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Sakura
Players: 2-6
 
 Ages: 10+
 
 Playing Time: 20-40 minutes
 
 Contents: Playing board, 60 cards, 52 prestige tokens, 6 player figures, Emperor figure
 
 Every year the Emperor walks through the Imperial Gardens to greet the spring, every year he stops beneath the sakura trees, and every year you try to paint his picture. This will be your year. Artists from near and far will step over their rivals to be closest to the Emperor as he reaches the cherry blossoms, hoping to paint a portrait that will please him. However, should one of them accidentally bump into the Emperor, they would be sure to earn his ire!
 
 Sakura is a light tactical game of pushing your luck, and pushing your friends. Each player will simultaneously decide how far to move both their character and the Emperor. The player closest to the Emperor when the cherry blossoms are reached will gain a huge amount of prestige, but if you push too far you risk bumping into the Emperor and walking away in disgrace.

Sakura

  • Reiner Knizia

    From iconic designer Reiner Knizia comes a new game of keeping the Emperor close and your enemies closer.

  • Game Details

    Imprint: Osprey Games
    Publication Date: 22-02-2018

  • About the Designer

    Dr. Reiner Knizia is one of the world's most successful and prolific game designers. More than 600 of his games and books have been published worldwide in over 50 languages. With sales exceeding 20 million copies, he has won numerous international awards, including five German Game Prizes, two German Game of the Year Awards, the German Education Game Award, four Austrian Game Awards, the Swiss Game Award, three French Grand Prix du Jouet, the Spanish Game of the Year, the Dutch Game of the Year Award, the Danish Game of the Year Award, the Swedish Game of the Year Award, three Finnish Game of the Year Awards, the Australian Game of the Year Award, and the Japan Board Game Prize. Reiner Knizia has a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University (USA) and a PHD in Mathematics from Ulm University (Germany). Before dedicating himself to the full-time development of games, he was the Operations Director of a ' 10 billion mortgage company based in the United Kingdom. Reiner Knizia has teaching assignments at various international universities and institutions on Learning Techniques, Management and Game Design.

  • Rights Sold

    French, Russian

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