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A strategy game - dubbed the most ‘Welsh board game ever’ - has raised more than £222,000 in a crowdfunding campaign.

Snowdonia is a multi-player game that sees players battle against each other to build a railroad up Wales’s highest peak.

A deluxe version of the game - invented by Tony Boydell from Newport - is being created with a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.

Its target was £34,000 but so far the campaign has raised £225,434 with 3,161 backers.

Kuba Polkowski, from board game publisher NSKN Games, said: “We are proud to announce that the most Welsh game ever made has been conquering the world on Kickstarter for the past two weeks – and is still fighting for more.

“Snowdonia has gathered over £200,000 on Kickstarter and more than 3 000 backers.”

She added: “The game tells a story of Snowdonia and its railway that is being built up Snowdon by the players that need to calculate, gather resources and send their workers round the map in order to secure the victory.

“The Welsh heritage of the game made the publisher launch a very Welsh marketing campaign.

“The main video tells a story of two friends trying to pronounce the name of the magnificent town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

“There is a Welsh language course that is divided into 24 episodes where people can learn important phrases.”

There are also three recreated Welsh legends and famous recipes from Wales as part of the campaign.

Kuba added: “Board games are one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and with UK being the third European market in this area, it is no wonder that tabletop titles about Great Britain arise.”

The Snowdonia Deluxe Master Set can only be purchased through the Kickstarter campaign.