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Shogunate (Second Edition)

Name: Shogunate (Second Edition)
Brand: Action Phase Games
SKU: AKGSH01
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Designer Adrienne Ezell
Players 3–6Best: 5, 6
Play time 20–25min
Age 14+
BGG rating ★ 6.3/ 10
BGG rank #13037

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Designer	Adrienne Ezell
Publisher	Action Phase Games
Players	3-6
Playtime	20-25 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	183361/shogunate http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183361/shogunate/forums/63

The six great clans each strive to have their leader be first in line to succeed the Shogun. Of course, you'll do so in a manner most, shall we say, honorable.

In Shogunate, each player is loyal to two clans. Your goal is to use your actions to manipulate the line of succession such that the leaders of your clans earn the most honor!

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Cozy

Should have won the Spiel de Jahres. Amazing cozy game.

An Excellent Asymmetric Strategy Game Worth the Price of Struggling Through The Rulebook!

It is NOT an easy game to figure out, due to two factors: 1) the extremely challenging rulebook; and 2) the game is sooo asymmetric, that playing any one of the four factions for your first game won't help much experience-wise the next time you play with a different faction!

BUT: it's worth the struggle! It is extremely challenging; and rather than just trying to perfect your strategy, you need to be constantly taking actions to prevent your opponents from achieving their goals. In fact, you'll find yourself frequently cooperating with one or two of your opponents just to prevent a sudden-death victory on the part of Player #4. Yes, player-interaction is very high in this game.

Which leads to another drawback with Soul of the Empire (if it can be considered a draw-back): although the game can be played with 2 or 3, it's not at all worth it unless you have 4 players. Having said that, if I had three other equally experienced players of Soul of the Empire available, I'd want to play this every week, it's that much of a challenge.

For most of the game, it feels like no one is at all close to a victory. Then, all of a sudden, two or three factions seem like any one of them could win in the next fifteen minutes! And five minutes after this realization, one of them does.

I was not expecting to like Soul of the Empire as much as I did. In fact, I love it!

Quality game

Good quality

Nice brain teaser

A fun little game when I want something quick

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