2014 · Medieval
7 Ronin
Defend the village from hordes of ninjas for eight rounds with seven ronin. One player controls the attacking ninjas, while the other commands the ronin defending ten village areas. Each turn, both players secretly distribute their forces before revealing their choices and resolving combat. The ronin use unique abilities to aid the defense, while occupied areas provide special abilities to the attacker. The ninjas win by occupying five areas; the ronin win by surviving eight rounds.
- Players
- 2
- Playing time
- 15–30 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.2 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 3
- Players
- 36m
- Average play
- 4
- In collections
- 2
- On wishlists
3.1/10
from 5 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 Just too many icons with no explanation on the board so you end up constantly looking what they do. Unless you play it very often. [c] Theme: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]It's abstract, but the artwork etc. is very good for the theme --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]You only can place your ninjas/ronins --> Interaction: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]After you placed your ninjas/ronins --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Placing hidden units, anticipating where your opponents will place his units --> Strategy: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Strategic --> Components: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]The quality is ok, but the size of the ninjas are too small --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Easy to teach: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]A lot of differenct unit abilities and location abilities to explain --> Setup time: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very fast --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime, simultaneous gameplay --> Replay value: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different strategies, different roles --> [/c]
Assymetrical two players game where one player defends a city and the other one attacks it. Similar to Mr. Jack, with bluffing and different special powers.
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