Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Anime Saga is a Gateway Board Game, light in rules but with interesting strategic options, being interesting both to more experienced players then newcomers.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Read the full game description
Anime Saga is a Gateway Board Game, light in rules but with interesting strategic options, being interesting both to more experienced players then newcomers. In Anime Saga each player will be a Hero with unique powers, member of a group of adventurers in a Medieval Fantasy style setting, but with an Japanese Anime perspective. The players will face challenges and enemies in order to reach and beat one of the Lords of Darkness that are endangering the world. The Heroes are allied against the powers of the darkness, but each one of then wants to be the true protagonist, the most famous hero, the leader, the one that will be the most remember in the tales and songs. In order to reach that goal players will try to be the one with the most Fame at the end of the game. By using cards with four different attributes, strength, agility, intelligence and power, players will beat challenges and combat enemies to win fame and advance the game towards the inevitable encounter with the Lord of Darkness. During this journey players will have the opportunity to train new powers, face challenges, attack enemies and gather fame that will be the decisive factor to see who will be the protagonist of this Anime Saga!