Nippon: Zaibatsu is a fast-paced, highly competitive area-majority worker-placement game where actions can’t be blocked. It is set in a Meiji-era Japan, when rapid industrialisation was transforming the life of the entire country.

In the game, players invest in new industries, build factories and railroads, and produce goods to saturate local markets and fulfill contracts — all to grow their influence and power and to become rulers of the new modernized country.

Nippon: Zaibatsu – Emperor’s Edition is the definitive version of the acclaimed area control eurogame. This deluxe edition celebrates the game’s 10th anniversary with upgraded components and exclusive gameplay content: double-sided factories, printed wooden tokens, and a modular plastic organiser. With variable scoring, strategic depth, and a powerful solo mode, this edition is perfect for serious eurogame fans and collectors alike.

Key Features:

• TWICE AS MANY FACTORIES: Includes 30 double-sided factory tiles, offering greater variability and opening up entirely new strategic pathways in every playthrough.
• HEAT-PRINTED WOODEN PIECES: Upgraded wooden tokens feature heat-printed icons for increased immersion during gameplay.
• MODULAR ORGANIZER: A multipart plastic storage system with snap-on lids ensures fast setup and organized component storage between sessions.
• DELUXE GAMEPLAY CONTENT: Adds the Common Goals module for additional scoring opportunities and strategic depth, plus other refined mechanisms not found in the standard edition.
• REIMAGINED EUROGAME CLASSIC: Celebrates the 10th anniversary of Nippon with refined rules, a solo automa mode, and modern visual design for the definitive play experience.