The Story
A Game of Education and RevolutionÂ
Educate the new generation of women to light the path to independence.
Looking for a board game about education, women’s rights, and building change under colonial rule? In Kartini: From Darkness to Light, you lead a girls’ school in early 1900s Indonesia, where teaching is a radical act. Recruit students from across the islands, overcome resource limitations, and guide your graduates to become teachers, leaders, and agents of independence.
Inspired by the real-life legacy of R.A. Kartini, the game blends resource management with meaningful social impact. Every turn is a chance to empower, uplift, and defy oppression, using knowledge as your most powerful tool.
Will your school light the way toward freedom?
Why should you purchase Kartini: From Darkness to Light?
• Inspired by real history: Based on the life and impact of Indonesian national heroine R.A. Kartini
• Education as resistance: Lead a school under colonial rule and empower the next generation
• Meaningful resource management: Balance teaching, recruitment, and social development
• Build long-term change: Shape your students’ futures and shift the course of a nation
Game designer: Sherria Ayuandini
Game developer: Robin Spathon Ek
Artist: Anne Isaksson/ Madeleine Fjäll
Complexity: 2.70
How to play?
Sequence of play - Kartini is played over 3 Rounds. Each Round has 3 phases: Â Â
Action phase - In turn order, each player chooses to take 1 of the actions below. The available actions are:
- Hire a Teacher
- Recruit Puples
- Register Students (requires a matching Puple)
- Gather Books
- Graduation
-  Advance on the “From Darkness to Light”- track
- Pass
When all players have Passed, proceed to the Milestone phase. Â
Milestone phase
- Score this Round’s Milestone
Clean up phase
- Adjust your Reputation
- Gain Duits based on Endowment level
- Refresh the Student and Hero card rows
- Refill the Islands with Puples
- Return (or Flip in Co-op) any used Donate tokens
- Rulebook
- Progression board
- Map board
- Player aid cards
- School boards
- Student row stripes
- Students cards
- Hired Teacher cards
- Hero cards
- Milestone cards (Competitive + Coop milestones
- Event cards
- Kartini cards
- Pupil meeples (wood)
- Prinicipals (wood)
- Schools (wood)
- Trackers
- Enemy cube
- 300+ Punchout tokens
Download
Game designer:Â Sherria Ayuandini
-
Link to rulebook
-
Link to game on Tabletop Simulator
- Kartini -From Darkness to Light on Boardgamegeek
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Videos
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Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Description
A Game of Education and RevolutionÂ
Educate the new generation of women to light the path to independence.
Looking for a board game about education, women’s rights, and building change under colonial rule? In Kartini: From Darkness to Light, you lead a girls’ school in early 1900s Indonesia, where teaching is a radical act. Recruit students from across the islands, overcome resource limitations, and guide your graduates to become teachers, leaders, and agents of independence.
Inspired by the real-life legacy of R.A. Kartini, the game blends resource management with meaningful social impact. Every turn is a chance to empower, uplift, and defy oppression, using knowledge as your most powerful tool.
Will your school light the way toward freedom?
Why should you purchase Kartini: From Darkness to Light?
• Inspired by real history: Based on the life and impact of Indonesian national heroine R.A. Kartini
• Education as resistance: Lead a school under colonial rule and empower the next generation
• Meaningful resource management: Balance teaching, recruitment, and social development
• Build long-term change: Shape your students’ futures and shift the course of a nation
Game designer: Sherria Ayuandini
Game developer: Robin Spathon Ek
Artist: Anne Isaksson/ Madeleine Fjäll
Complexity: 2.70
How to play?
Sequence of play - Kartini is played over 3 Rounds. Each Round has 3 phases: Â Â
Action phase - In turn order, each player chooses to take 1 of the actions below. The available actions are:
- Hire a Teacher
- Recruit Puples
- Register Students (requires a matching Puple)
- Gather Books
- Graduation
-  Advance on the “From Darkness to Light”- track
- Pass
When all players have Passed, proceed to the Milestone phase. Â
Milestone phase
- Score this Round’s Milestone
Clean up phase
- Adjust your Reputation
- Gain Duits based on Endowment level
- Refresh the Student and Hero card rows
- Refill the Islands with Puples
- Return (or Flip in Co-op) any used Donate tokens
- Rulebook
- Progression board
- Map board
- Player aid cards
- School boards
- Student row stripes
- Students cards
- Hired Teacher cards
- Hero cards
- Milestone cards (Competitive + Coop milestones
- Event cards
- Kartini cards
- Pupil meeples (wood)
- Prinicipals (wood)
- Schools (wood)
- Trackers
- Enemy cube
- 300+ Punchout tokens
Download
Game designer:Â Sherria Ayuandini
-
Link to rulebook
-
Link to game on Tabletop Simulator
- Kartini -From Darkness to Light on Boardgamegeek
Â
Â
Videos
Â
