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Small Samurai Empires
Small Samurai Empires is an action-programming area-control game for 2-4 players, where players are fighting for control of Japan with their armies of Samurai!
A game of Small Samurai Empires is played in 3 Eras, each consisting of 2 rounds. Each round, players will take turns placing order tokens facedown on one of the slots available in the 4 regions of Japan. When all players have placed their tokens and filled all the token slots, they will be revealed and resolved one by one by the owner of the token. These order tokens will enable the players to recruit mighty Samurai armies, move their armies to conquer provinces, build castles to defend and maintain control of their provinces and do other meaningful actions.
At the end of each of the three Eras, players will score points depending on the regions they control and their value, which can change during as the game progresses. Finally, the player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner!
—description from the publisher
| Ages | 13+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 45m – 90m |
| Designer | Milan Tasevski |
| Mechanics | Action Queue, Area Majority / Influence, Programmed Movement |
| Theme | Abstract Strategy, Medieval |
| Publisher | Archona Games |
gunnerFR
I like the classic Euro-clarity... so I put together a complete set of small wooden cubes as an alternative to the Meeples! ;-)
H8Man
Pretty nice and clever game. The main mechanism reminds me of an older game I also like "Rise of Empires". This could be a Knizia game in many aspects. There arn't many rules and it's quite easy to teach, but once you start... There's alot to consider and going back and forth with the programmed actions makes it even more interesting. Good amount of interaction, not one of those lazy mulitpolayer solitaire crap you face all the time these days. Gets more chaotic the more players you add. I guess I won't like it much with 4 players, but 2 and 3 should work just fine. Time will tell.
candoo
It has the mechanics of Martin Wallace's Rise of Empires. Quite decent for a small box game. Crappy scoretrack and blank player screens.