A Dragon Ball Z board game that fans had written off as dead is climbing back to its feet. Dragon Ball Z: The Board Game Saga, a cooperative campaign game that was announced years ago, then cancelled with pre-orders refunded back in 2021, is finally heading to Kickstarter on 9 June 2026 under a new home.
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See how it worksThe revival comes from Pop Art Games, the San Diego outfit run by industry veterans Jerry Bennington and Chris Rappley, working with the game's original developer, Canadian studio Lynnvander Studios. It keeps the official licence through Toei Animation and Bird Studio/Shueisha, and it uses Akira Toriyama's original artwork, so it looks the part rather than leaning on knock-off art.
This is a co-op for 1 to 4 players, built around 12 story-driven episodes that trace the show's big arcs. You take on Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and the rest of the Z fighters, and the neat bit is the Power Level track. Your current power decides how many actions you get each turn, and you spend the fight raising it, unlocking new forms and unleashing signature Techniques in dice-driven showdowns. The crew has to put the villains down before they gather all seven Dragon Balls or the clock runs out. Each episode can be played on its own or strung together into a full campaign, so newcomers and long-time fans can both jump in.
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Set up your group for freeLicensed adaptations live or die on whether they capture the source, and a co-op that makes you sweat your power level before going Super Saiyan sounds like it gets the assignment. The Kickstarter opens on 9 June, so if Dragon Ball is your group's thing, it is worth a look. Time to rally the gang for a game night.
Sources: GamingTrend | Geek Native | Wargamer
