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Samurai
Samurai is set in medieval Japan. Players compete to gain the favor of three factions: samurai, peasants, and priests, which are represented by helmet, rice paddy, and Buddha figures scattered about the board, which features the islands of Japan. The competition is waged through the use of hexagonal tiles, each of which help curry favor of one of the three factions — or all three at once! Players can make lightning-quick strikes with horseback ronin and ships or approach their conquests more methodically. As each figure (helmets, rice paddies, and Buddhas) is surrounded, it is awarded to the player who has gained the most favor with the corresponding group.
What is Samurai
Samurai is set in medieval Japan. Players compete to gain the favor of three factions: samurai, peasants, and priests, which are represented by helmet, rice paddy, and Buddha figures scattered about the board, which features the islands of Japan. The competition is waged through the use of hexagonal tiles, each of which help curry favor of one of the three factions — or all three at once! Players can make lightning-quick strikes with horseback ronin and ships or approach their conquests more methodically. As each figure (helmets, rice paddies, and Buddhas) is surrounded, it is awarded to the player who has gained the most favor with the corresponding group.
Gameplay continues until all the symbols of one type have been removed from the board or four figures have been removed from play due to a tie for influence.
At the end of the game, players compare captured symbols of each type, competing for majorities in each of the three types. Ties are not uncommon and are broken based on the number of other, "non-majority" symbols each player has collected.
The game is part of what is sometimes called the Knizia tile-laying trilogy.
Game details
- Players
- 2–4
- Age
- +10
- Duration
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 1998
- Mechanics
- Area Majority / Influence · Hand Management · Hexagon Grid
- Categories
- Abstract Strategy · Medieval
- Designer
- Reiner Knizia
- Publisher
- Lacerta · Lanlalen · Yaofish Games · Lighthouse Games
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Se queda
Juego abstracto de knizia, de mayorías, en el que sobre un tablero hay hexágonos que contienen capital, ciudades y puelbos sobre los que hay 3, 2 y 1 tokens respectivamente y los jugadores deben ir colocando sus fichas en los hexágonos adjacentes para ejercer influencia sobre ellos. Cuando un token es rodeado, se evalua quién ha ejercido más influencia y es quien se queda con el token. Muy sencillo de reglas, pero con chicha. El knizia bueno. Se lo compré a Torpedo el 22/02/2026 junto a un The Game y un High Society, por 55€ el pack.
Gran juego con sencillas reglas.
Wished design like player colors, icon consistency was clearer, felt it s little luck based
Hace poco lo jugué y conocí, después de este juego ahora sé que los juegos de estrategia son lo mío.
Gran juego de mayorias. El tema aunque pegado es atrayente y el nivel de los componentes bastate bueno (excepto los biombos para tapar tus fichas). Su tablero modular hace que sea igual de bueno para 2, 3 o 4 jugadores. Sus reglas son sencillas y suele gustar mucho a los no jugones.
Local-(335)
Juego abstracto muy curioso, tiene una versión algo distinta en android (Shogun Hex) y muy complicado de conseguir en mesa. Virtud de partidas cortas, dependiendo del AP, porque hay mucho... y gestión de zonas teniendo en cuenta las piezas que te has llevado tú y el resto de jugadores. 1 partida a 2.
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How many players is Samurai for?
Samurai plays with 2–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 60 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 10.
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