A bizarre Pokémon board game you've never heard of is back from the dead

For every Poképroduct that became a beloved classic in America, there's three that never made it out of Japan. Case in point - Plakoro was a dice battling board game published by Bandai during the original Pokémania of 1997, featuring customizable energy dice and distinctly cube-shaped Pokémon players would roll to attack one another. To celebrate Pokémon's 30th anniversary Bandai is bringing the classic game back into production, with six starter sets confirmed to release this Summer. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Board game YouTuber Game Night Picks fires back at "misinformed" fraud allegations by Watch It PlayedWe ask top designers how to make board games about the worst parts of human historyRoma XLI is a social deduction board game about seizing power after stabbing Caesar

Mar 5, 2026 - 19:00
A bizarre Pokémon board game you've never heard of is back from the dead
For every Poképroduct that became a beloved classic in America, there's three that never made it out of Japan. Case in point - Plakoro was a dice battling board game published by Bandai during the original Pokémania of 1997, featuring customizable energy dice and distinctly cube-shaped Pokémon players would roll to attack one another. To celebrate Pokémon's 30th anniversary Bandai is bringing the classic game back into production, with six starter sets confirmed to release this Summer.

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