Financial Education Board Game 'Financial Frontier' Online Version Developed

Cross Games Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yasushi Kametani) announces that it has developed and launched the online version of the financial education board game 'Financial Frontier: Pioneering the Future with Asset Building,' provided by IFA corporation Value Advisers Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shuhei Igarashi).

About 'Financial Frontier'

'Financial Frontier' is a financial education content designed to help participants acquire knowledge of investment and asset building not merely by "understanding it as knowledge," but by "learning through experiencing decision-making."

In the game, participants make decisions within scenarios that simulate actual market changes, such as the Lehman Shock and interest rate hikes, and through the results, they viscerally learn the mindset necessary for asset building.

The real board game version, launched in May 2024, has been utilized not only for individual learning but also as a training tool for insurance agencies and financial service providers, contributing to the improvement of financial literacy.

Background of Online Version Development and Cross Games' Role

In recent years, as corporate training and sales activities have increasingly moved online, there has been a growing demand for solutions that allow for implementation "regardless of location" and "simultaneous utilization across nationwide bases."

In this project, Cross Games was responsible for the design and development to reproduce and optimize the experiential value designed as a board game, without compromising it, even in an online environment.

We focused on digitizing the "decision-making experience" from the real world and maintaining and enhancing participant interaction and learning effectiveness.

Features of This Service

Online Experiential Financial Education Achieves "experiential learning" online, not limited to knowledge acquisition, but through decision-making and feedback on results.

Design to Promote Communication Game design that fosters discussion regardless of generation or occupation, making it ideal for training and workshops.

Reliability Supervised by Experts Financial experts such as IFAs, FPs, and accountants supervise the content, ensuring practical relevance.

Flexible Implementation Options Supports online hosting via a web system, as well as hybrid operation with in-person training.

*Required time: 90 minutes to half a day (adjustable depending on use) *Customizable for new employee training, executive training, and for insurance, securities, and banking industries.

Future Developments

Leveraging the expertise in "education x games x online" cultivated through this project, Cross Games will continue to promote gamification development in various fields.

Service Overview

Service Name: Financial Frontier: Pioneering the Future with Asset Building Launch Date: February 2026 Provider: Value Advisers Inc.

About Value Advisers Inc.

[Company Profile] Company Name: Value Advisers Inc. Location: Hulic Shinjuku 4-chome Building 3F, 4-3-17 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Representative: Shuhei Igarashi Established: February 28, Heisei 25 (2013) URL: https://value-advisers.co.jp/

About Cross Games Inc.

With a mission to "connect people and games," we provide quality assurance from game development to QA.

[Company Profile] Company Name: Cross Games Inc. Headquarters: Izumi Nishi-Shinjuku Building 1F, 4-12-7 Honcho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0071 Representative Director: Yasushi Kametani Established: March 2006 Business Activities: Planning, development, and operation of online games HP: https://cross-games.jp/