Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Drive a steam-powered city through worker placement, rondel movement, inventions, trade, and industrial growth while deciding how much of nature progress should consume.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Rondel
Move around a circular action track that limits which actions are currently reachable.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Follow
Choose whether to perform a reduced version of another player’s selected action.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Once-Per-Game Abilities
Each powerful ability may be used only once during the entire game.
Variable Set-up
Starting conditions, resources, or layouts change between plays.
Read the full game description
Daitoshi is a heavy strategy game set in the industrial chapter of the Kemushi Saga. Players move magnates among city districts, send workers to specialized spaces, operate personal factories, invent new machines, electrify neighborhoods, trade with distant cities, and contribute to a shared mega-machine. Production turns let everyone run their engines, but the steam that powers progress comes from exploiting forests and rivers guarded by yōkai. That ecological pressure is more than a story beat: it affects bonuses, penalties, and the timing of restoration projects. A follow mechanism keeps players involved outside their own turns, while modular districts and variable mega-machines reshape the strategic landscape. Daitoshi rewards long plans and efficient production, but the most profitable route can leave consequences that must be repaired before final scoring.
