"[Bushido] Ito clan on it's way" Topic

The Bushido fundraiser to get their fifth faction out sooner at Indiegogo is going well!

The aim was $5,000 USD, and now it's past 20 and on the way to 25.
That means that they are busy sculpting and whatever else they do, and all who pledge get extra stuff.

So, right now, $50 USD gets you the starter (five models), some artwork, and Itsunagi, the first stretch goal figure.

$100 USD will get you the above, some special nice stat cards, another starter and figure (presumably from another faction), as well as Satoshi or a set of Ito faction dice – all in all some 12-15 models.

(World wide shipping included.)

And if, or rather when, seeing that it's already past 21 200, Akimoto, who seems to be a cobra-human taiko drummer, will also be included.

So what is this new faction?
The Ito clan is a samurai family driven away to a remote jungle island, where they have allied with nasty snake gods.
You can read a short story, the Awakening, about them here.

So, what'll they look like? Take a look at the concept sketches:

The starter will contain five figures:
First of there's the naga samurai above.

Then we have a priestess

A snake demoness

and a couple of retainers

Ito Itsunagi is the first 'extra' figure, included for everyone who gets the starter ($50) now. He's also the villain in the Awakening.
(I actually hope he'll lose a couple of weapons in sculpting.)

Satoshi is not in the starter, but now included for all who contribute $100 USD:

Akimoto. All $100 USD+ will get him if we get over $25 USD 000:

There's also Ito Ayako. Not currently in any deals, but will be released at the same time.

Great game! Give it a try – rules and stat cards are available for free at bushido-thegame.com/

I splurged- I've been extremely interested in the game for awhile so I got took the option to get these guys and another faction.

-Will

It's a good time to start. The GCT guys have shown that they have a good game that interests people and that they are able to come out with interesting figures.

I was eyeing it for quite a while and only recently started, feeling that there were now enough figures to make it really interesting.

Wow, I have never heard of this before, gotta check you out some more, love the figures!

Highly recommend it, Glenn.
Nice figures, and a great little game.

Elegant, interesting tactical choices, involved, and very interesting abilities.

Would a pair of starters be actually sufficient or will I need more than that, what level of figures does the game optimally play at?

A starter is actually fine to play with (and they all contain the same amount of points).

Five or six figures sounds like very few figures, but it is enough for an interesting game, and probably about good to start with.

You alternate activations, and (basically) each activation means one action for one figure. When all figures have made two actions the turn is over. This means that manoeuvring five figures is quite tactical.

The Savage Wave, however, despite their starter containing seven figures, actually benefits from an extra blister of bakemono ('goblins'). They multiply, so you want more than you start with.

There aren't that many figures around, and mostly folks seem to play with 35 koku/rice/points, which is what's in the starters, but sometimes up to 55.

I think that about ten figures will be about optimum. A little more if some of the figures are simpler than most, like bakemonos, rat swarms, peasants, macaques, and such.