DK Lab Co., Ltd.
After successfully exhibiting at CES 2025, 2026 and SPIEL Essen 2025, check out the reactions of those who experienced the pro version of the game firsthand.
Created by a couple who are passionate about baseball.
A baseball board game made by a board game expert wife and an IT expert husband.
A baseball board game that has won the CES Innovation Award for two consecutive years and has been validated through the SPIEL Essen exhibition in Germany and Kickstarter funding.'Base on Board'.
For the first time in Korea on Wadiz, we are introducing the 'Light Version' for baseball beginners, basic, and intermediate players.
Now, the baseball you only watched on TVis a convergent strategic sports game you can play directly on the table— experience it for yourself.
'Base on Board' began with a conversation between a couple who truly love baseball.
In 2019, it started with a single comment while watching a baseball broadcast.
"What if we made baseball into a board game?"
"Couldn't we represent strikes and hits with dice?"
The husband is a baseball fan andICT+innovation expert and the wife is also an enthusiastic baseball fan who has been making and teaching board games as aboard game expert It was.
An experiment to turn the rules of baseball into board game rules began.
✔ Pitcher's throw → Dice 1 (Strike (foul, swing and miss), ball, hit (C))
✔ Batter's choice → Dice 2 (Out, hit, home run)
✔ Type of hit → Dice 3 (Single 75%, double 16.7%, triple 8.3%)
✔ Runner advancement → Dice 2, 3 (Force out, advancing hit, advance 1~3 bases)
✔ Records, scores, and rankings → Linked with mobile app
At first, it was just rules drawn on paper, but after dozens of playtests and improvements, a game system embodying the probabilities and strategies of baseball was completed.
This small idea led to a patent application and prototype production, and finally,A baseball board game called 'Base on Board' was born.
This system 👉Filed 4 domestic patents and currently,Patent applications are in progress in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China.
Also, the trademark 'Base on Board' 👉Madrid international trademark application has been completed,and it has already been registered in Japan, Europe, and China.
This idea has grown into an official content IP protected by intellectual property rights such as patents and trademarks.
Features of Base on Board
🎯 1. 'Tactics' determine the outcome, just like real baseball.
From stealing bases, bunts, power hits, to defensive choices,The player's strategy changes the result of the game.
🎲 2. Dice + card-based probability strategy system
Not just a simple game of luck,Situation analysis + probability calculation + mind games + tactical choices, All combined into one structure.
👨👩👧 3. Light version that even beginners can enjoy right away
Even if you don't know baseball rules, you can play after a 5-minute explanation.
Baseball novices, families, friends, couples, Everyone can enjoy it.
The product introduced on Wadiz this time is the 'Base on Board [Light] Version.'
✔ Target: Baseball beginners, basic to intermediate
✔ Play time: About 20–75 minutes (choose 3, 5, 7, or 9 innings, about 10 minutes per inning)
✔ Players: 2 or more
✔ Age: 14 and up
For deeper strategy and more detailed rules 👉 the expert 'Pro Version' is available on Kickstarter.Successfully raised 100 million KRW in funding. Was done,Scheduled to be re-released in Korea after April 2026. This is.
The Lite version is designed so that you can enjoy the core system of the Pro version more easily and intuitively.
📦Lite Version Components
- 1 Game Board Box
- Strategy Card Set (33 Attack, 33 Defense, 20 Challenge)
- 3 12-sided Dice
- Set of Pieces (3 for runners)
- Rulebook (Manual)
- Mobile App (Free download for iOS and Android)
Base on Board [Lite] is a version that has been reorganized in structure and flow so you can easily enjoy it even on rainy days or after the season ends.
A game where baseball fans, newcomers, children, and adults alike can enjoy the same moment together at one table.
That is theBase on Board we have envisioned.
This game contains 'thinking baseball,' where you choose for yourself when to hit, when to run, and when to stop.
Base on Board is not a product that was complete from the start, but a story that began with passion and has been refined little by little.
That is why we wanted to create this game together with those who resonate with it from the very beginning.
We want to hear your feedback through Wadiz and take the quality of the game to the next level.
This project is not the end, but the beginning.
We hope that the tension and laughter of baseball will be shared on even more tables.