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player, going clockwise. To offset the benefit of going first, while the first person draws 10 support tiles, the second person draws 11, the third twelve, and so on. All player count up their DaimyĆ honor on the board (the green symbol), and then add up their rice and swords. Players then place a number of troops on the board equivalent to their rice total. All this information is recorded on a small board provided with the game. Players then draw 4 tactics tokens each, and place their samurai honor at 10. Players must always have 4 tactics tokens, and if they lose one they must immediately draw back to 4. The game play then begins.
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significant amount of samurai honor. The DaimyĆ then passes out the character cards to the other players, assigning the Bushi as the target of his attack. The Sensei is now allowed to play any effects he wishes, such as looking at another players hand or skipping the current DaimyĆ's turn. Other players may then do the same, although it is twice as costly for them to do so. If
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Samurai-led DaimyĆ's forces and then Bushi, with the winner collecting samurai honor. If the Samurai wins the territory falls under the control of the current DaimyĆ and scores are adjusted. If the Samurai loses he faces the council of the Sensei, where the Sensei decides how to punish the Samurai. punishments range from 0, 2-10 honor points or
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on the board. Hatamoto then has the option of leading the Ronin into revolt against the DaimyĆ, causing combat between
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Bushido utilizes a vast array of tiles and chips to provide a unique gaming experience to the players. Bushido comes with 32 Hexagonal squares to be used as the playing board, a smaller score board, a variety of square support tiles and circular tactics tiles, 33 troop markers in 5 colors, and 5
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Battle defeats Ambush, and Ambush defeats Duel, with the
Traitor tactic defeating all three. Other tokes result in automatic loss. Combat provides Samurai honor based on troops killed, honor of the territory being fought over, and any incentives the DaimyĆ may have provided.
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