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Vala Foundry and Mugen Gaming Announce an English Edition of Cosmic Cowboy

Cosmic Cowboy

Mugen Gaming and Vala Foundry have announced the upcoming English edition of Cosmic Cowboy, a stylish Japanese worker placement board game where players become bounty hunters racing across the galaxy to capture notorious outlaws. The game will launch on Kickstarter soon, bringing the game to English-speaking audiences for the first time.

Created by Japanese game designer Hayato Kisaragi, Cosmic Cowboy challenges players to strategically deploy their crew, upgrade planets, and take on increasingly dangerous criminals to earn valuable bounties. Each round, players choose an action, move their captain, deploy hired hands, and collect rewards as they compete to become the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter. After eight rounds, the bounty hunter with the most victory tokens earns the title of the Cosmic Cowboy. With quick turns, meaningful decisions, and a playful sci-fi setting, Cosmic Cowboy offers an experience that is easy to learn while rewarding clever strategy.

Following the success of their collaboration on En-nichi, Mugen Gaming and Vala Foundry have once again partnered to deliver a faithful English localization that preserves the personality, humor, and visual style of the original game while making it accessible to a wider audience. With development complete, the team is now focused on bringing the game to players through Kickstarter.

The Kickstarter campaign will feature the complete English edition of the game along with exclusive rewards available only during the campaign.

Fans can sign up before launch to receive campaign updates, early access notifications, and earn an upgraded Player Start Token with their Kickstarter pledge here.

Popular Japanese Board Game En-nichi Gets Localization by Mugen Gaming

En-nichi

Mugen Gaming has announced that En-nichi, a cozy Japanese festival board game, will soon debut on Kickstarter in an all-new English edition! This launch marks Mugen Gaming’s first partnership with Vala Foundry, a new tabletop publishing division of Vala Marketing.

Designed to capture the atmosphere of a traditional matsuri, En-nichi brings players together in a cozy competition to collect prizes. The board game is designed by Japanese designers, and is complete with inviting stalls, festival games, and adorable art. It is perfect for families and casual gamers who are seeking something authentically Japanese while maintaining quick and easy-to-learn gameplay.

The upcoming Kickstarter campaign will invite backers to experience En-nichi in English for the first time, featuring a localization that preserves the warmth, simplicity, and festival atmosphere that made it a favorite in Japan.

Sword World, Japan’s best-selling RPG finally arrives in English with a free Quickstart

Sword World RPG

Mugen Gaming has released the first official English-language materials for Sword World RPG, Japan’s most beloved fantasy tabletop roleplaying game. Available now as a free downloadable PDF, the Sword World RPG Quickstart is an early version/early release of the 2.5 system, and includes everything new players need to begin adventuring: an overview of the core rules, a solo adventure, a ready-to-play one-shot campaign, and pre-generated characters.

First published in 1989, Sword World RPG was created by Group SNE and quickly became Japan’s most influential tabletop roleplaying game. Built on a distinctive 2d6 system and renowned for its emphasis on teamwork, structured play, and accessible storytelling, Sword World has been a cultural force for over 35 years, inspiring novels, actual-play series, anime adaptations, and video games. More than 10 million copies of Sword World books – including rulebooks, replay books, and tie-in novels – have been sold to date.

The release of the Sword World RPG Quickstart marks the first step toward the game’s full English debut, which will be launched via crowdfunding early next year. More information about the upcoming crowdfunding campaign, release timeline, and additional game support will be shared in the coming months.