Next Station: Tokyo

Redraw Tokyo's metro map with a pen and one shared deck, and connect your lines to the green loop.

Designer: Matthew Dunstan
Published by: Blue Orange (EU)
Editions by: Blue Orange Games, Pegasus Spiele, Broadway Toys LTD, MINDOK, Siam Board Games, Fractal Juegos, MEBO Games, テンデイズゲームズ (TendaysGames), HCM Kinzel

Next Station: Tokyo takes the flip-and-write subway puzzle of Next Station: London to Japan. You help redraw Tokyo's metro map to cope with the tourists of tomorrow. Each turn a station card is revealed, and everyone draws a subway line on their own map to match. You want to optimize your network to collect as many stamps as possible and stay connected to the central green loop, which earns the most points. The cards come from one shared deck, so everyone has the same pieces but a different network. Up to four players, solo mode too, about half an hour, from age 8. Released in 2023.

Draw metro lines on a map of TokyoStay connected to the central green loopCollect stamps for tourist challenges

Who it's for

You like drawing transit maps and want a neat, quick puzzle that works alone or with a group.

Not for you if…

You want a lot of interaction. Everyone draws on their own map without affecting the others.

Vibe's take

Calm, tidy and quietly clever. Everyone gets the same card yet builds a different network, and the puzzle is to link tourist stamps without breaking your own plan.