Kabuto Sumo: Beetle Brawl
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BGG #12,409
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6.7

Kabuto Sumo: Beetle Brawl

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  • 15–20 min
  • 6+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

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Kabuto Sumo: Beetle Brawl is a board game released in 2023 for 2–4 players, 15–20 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. It was designed by Tony Miller and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers and Slide / Push.

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About the game

Spring time in Japan means the return of the rhinoceros beetles — "Kabutomushi", which is Japanese for "helmet bug" — and their athletic contests of dominance. Out in the wild, you can find them butting heads trying to show off their strength and impress their insect friends with their wrestling skills. This is the origin of the phenomenal World Insect Wrestling Championship. In Kabuto Sumo, you are one of the contending beetles that is battling for supremacy in the ring and your place in the pantheon of legendary wrestlers. The gameplay of Kabuto Sumo resembles the coin-pusher arcade games in which you strategically drop quarters and anxiously anticipate coins cascading off the platform. This game features a similar experience, with you trying to strategically slide pieces onto the board and push the other players out of the ring. It's an exciting combination of dexterity, strategy, and luck. This edition, initially a Target exclusive, features 6 playable wrestlers including the new luchadora Kabuto Sumo: Flor de Muertos Promo. —description from the publisher

Editions

  • Kabuto Sumo: Beetle BrawlenBoardGameTables.com2023
  • Kabuto Sumo: Сутичка жуківukAllplay, Belleville (Бельвіль)2025

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Publishers

  • Belleville (Бельвіль)
  • Allplay
  • BoardGameTables.com

Questions and answers

Kabuto Sumo: Beetle Brawl supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.