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In design

Kulangsu Monopoly

An economic strategy board game set in Kulangsu’s International Settlement era (1903–1945): dual currencies, a hex map and real historical event cards. Every tile — Sunlight Rock, the Bagua Mansion, Shuzhuang Garden — carries the true story of a building and its people.

The game at a glance

  • Genre: economic strategy (a Monopoly variant), 2–5 players, 60–90 min, ages 8+
  • Core mechanics: dual currencies (“dragon silver”) + hex map + AR history triggers + an ESG victory path
  • For: families, history lovers, and Kulangsu visitors

Every tile is real history

Every property is a real building: Sunlight Rock, where Koxinga drilled his navy three centuries ago; the Bagua Mansion, the “little White House” that bankrupted Lin Heshou; Shuzhuang Garden, built by Lin Erjia who refused to be a colonial subject after 1895; the Sugar King’s Huang Family Villa; the childhood home of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi, “mother of ten thousand babies”. Players don’t buy squares — they buy true lives.

Where it stands

Design doc V2.0 is done (property library, event cards, economy tuning), a playable web demo exists, and engine selection plus physical production are in progress.

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