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Information
Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1998
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(143 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(18 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(37 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Samurai
Alternate Names
Reiner Knizia's Samurai
Samurai de Reiner Knizia
Samuraj
самурай
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Part of the Knizia tile-laying trilogy, this game is ostensibly set in medieval Japan. Players use hexagonal tiles to surround cities, which have one to three different figures: rice paddies, Buddhas, or high hats. The tiles represent influence on particular facets of the cities, and the highest influence on a figure when the city is surrounded takes that figure. The object of the game is to have more of any one else in one category, and then have the most remaining figures.

More Information Edit | History

Awards

1998 Meeples' Choice Award

Online Play

Mobile version

Developed by Impossible s.r.o. including internet multi-player.
Currently has a playable free beta test at:

Microbadges: http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_samurai_buddha.jpg http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_samurai_helmet.jpg http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_samurai_rice.jpg http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/rksamurai2453.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_Samurai.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_Samurai2.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_Samurai3.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_Samuraifan.gif Buy One

Designer Reiner Knizia Microbadges: http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/th_kniziafreak2.jpg http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/Microbadge_Knizia_Fan.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_knizia.gif (Buy One)

FAQ:
Q: Can a player finish playing his turn (placing more pieces) even if one of his placements captures the last piece of a type?
A: Yes.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/22468

Q: If nobody has the most pieces of any type, what happens?
A: It depends on the rules version you have, unfortunately. According to some versions, nobody wins (you must have the most of a type to be able to win), and according to some versions the player with the most total pieces would win. (In any case, note that tying for the most in a type is not sufficient.)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/76986

Q: Do you have to play a tile without a Japanese symbol in your turn?
A: No, you just have to play at least one tile, period.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2175611

Components:

  • 39 Figures:
    • 13 High Helmets
    • 13 Buddhas
    • 13 Rice Fields
  • 80 Tokens (20 x 4 Colors)
  • 4 Japanese Screens
  • Gameboard (Japan in 4 Parts)
  • Game Rules
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5d 17h 55m
11d 20h 19m
5d 2m
15d 10h 49m
28d 18h 54m
28d 12h 56m
11d 16h 51m
13d 21h 14m
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3 Russian rules
PDF
2010-01-15
1 Samuraj Polish Rules
Samuraj Polish Rules
2009-11-21
0 Samurai Village Tokens
These token can be used to play the card game with the original components on a chess or go board. Just glue on cardboard or backgammon pieces and use a bag.
2009-09-20
3 Ogasawara Islands
This is a map of a real island south of Japan. Inside the rar is the .psd for the image http://www.boardgamegeeks.com/image/491916 the forum for talking about this image is at http://www.boardgamegeeks.com/article/3521740
2009-05-31
18 Setup info & Player Aid (PDF)
Page 1: Setup Page 2: Player Aid
2008-11-20
3 Custom Maps Saihenshima and Marushima
Two 2-Player custom-maps that can be played together to form a 3 or 4 Player map. Have fun Flashhawk
2008-06-18
3 Honshu Harbor Map Re-creation
hy, just did the 3 Maps from the Klear Games PC-Adaptation of this as real game board. Just print them on A4 Paper without borders to keep the hexes in scale. This is the Uchinoke map as you can see here:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/281458 I will print mine on a A3 Printer and will cut away everything that does not look like Samurai :D Have fun!
2008-06-14
3 Uchinoke Island Map Re-creation
Hy, just did the 3 Maps from the Klear Games PC-Adaptation of this as real game board. Just print them on A4 Paper without borders to keep the hexes in scale. This is the Uchinoke map as you can see here:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/281462 I will print mine on a A3 Printer and will cut away everything that does not look like Samurai :D Have fun! Flashhawk
2008-06-14
3 Ikkayame Island Map Re-creation
Hy, just did the 3 Maps from the Klear Games PC-Adaptation of this as real game board. Just print them on A4 Paper without borders to keep the hexes in scale. This is the Ikkayame map as you can see here:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/281460 I will print mine on a A3 Printer and will cut away everything that does not look like Samurai :D Have fun! Flashhawk
2008-06-14
2 Samurai Dutch translation
Nederlandse handleiding in Full Color Last modified 30 april 2008
2008-04-30
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 52
Num Ratings: 6249
Average Rating: 7.54
Standard Deviation: 1.19
Num Views: 374088
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.6 moreinfo
Fans: 63
Personal Comments: 2165
Users Owning: 5726
Users Wanting: 463
Users Trading: 106 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 2
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