Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here is my Nippon: Zaibatsu tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by CrowD Games.

Kickstarter link - kickstarter.com/projects/crowdgames/nippon-zaibatsu

Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game start - 4:24
Build factory action - 5:16
Refilling hiring area - 11:29
Producing at factories action - 12:14
Completing contracts action - 14:29
Advancing R&D or Coal tracks - 16:14
Local markets action - 16:58
Build machines action - 19:48
Build ships action - 21:50
Consolidation - 24:48
Ending the round - 36:05
Influence scoring explanation - 36:46
Endgame trigger - 38:17
Final scoring explanation - 38:53
Build trains action - 42:47

BGG link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/434367/nippon-zaibatsu

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