Number of players: 1 - 4 players

Game time: 60 minutes

Age: From 12 years

Publisher: Ludo Nova

Language: English, Spanish

The Shinkansen's Tōkaidō Line began construction in 1959 with the fastest train of the time, just before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

In Shinkansen: Zero Kei, players take on the role of the builders. They will be responsible for the construction of this historic railway line and all associated stations. They can also help the Olympic locations in their preparation for the Games. The player who proves to be the most efficient in his role is declared the winner.

In each round of a Shinkansen game you build your own bullet train, each wagon card you add to your train gives you an action or an ability. These actions mainly allow you to build tracks and stations, collaborate in the preparation of the Olympic locations and obtain new carriage cards. The wagon cards are associated with cities through which the line passes. If you manage to build them in the correct order, you will be rewarded with victory points. After five rounds, corresponding to the five-year construction of the line, the player with the most victory points wins.