Reiner Knizia's Samurai
Similar to most other games by Reiner Knizia, Samurai is a turn-based, hex-based board game played by placing various tokens on the board. Like his other games, Samurai features a finely tuned game balance and elegant game mechanics. With an array of tokens and tiles including the Samurai, Ronin, boat, and special tokens that allow players to replace a scoring tile or swap two tokens, Samurai is akin to a multi-dimensional Japanese game of Go: areas of influence develops as tokens are placed and areas are conquered. Unlike most board games in which you only need enough victory points to win, the challenging "majority rule" in Samurai radically changes the nature of the game, especially in a four-player game.
Although not as complex as Euphrates & Tigris, Samurai is still a very challenging and very interesting game. This outstanding PC version from Klear Games offers excellent AI of varying difficulty levels, excellent graphics, intuitive interface, and a very comprehensive multiplayer support including hotseat, LAN, and Internet. If you love abstract board games like chess or elegant tabletop wargames that focus more on the mechanics than on realism, you will love this excellent conversion of a board game classic that belongs in every strategy gamer's collection. Two thumbs up, and a well-deserved entry into our Hall of Belated Fame.
Average Rating: | 9.03 [81 votes] |
Genre: | Strategy |
Designer: | Reiner Knizia & David Adams |
Developer: | Klear Games |
Publisher: | Klear Games |
Year: | 2003 |
Software Copyright: | Klear Games |
Theme: | Oriental, Historical |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | Windows XP |
If you like this game, try: | Kingmaker, TigrisGame, History of the World |
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