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Description from the publisher:
Kami Unbound is a new ruleset which makes the presence of the Kami even more potent and vital in Rising Sun! Normally, the influence of the Kami is restricted to the bonuses each of them grant during the Kami turn, granted to the Clan who has the most Shinto worshiping them. With Kami Unbound, the Kami will get their own figure, which starts the game in a specific Province.
While no Clan worships that Kami, the figure just stands there, watching over the mortals’ actions. However, as soon as one of the Clans sends one of their Shinto to worship that Kami, they take its Kami power card (an all new component), placing it next to their Clan Screen to mark that they have the favor of that god. While you have the favor of a Kami, its figure basically counts as one of your figures. It can be moved when you Marshal and counts as 1 Force to your Clan when deciding Harvests and Battles. Also, being the powerful forces they are, Kami can never be Taken Hostage, targeted with Betrayal, or even killed!
More than that, the Kami card lists a special power the player can choose to activate. In order to use the Kami power, the player must Consume one of the Shinto they have worshiping that Kami. In an overwhelming demonstration of faith, the Shinto is removed from the Temple tile and returned to your reserve (though not technically killed). When this is done the power on the Kami card is activated, granting its controller its power!
Players may lose the favor of a Kami, however, either by Consuming one of their Shinto to activate the Kami power, or because another player recruited more Shinto than them to that Kami (or is tied for Shinto but has more Honor than them). If that happens, the Kami card, and control of the Kami, immediately passes to the new player who now gains all the benefits of having the favor of that Kami (including being able to activate the Kami’s power!).
| Ages | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Designer | Eric M. Lang |
| Mechanics | Area Control / Area Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Miniatures, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Take That, Variable Phase Order, Variable Player Powers |
| Play Time | 90m – 120m |
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
| Publisher | CMON Limited, Delta Vision Publishing, Edge Entertainment, Galápagos Jogos, Hobby World, Portal Games |
| Theme | Bluffing, Expansion for Base-game, Miniatures, Negotiation, Wargame, Fantasy, Mythology |
Balleflass
Kamis is a fun addition, but the main problems are still present in the core game no matter what you do.
candoo
BASE GAME RATES a 9. BUT THIS EXPANSION IS A DUD. Adds too many things to keep track of. And Kamis are simply too powerful. Winning the kamis gives too much advantage 3 times per season. If you win a shrine with a single shinto, then you've spent a 1 force figure and in return you get a 1 force kami that has moving ability three times, cannot be killed or hostaged or betrayed, AND also has its card ability AND the shrine’s reward. Way too much of an advantage! I don’t see myself asking to play RS with this expansion. Best is to avoid this expansion all together. This is the quintessential example of “less is more”. This doesn't rate a 1 because the minis are the nicest of all the RS minis.
Adamantium123
Unplayable without homerules - kami have 0 power, otherwise everyone can be in every battle and it's very chaotic