed Diploma tiles, and ending with the Grand Master pawn. The player with the most points wins.
Designers
Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier
Artist
Jade Mosch
Publisher
IELLO
Mechanics