We’re funded! We’re beyond thrilled that we’ve hit our pledge goal and so grateful to you all. This game has a wonderful table presence and is super fun to play and easy to learn, and we know you’ll love it!

If you’re familiar with our library of board games, you may notice Where am I? Alice in a Mad Tea Party is a little different from our other games. Most of Japanime Games’ board games feature Japanese anime-style art, so why did we want to publish this game that doesn’t have that same art style? Well aside from the fact that the game is gorgeous and has great mechanics, it is also part of our mission to bring Japan to you, and this game–the Red edition– was designed and originally published by Japanese publisher GOTTA2 in 2020 via Kickstarter.

GOTTA2 has their own library of games mainly offered only in Japan (unless you’re lucky enough to catch them at one of the big board game conventions like Essen Spiel in Germany), and they also have a board game cafe in Tokyo–how wonderful is that?! If you ever visit Tokyo, that could be a fun stop!

As mentioned in the campaign, in collaboration with GOTTA2, we have made various updates to the Red edition such as an updated rulesheet to make the rules more clear as well as additional mechanics to play 5-8 players (when combined with the Blue edition), and an extra 16 ‘reasoning’ cards will be included in our Red edition to enable that 5-8 player gameplay. The Blue edition is brand new to the scene with no previous release with all new characters and a miniature porcelain tea set with blue flowers and gold trim (which goes so well with the red flowers and gold trim on the Red edition’s porcelain set). 

We can’t thank you all enough and we’re beyond excited that you’ve joined us in this campaign!

Please note: The standalone Red edition and Blue edition are 2-4 player games but can be combined for 2-8 player play. They are also cross compatible if one player wants to use a character from the other edition. If you are one of the lucky ones that already own the previous Red edition released by GOTTA2, you can snag the Add-on 'Upgrade Pack for Owners of the Previous Red Box' to get the extra 16 'reasoning' cards you'd need along with a Blue edition for 5-8 player play.