GOITA (1860)

• Japanese chessmen cardgame

Goita is a highly addictive partnership card game that blends skill and chance. Goita is played by four players who form two pairs. Aim of the game is to collect more Victory Points (VP) more quickly than your opponents. Partners sit opposite each other at same game table. Each player receives 8 cards (as hand) which have images of Japanese Chessmen on it.

• Grimpeur/Japon Brand version

Each card is made of hard cardboard.
The Set also provides a 3 player battle royal variant.
It includes victory point markers.

Goita is a traditional Japanese game which inherited only at Ushitsu, Notocho-town, Ishikawa prefecture.

It mechanics is go-out system like Ao Kammuri (means Blue Crowns) using Hyakunin Isshu (100 Poems by 100 Poets) Cards, next player plays same piece or card as the before player played.

Root of Goita can ascend over a hundred years to Uke-Shogi (Receiving Chess) of the end of Edo era, but its definite history is not clear until now.