Honor of the Samurai (1996)

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Designer	Scott Kimball
Artist	Alexander Farquharson
Publisher	AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH Corfix Gamewright
Year Published	1996
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4, 5 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games Thematic Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Medieval
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Dice Rolling Hand Management
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Family	Country: Japan
Primary Name	Honor of the Samurai
Alternate Names	Ehre der Samurai
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This card game recreates the atmosphere of the Sengoku era in Japan's history: the struggle among the feudal lords (Daimyos) to install a strong and legitimate Shogun. To install themselves as Shogun, that is.

Every player takes the role of one family of Samurai and the Daimyo they serve. They use honorable weddings, weapons, cultural sponsorship and military power to increase the honor of the family (and attack each other) until one of them reaches a previously stipulated amount of honor. Whoever reaches this honor in the first place is the winner, and the new Shogun.

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Honor of the Samurai

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Gamewright Second Edition

Publisher: Gamewright

Artist: Alexander Farquharson

Year: 2003

Size: 5.04 x 6.69 x 1.46 inches

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Year: 2002

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

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Gamewright English Version

Publisher: Gamewright

Artist: Alexander Farquharson

Year: 1996

Product Code: 00102

Size: 8.75 x 6.12 x 2.12 inches

0.50 pounds

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8	Reviews A review on a deck of feudal Japan	2011-09-11	Pedrator	2
0	General Homebrewed Cards???	2011-07-21	pvi99th	0
1	General Advice needed: language independent? OK for casual gamers? Out of print?	2010-10-20	Tommaso 73	3
0	General How many Honor chips should be in the box?	2010-10-18	Ned Ludd	9
0	General Differences between US and German version ?	2010-01-16	Maitresinh	2
0	Rules SHOGUN&Castle? Ninja Proof? Ninja Assassin? Ninja Assassin & Castle?	2009-01-24	Bridyhelp...	3
18	Reviews My Review...	2008-11-17	LTOThud	0
4	Sessions There is nothin’ like a Daimyo	2007-09-13	Paul Mackie	2
0	General Is this game language-independent?	2006-11-20	BrouHaHa	5
0	General Reprint	2006-10-26	gf_ripper	3

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Ehre der Samurai Samenvatting + kaarten Nederlands

Samenvatting van het spel in het Nederlands + verklaring van de kaarten.

zepson

2009-12-17

Honor Points Counter Sheet

A scan of the honor point token sheet for use in replacing lost/damaged/worn counters.

Mr Zir

2007-11-23

Honor of the Samurai.doc

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msaya

2004-02-08

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Board Game Rank:	2876
Thematic Rank:	347
Strategy Game Rank:	824
Num Ratings:	587
Average Rating:	5.93
Standard Deviation:	1.52
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
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Personal Comments:	256
Users Owning:	1032
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Dutch rules (Gamewright edition)	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/2939.pdf	2011-12-11
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/2931.pdf	2011-11-20
German review - Kulkmann's Gamebox	http://www.boardgame.de/reviews/samurai2.htm	2011-05-07
German review - LORP.de	http://www.lorp.de/rezensionen/show.asp?id=312	2011-05-07
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/EhreDerSa...	2011-05-07
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=531	2011-05-07
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2011-05-07
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/ehre_der_samurai	2011-05-07
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-05-07
Rules in English and Spanish	http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/pdfs/Rules/Ho...	2010-08-01