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

2022Antoine Bauza
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Namiji is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 12 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Namiji, you are fishers from the Japan of yesteryear, navigating south of the Japanese archipelago, a few kilometers from the famous Tokaido road. You will need to have a fruitful day at sea to win the game. To do this, you will have the opportunity to contemplate magnificent marine species, to fish with a line or a net to fill your racks with colorful fish, and haul in your crustacean traps. You can benefit from stops to improve your fishing equipment, and you will also have to contend with the gods of the sea by setting offerings afloat, or by fulfilling their wishes that they express during your contemplation with the Sacred Rocks, for which they will reward you. Namiji features gameplay similar to Tokaido. The action spaces are laid out on the game board in 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. What players are doing on the track differs from what they do in Tokaido.
Namiji has 43 videos from 33 creators: 12 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 10 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2019 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play Namiji - Tokaido" by Games Across The Board, which runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Namiji Review - with Mike DiLisio" by The Dice Tower. 12 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Let's play Namiji (Boardgame) - 3 player walkthrough" by jPlay, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try 7 Wonders Duel, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Tokaido and 7 Wonders: Architects, also by Antoine Bauza. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2019.
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2015Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
2 players30 minMedium weight
2024Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
2 players30 minMedium weight
2021Antoine Bauza
2 - 7 players25 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Namiji, you are fishers from the Japan of yesteryear, navigating south of the Japanese archipelago, a few kilometers from the famous Tokaido road. You will need to have a fruitful day at sea to win the game. To do this, you will have the opportunity to contemplate magnificent marine species, to fish with a line or a net to fill your racks with colorful fish, and haul in your crustacean traps. You can benefit from stops to improve your fishing equipment, and you will also have to contend with the gods of the sea by setting offerings afloat, or by fulfilling their wishes that they express during your contemplation with the Sacred Rocks, for which they will reward you. Namiji features gameplay similar to Tokaido. The action spaces are laid out on the game board in 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. What players are doing on the track differs from what they do in Tokaido.
Designer
Antoine Bauza
Artist
Xavier Gueniffey Durin
Publisher
Funforge
Categories
Mechanics