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Pike and Shotte: Wars of the Samurai

The Sengoku Jidai saw Japan divided into numerous warring states from the mid 15th to the early 17th century. Starting with the Onin War and ending with the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 the era saw the development of tactics and weapons by the samurai from a medieval system dominated by horse archers and heroic duels to greater use of infantry recruited from the peasant class (ashigaru) to sophisticated command and control techniques and mass use of firearms, It is a period romanticized in films like Ran and Kagemusha.

1–6 players8 minages 12

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What is Pike and Shotte: Wars of the Samurai

Wars of the Samurai is a supplement for Pike & Shotte with an extensive description of the history of the Sengoku Jidai,a glossary of terms, eleven historical scenarios, army lists for Daimyo, Shinobi, and Ikko Ikki forces,and a theme of the Three Unifiers by D.G. Laderoute. It has special rules for the Sengoku Jidai (including the Jinmaku command enclosure, Hatamoto, and weapons like the Nagae Yari), stratagems (like flank marches and Woodpecker Forces) unit profiles for use with Pike and Shotte, and a pregame and terrain placement system by Tim Greene which first appeared in a publication called Armies of the Daimyos included free with every boxed Warlord Games Samurai starter army.

Wars of the Samurai allows the battles of the Sengoku Jidai, even the larger ones such as Nagashino, to be recreated with miniatures using the Pike and Shotte rules.

—description from the publisher

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