Let’s play Kabuto Sumo, the beetle wrestling recreation, on Overboard

It’s not usually you encounter a board recreation that’s laborious to match to the rest you’ve performed. Kabuto Sumo is a type of video games. At its easiest, this beetle sumo wrestling recreation is all about shoving items out of an area, however these appearances may be deceiving. The sport is thrilling and unpredictable in simply the way in which you’d need a wrestling match to be, and we had a improbable time enjoying it with our particular visitor Petrana Radulovic on our newest episode of Overboard.

In a match of Kabuto Sumo, gamers try to shove their opponent’s wrestling piece out of the sector, both on their very own or as a workforce of two. They do this by pushing items (in small, medium, or massive varieties) right into a crowded board of discs and beetles. This sometimes causes a number of items to be bumped out of the sector. If it’s a participant’s beetle piece, they get knocked out, and their opponent wins! However extra possible, they’ll simply push out a few common items, which get added to that participant’s provide for future turns.

The closest comparisons we may consider to this “disc pushing” gameplay wasn’t even a board recreation. Slightly, it was these coin pushing video games you see at bowling alley arcades and Chuck E. Cheese places.

Whereas these “video games” are very completely different from Kabuto Sumo, they do share one factor in frequent: They each trick you into considering that pushing discs in a straight line can be simple.

Because it seems, whenever you push two to 3 discs in a row, they’re liable to maneuver in all kinds of unpredictable instructions. Nevertheless it pays off simply usually sufficient that it may be definitely worth the threat for those who can, say, shove a very fascinating piece (or possibly even an opponent) out of the ring from clear throughout the sector. That implies that on each flip, you (and your teammate) must resolve if you wish to play it protected or go for broke. These kinds of high-risk, high-reward choices are what make the sport really feel like an thrilling bout of wrestling — even when all you’re doing is pushing little discs.

Including additional colour and chaos are the wrestlers themselves. Initially of a Kabuto Sumo match, every participant will get to choose a wrestler with two signature strikes. Considered one of these strikes provides a tactical wrinkle to your play type. Possibly you steal items from an opponent that touches your wrestling piece, otherwise you get an additional flip whenever you’re on the sting of the sector.

The opposite signature transfer sometimes provides you entry to your particular piece, which you’ll push into the sector as an alternative of a daily piece. These signature items may be extremely helpful, however you normally need to pay a few items simply to get them.

You possibly can see Kabuto Sumo for your self in our Let’s Play on the prime of this put up. In case you get pleasure from it, try the remainder of our Overboard episodes over on our YouTube channel!