Naruto shippuden the board game is a cooperative game based on the travels of naruto and his friends at the beginning of the naruto shippuden series the akatsuki a criminal ninja organization are hunting jinchuriki humans who are host to tailed beasts of which naruto is one taking on the roles of naruto sakura kakashi rock lee sai and shikamaru from the hidden leaf village players attempt to stop the akatsuki from extracting the tailed beasts from their bearers and using them to power the