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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: Arundel on August 22, 2019, 03:35:28 AM

Title: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: Arundel on August 22, 2019, 03:35:28 AM: Hi All,

I have fond memories of a samurai skirmish boardgame of the 1980s and am trying to track it down. It was beautifully illustrated with nice counters of various protagonists, and each piece when flipped over showed the character dead or wounded. I think it was set in the earlier Heike War. Do any of you know what game this might have been? Thank you for any help!

Daryl
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: smirnoff on August 22, 2019, 03:40:38 AM: Samurai Blades, printable version here
https://www.cryhavocfan.org/eng/suite/samurai/sagame.htm
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: Arundel on August 22, 2019, 02:15:27 PM: Yep, that was it. Thank you very much!!! :D
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: has.been on August 23, 2019, 02:31:54 PM: A good filler game of which I have fond memories. I lent it to a 'friend' & never
got it back. Never got around to replacing it.
played the ninja scenario & managed to kill every sleeping samurai quietly & leave the
board, my poor opponent could do nothing.
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: Malamute on August 24, 2019, 11:32:29 AM: I still have it, from memory I think it was the same as Cry Havoc the medieval version.
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: has.been on August 24, 2019, 01:44:50 PM: Yes and also a series of (IMHO naff) fantasy figures which included a giant war Hedgehog!
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: smirnoff on August 24, 2019, 07:00:55 PM: They also did Siege and Outremer I think.
Title: Re: Samurai Skirmish Boardgame from 1980s
Post by: FierceKitty on October 05, 2019, 08:00:05 AM: Fun idea, dreadful system. A peasant had a better chance of killing the knight who was attacking him than the knight of hurting him.