Playing Around – Jack is Back

The premise of the Samurai Jack animated series involved time travel. Jack had been sent through time to a dystopian future ruled by the demon Aku and his quest was to find a way back to the past so he could battle, and defeat, Aku before he became powerful. Now you’re able to help Jack on that quest in the tabletop game Samurai Jack Back to the Past

A strategy board game from USAopoly, you play as one of Jack’s companions helping him to get back to the past. You gain honor by helping Jack gather allies, weapons and traits. But you need to keep an eye on the sanity meter to make sure Jack doesn’t go off the rails before he can complete his quest.

Back to the Past comes with painted vinyl figures of Jack, Aku, Ashi, The Scotsman, Monkey Man, Sir Rothchild and Max, plus location tiles, support and movement cards, honor tokens and more. For 2-5 players, play time is around an hour so it’s not a big time commitment. And at $30, it’s a great gift for the Samurai Jack fan in your life!