What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
It takes a few rounds to begin to get the hang of strategizing. With shogun's setup, you only have so much time to do everything you can to get points. It's much more methodical with your strategy, because * is not the only way to win.
Shogun avoids the big slow dice-rolling slugfest battles. It avoids hoarding in one spot like the mega armies of risk. It's an easy system once you play the game once, and it's much faster, and also more fun, than using dice to decide things.
There are unique slats that capture the cube, allowing some to fall through while trapping others. Inside the tower are staggered ledges that can trap pieces.
The board is japan divided into smaller territories in the 16th century during the sengoku jidai period. Players share control of regions in el grande, while in shogun, only 1 player is allowed to control a province. Each territory has unique features... Read More
Cons
One of the most glamorous flaws is that, once you get behind in the first winter scoring, your chances of recovering the loss at the second winter are close to zero. All in all, shogun is most cosmetics and not a great gaming experience.
Highlights
Quality
If you are looking for straight up battle this may not be the game for you but if you are looking for a high quality strategic ... Read More
Shogun is a high quality game with beautifully designed components
However he devoured the instruction manual and was fascinated with the entire thing
After the second winter the game ends and the person with the most points wins and becomes the shogun
Packaging/appearance
Its a high quality game with great packaging and pieces the rules are written in 56 languages as well so thats cool too
Competitiveness
It could better be called daimyo since the most you can do here is fortify a small area of the map and run it better than your competitors
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Dealer never provided english instruction
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Every turn they secretly place the cards face down on the board on the actions they want each province to takeno one else knows until the players turn
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Although shogun shares some aspects of risk it is a very different game
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This may be the best feudal japan light strategy game particularly since the old milton bradley samurai swords game appears to be out of print for good
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The drawbacks include that despite the title no player will come close to being shogun
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Indeed going on the offensive is generally a bad idea in this game and the victory point system is somewhat questionable
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Also theres no dice at all in this game
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