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Senji (2008)

Average Rating: 6.69/10
Board Game Rank: 926
Strategy Game Rank: 463
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Year Published
2008
# of Players
3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 6 players
Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players
(48 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
 
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(23 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(14 voters) [vote]
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Mechanic
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Primary Name
Senji
Alternate Names
Soleil Levant
戦時
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Senji lets you don the armor of a chief of a Japanese clan in medieval Japan.

Your goal is obvious: to become the daimyo whose honor imposes respect over all the other clans. To achieve your goals and to gain honor, you will have to overcome your adversaries in terrifying bloody battles, by holding in respect the other clans grace, honoring hostages or alliances.

Every turn of the game is divided into three phases:

  1. Diplomatic Phase, where you will be able to exchange military advantages (which make it possible to decrease the randomness of the engagements), to trade and acquire hostages (thanks to whom you will be able to pressure your adversaries at the time of the engagements).
  2. Order Phase, where you will place orders on the territories which you occupy. There are three types of orders: movement, production and raising troops.
  3. Action Phase, where the honor is of utmost importance. The player with the most honor hosts the Emperor.

And that enables him to choose in which order the territories and corresponding orders will be processed.

You may well imagine, that combats are frequent. One player then rolls 9 dice (whose faces are decorated with the symbols of each clan) whose results are then modified by the bonus acquired during the diplomatic phase. Only the attacker (and only when victorious obviously) can acquire Prestige (points of honor) due to the engagements. This honor is proportional to the troops vanquished at the time of the conflict. The more deaths there are, the more honor there is!

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Senji
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Asmodée German first edition 2008
Publisher: Asmodee
Artist: Bertrand Benoit
Year: 2008
Product Code: SEN01DE
Size:  
4.50 pounds
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French Edition
Publisher: Asmodee
Artist: Bertrand Benoit
Year: 2008
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
4.50 pounds
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English edition
Publisher: Asmodee
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Year: 2008
Product Code: SEN01US
Size: 11.50 x 11.50 x 3.00 inches
3.80 pounds
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5 Greek Paste ups
Greek paste ups for player aids and samurai cards. Print on A4 paper!
2011-05-01
10 Senji Turn Order and Setup Aid
This is a simple rules overview for managing the flow of a turn, as well as step-by-step info for game setup. Designed to assist the "rules presenter" with a refresher on the game.
2010-07-01
5 Senji Faction Summary
6-page pdf quantifying and depicting the differences among the six factions at the start of the game (6-, 5-, 4-, and 3-player). Has no strategy tips itself, but is meant to supplement those found elsewhere and your own. Best used in conjunction with an image of the game board. Please inform me of any errors, and feel free to make suggestions for a more effective presentation.
2010-06-11
15 unofficial reference for Senji, one page
Summary of the rules for Senji, in play sequence order
2009-06-06
3 Nederlandse vertaling van de samurai kaarten
vertaling van de teksten op de samurai kaarten uit het frans. Kleurcode en sterkte.
2009-04-13
7 Senji Deck Consistency
Provides information so that all players know how the cards in each of the SENJI decks (SAMURAI, DIPLOMACY, and HANAFUDA) are distributed. Knowing the honor of Samurai helps when making selections. The rules don't make it clear that each family does not start with the same diplomacy deck. Also, it's hard to know how to trade without understanding how many of each card type is represented in the hanafuda deck.
2008-10-09
4 Polskie tlumaczenie zdolnosci samurajow
Polish translation of samurai abilities.
2008-09-08
2 French - player reference card
Contains in point form rules and steps to follow during a round of play.
2008-08-15
17 Senji Phase Summary
UPDATED English phase summary.
2008-08-06
17 Rules Q&A from Boardgamegeek
Questions and answers from the Senji rules forum, tidied up and collected in one place.
2008-08-05
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 926
Strategy Game Rank: 463
Num Ratings: 836
Average Rating: 6.69
Standard Deviation: 1.49
Num Views: 101976
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Avg. Game Weight: 3.0
Fans: 32
Personal Comments: 295
Users Owning: 1005
Users Wanting: 94
Users Trading: 71 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 938
Plays This Month: 3
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