Samurai (1996)

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Designer	Richard H. Berg Mark Herman
Artist	Mike Lemick Rodger B. MacGowan Leland Myrick Mark Simonitch
Publisher	GMT Games
Year Published	1996
# of Players	1 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Medieval Wargame
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter Simulation
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Family	Asian Theme Country: Japan Great Battles of History
Primary Name	Samurai
Alternate Names	Samurai: Warfare In Japan In The Sengoku Jidai, 1560-1600
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Samurai is the fifth volume in the award winning Great Battles of History series. Covers all the major battles of Sengoku Jidai – the Age of Warring Daimyos – in 16th century Japan. The battles covered are:

Okehazama – 1560
Kawanakajima – 1561
The Anegawa – 1570
Mikata-ga-Hara – 1572
Nagashino – 1575
Sekigahara – 1600

Contents:

1,140 full-color counters (9/16")
Two 22"x34" backprinted mapsheets
Rules Booklet
Scenario Booklet
One 10-sided die

Time Scale: 20 minutes per game turn
Map Scale: 100 yards per hex
Unit Scale: Each Strength Point = 100 men
Players: 1–4

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1st edition (1996) components which do not match what is listed in the description info above:
From the rulebook:
Two 22x32 maps, backprinted
528 large counters (3 large sheets)
420 small counters (one large sheet; one half-sheet)
One rules booklet
One scenarion booklet
4 charts & tables cards
1 ten sided die

Note: the back of the box says 850 colored 1/2" and 5/8" counters

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Product Code: 9601-07

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Board Game Rank:	1578
War Game Rank:	322
Num Ratings:	177
Average Rating:	7.11
Standard Deviation:	1.52
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Personal Comments:	84
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Publisher's errata.	http://www.gmtgames.com/gbsa/samuraierrata.html	2005-02-22
Publisher's home page for the game.	http://www.gmtgames.com/gbsa/gmtgbsa0.htm	2005-02-22
Publisher's home page.	http://www.gmtgames.com	2005-02-22
The (Unofficial) Great Battles of History Support Pages	http://patriot.net/~townsend/GBoH/gboh.html	2005-02-22