Jisogi

Description

Jisogi

1–4 players | Ages 12+ | 60–120 minutes

A tycoon‑style worker‑placement game about running an anime studio under constant pressure. Designed and published by Esper Game Studio with art by Eisuke Gou and Senkawa Teien, Jisogi casts you as a studio manager who hires staff, produces script parts (Setting, Plot, Twist) and releases original anime. Popularity — driven by production quality and matching rotating Trend cards — converts into resources and victory points, while debt and tight resources force tough strategic choices. The title references jitenshasōgyō (barely keeping a business afloat), capturing the frantic hustle of the industry.

Key gameplay elements: staff cards placed on your personal studio board determine available actions, genre trend matching shapes rewards, and opportunites, merchandise and networking add strategic layers. The game includes a solo mode.

Contents (selected):

• Central Action board, Trend board, Opportunity board and 4 double‑layered Studio boards
• 68 Staff cards, 60 Script part cards, 24 Opportunity cards, 20 Network cards, 18 Debt cards, 20 foil Trend cards
• Wood components: 4×6 studio action tokens, 25 art tokens, 30 hype tokens, 16 merchandise deal tokens, 8 point trackers, 4 lock tokens
• 50 cardboard money tokens, 3 acrylic Popularity tokens, 1 acrylic first‑player token, 4 player aids, 2 solo cards, plus rulebook

Available from Mind Games — Australia’s oldest and best games store.