Kami-Sama: Game Overview

- Kami-sama is a new tabletop board game from Kolossal Games. The goal of the game is to have the most points and you do this by placing shrines, earning villager cards, and completing goal cards. The catch is is that every player is acting as a different god, also known as Kami.

Kami have unique powers and abilities that they'll be using to alter the board state as they go. In the first year each player is giving three action cubes, in year two it's four, and in year three it's five. You spend these cubes to help your Kami place, move, and remove shrines within the city and the surrounding fields and forests.

As you place your shrines, you'll be gaining favor or nature, and at the end of each year you'll earn victory points for the lowest of those two. Along the way you'll be gaining village tokens which can be turned in for victory points. You'll gain these by completing the yearly goal.

If you have a set of all four tokens then they can be turned in for six victory points. The tokens alone are worth one victory point apiece. Each year has four seasons and each player spends all of their action cubes on their turn, but they may only play directly into the village in front of them.

Certain Kami being the exception. After all players have taken their turn, the board turns and each player has a new village in front of them in which they'll need to compete for influence. The player with the most control in each village will get the first pick of the village cards awarded.

These rewards might include additional village tokens, points, and even the ability to move shrines from one village to the other in order to complete the yearly goals you were given. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

Kami-sama is a family-friendly game that's available on Kickstarter now and soon to be available in local game stores. So check it out and let us know what you think. Thanks for watching Be Bold Games and if you have any questions, feel free to leave them below.