Pick Your Wrestler. Knock Out Your Opponents. Watch Your Back!
Will you be the champion?
Take on the role of a beetle with a bad attitude and something to prove. Battle for supremacy in the ring and your place in the pantheon of legendary wrestlers!
Kabuto Sumo is a physical, interactive puzzle of a game where your goal is to push your opponents out of the ring.
Be careful! The way the discs move can result in some very unexpected physics. If you've ever played one of those coin pushers at the arcade, you know what we're talking about!
You might not realize that you’ve left yourself vulnerable to an opponent’s attack. You’ll need a little dexterity and a lot of strategy to win!
It’s—quite simply—the greatest disc-pushing insect sumo wrestling game ever made.
Kabuto Sumo
Insect All-stars Expansion
Total Mayhem Expansion
Andre the Giant Promo
Kabuto Sumo Deluxe Ring
The Strategy
Go For The Win!
Be Fearless!
Kabuto Sumo is a game that usually rewards a high-risk, high-reward style of play.
You'll have plenty of opportunities to carefully place discs in strategic spots. But, if you think there's a good chance to snag a lot of pieces or knock an opponent out, you should go for it!
Each wrestler is based on a real life insect and their physiological defense mechanisms.
They all have special signature moves and unique piece shapes that introduce wild, unexpected turns. Make sure to use their strengths (and avoid their weaknesses) wisely!
Game Overview
How To Play
1. Select your wrestler
Choose your favorite character - and don't forget to pay attention to their signature moves!
2. Slide your discs
Slide pieces straight into the ring from any position and keep what falls off.
3. Perform Signature Moves
Every wrestler has special moves that will give you a special advantage.
4. Victory!
Win by knocking our opponent out of the ring or by hogging all the pieces.
Kabuto Sumo: Insect All-Stars!
The Expansion
The Insect All-Star expansion brings eight non-beetle insects to the sumo ring.
Like their beetle counterparts, each new wrestler has their own signature move and piece.
Play as characters like:
- Teddy R., whose signature shape is a big stick
- The Composter who has five centipede tail shaped pieces
- The Nature Bug who can sting others with his scorpion tail!
Kabuto Sumo: Total Mayhem
Expansion
Tables, ladders, and chairs — oh my!
The total mayhem expansion cranks up the chaos. The sumo beetles have discovered professional wrestling! These new pieces create hilarious new interactions and win conditions for each match.
Components
What's inside the box
Wrestlers, join the ring!
- A1 Sumo Ring
- B4 Wrestler Tokens
- C4 Reference Tokens
- D8 Wrestler Cards
- E8 Wrestler Signature Pieces
- F5 Large Discs
- G15 Medium Discs
- H20 Small Discs
- I5 Junior League Cards
Sumo Ring
Where the insects will battle for the championship belt!
Wrestler Cards & Signature Pieces
Play as eight different wrestlers, each with unique signature move pieces
Discs
Use these pieces to knock your opponent out of the ring!
Wrestlers
These chonky bug pieces represent you in the arena
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What You're Saying About Kabuto Sumo
The brains behind the game
Creators
Tony Miller
Game Design
His son's love of coin-dozer arcade machines was the first inspiration for this game. He's one half of the board game design team of Fire in the Library, and one third of the Breaking into Board Games podcast. He lives in the Portland, Oregon area and designs games in between his Operations Engineer day job and the occasional nap.
Kwanchai Moriya
Illustration
A friend of Tony's, Kwanchai had a chance to play an early prototype of Kabuto Sumo at a convention. He felt a personal connection to its theme and was immediately delighted by the game. Once as a child, having spent a summer visiting his grandparents in rural Japan, he was given a wrestling beetle in a little plastic cage as a parting gift. Nothing could've been more exotic and fun, for a midwestern kid from the suburbs.
John Brieger & Michael Dunsmore
Game Development
Brieger Development is an independent studio of boardgame developers specializing in helping publishers, licenseholders, and designers turn prototypes into marketable products. Founded by former Apple Inc. designer John Brieger, they leverage deep knowledge on product development processes & design research to get games rigorously tested with a broad set of players.
Anca Gavril
Graphic Design
She has a poster featured in the Board Game Geek Artist series. Her husband and children are always involved in the projects, from mandatory play testing and prototyping, to artistic suggestions.
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Kabuto Sumo
10.8" x 6.8" x 2.75"
1 lb. 6.0 oz.
GME-KBS
618149322619
$40
Kabuto Sumo: Insect All-stars
Kabuto Sumo: Total Mayhem
Kabuto Sumo: Andre the Giant