SPIEL new release · Wonderful World Board Games
Release date (catalogue)August 2027
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€45.00 RRP
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MechanicsDraftingSet CollectionTile Placement
ThemeJapanese bath houseAnimals
Onsen is a 1–4 player tile-drafting and set-collection game where you race to build the most beloved hot spring resort in Japan — one carefully timed placement at a time. As the resort's manager, your job is simple: keep every guest happy. Each round, players draft a trio of : tiles – a scented water tile to fill the pools, a guest tile to seat around the edge of your onsen pool, and a special item that provides different abilities. Guests score based on the scents arranged along their row or column, but there's a catch: each guest only arrives on a specific turn. Place them too early, and they show up to an empty pool. Too late, and the moment's already passed. Marking the passage of time is the shishi-odoshi — a beautifully crafted bamboo deer scare that tips and clacks with every strike. Each strike triggers scoring. When the game ends, whoever has earned the most points takes home the win.
Wonderful World Board Games
Wonderful World is our company name. We believed a wonderful world is a dreaming society that possesses nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. It sounds like a dream in reality. However, it can happen in the Board Game Universe. Our company would love to present to you our games that are design by our selected designers.