Rising Sun
Rising Sun is a game about honor, negotiation, and warfare in a feudal Japan where the ancient gods (kami) have returned to rebuild the empire.
90m - 120m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 14+
Rising Sun is a game about honor, negotiation, and warfare in a feudal Japan where the ancient gods (kami) have returned to rebuild the empire.
Ace_of_Diamonds
Nice mechanics here. I liked the alliances of working together but also not completely as to make sure you are always getting the most benefit out of mandates. Faction abilities and season cards were both powerful and fun. I actually liked that monsters could be captured by a regular troop, keeps monsters from being overly powerful. I liked the honor system being the tiebreaker in all things. I mainly liked the combat system. It was difficult knowing how opponents would bid on actions and anticipating everyone's moves. I actually made a clever move during the war phase in round three on an earlier battle that barely tipped the scale in my favor for the final battle between me and second place that won me the game. There is some bluffing that can be done too. Clever choices to be made in this game.
Aennea
Pasted on theme. Unbalanced to the point that it's essentially broken. Feels like the designer cared only about the miniatures (which are cool looking) but couldn't figure out how to streamline the play of the game so he tacked on negotiation as a mechanic. So glad I didn't back this game. Looks like it tanks at the retail level too as that version is incomplete. I've played a lot of games, many of which have left much to be desired. However I've never been inspired to rate s game before this one. Which makes this rating of a "1" that much more significant to me. Ugh. Tonight's game night was saved by the good company which is great because this game was absolutely awful.
aFamilyOfTrees
Played once and initially gave a 5.7. After playing Blood Rage recently, I have a more favorable opinion of this game and have raised it to a 5.9. It really isn't my type of game, but I like the alliances, the open upgrade card buying, and the strange blind bid for combat advantages. I also like the map more than Blood Rage.