This is a list of board games invented or developed in Japan.
Games
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! Game name !! Year !! Origin !! Players !! Gameplay style !! Similar Games !! Reference
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|Love Letter||2012||Kanai Factory||2–4|||Risk and deduction game||Coup||
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|||circa 850||Traditional||2|||Strategic abstract game played with Go pieces on a Renju board (15×15), goal to reach five in a row||Renju, Four in a row||
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|||1967||Takara||?||Japanese adaptation of The Game of Life||The Game of Life||
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|||2012||Grounding Inc.||2–5||Tabletop city-building/resource-gathering game using cards and dice||Catan||
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|||1899||Traditional||2|| Strategic five-in-a-row game with equal chances for both players||Pente, Gomoku||
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|||1924||Traditional||4||Chinese Mahjong with Japanese rules||Mahjong||
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|||2005||Game Republic ||4–8||Supernatural themed, strategic, secret team play ||Bang!, Mafia||
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|||16th Century||Traditional||2||Played on a 9×9 board; can use captured pieces against opponent ||Chess||
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|||6th Century||Traditional||?|| Race game, two variants ||Backgammon (variant), Snakes and Ladders (variant)||
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