Epoch's "Weekly Shonen Sunday VS Weekly Shonen Magazine Baseball Board" and various successive baseball boards in Tokyo toy show 2008

The baseball board released by Epoch was born in 1958 and celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. As a 50th anniversary model, "Baseball Ace (ACE)」Is released, but the weekly boys magazine of Shogakukan Weekly Shonen Sunday and Kodansha also celebrates 50 years anniversary, so in October the collaboration model"Weekly Shonen Sunday VS Weekly Shonen Magazine Baseball Edition"Will be on sale.

This is a card game element added in addition to the conventional baseball board game elements. The character card has special abilities, it seems that you can reproduce the confrontation of dreams such as touch Uesugi Tatsuya and the giant star's flower form full of more games.

Details are as below.
Epoch's baseball board official site

The baseball board that was placed in the booth looks like this.


The front is the Weekly Shonen Sunday Team, the back is the Weekly Shonen Magazine Team.


This is the Sunday Team member card. "MAJOR"Shigano Shogun, Sato Toshiya, Joe Gibson Jr., Shimizu Kaoru, Shimizu Okawa,"touchFrom Uesugi Tatsuya, Nitta Akio, Asakura Minami, Matsudaira Kotaro, "Mr. OneFrom Isao Sanada, Shun Otomo, Sankichi Hotta, Shiro Ichimu from "Man and Ago KoshienFrom Fujimura Koshien, Kazami Tenjin Maru, Tanba left character, Shinki Hikaru, Takeshi Kamishima. Among them, Asakura Minami is a support card.


This is a magazine team. "Diamond AFrom Eiji Sawamura, Tetsuya Yuuki, Kazuya Okie, Shunichi Kominato, Jun Izashi, "Kojiro of light"From Nitta Kojiro, Iwao Seiji, Koizumi power,"Baseball cries poetryYuuki Suwara, Genki Genema, National Tamakiro, Tang Daiki, Ohjiro Daisuke, "Star of the GiantFrom Hideo Hoshiro, Hanagata Mitsuru, Hoshiako, Atsuko Taiko, left gate good harvest. Star Miko is a cheering card.


Each card has special abilities.


A place where the magazine team has kept defense.


If you reverse the player plate, the team will change.


50th anniversary of Sunday and magazine.


Epoch's booth as a whole looked like this.


Historical baseball record which was exhibited. This is a reprint of the original baseball board.


Baseball board AM type. There was a thing with continuous pitching device and thing of artificial grass stadium etc, especially those of artificial turf which was released in 1978 was the most popular baseball board at that time.


Big Egg baseball board. It is modeled on Tokyo Dome.


And baseball board MS (mega stadium) boasting the largest size of 600 mm × 600 mm ever.