2020 · Card Game

Eiyo

Players take the role of a samurai managing a hand of weapon cards to face advancing enemy rows and earn honour points by defeating foes. Each round has a samurai phase and an enemy phase: draw cards, then choose to attack or deflect enemies by discarding weapon cards that match enemy positions; deflects prevent damage but grant no honour. Enemies that are not deflected deal damage by forcing discards from the weapon deck, and defeated opponents yield honour based on their value. The deck-out condition (running out of weapon cards multiple times) causes a loss, while reaching a target total of honour points and surviving the waves results in a win. A small included mini-expansion adds four mini-boss enemies to the encounter pool.

groupPlayers

1–2 best 1

schedulePlaying time

20 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

2 / 5