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Daisho, The Game of Warfare in Mythical Japan, Is In Stock Now!
Written by Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton of In Her Majesty's Name fame, and published under their own banner The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare, this is the game in their own words:
This month sees the launch of a brand-new skirmish game based set in the marvelous, medieval and mythical history of Japan. It is the latest game written by Charles Murton and Craig Cartmell, co-authors of the successful, and Beasts of War award-nominated Steampunk game, In Her Majesty's Name.
The rules shall be released by our distributor, North Star Miniatures, in July under our own publishing imprint – The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare.
In Daisho, each player has a group of 5 to 15 figures called a buntai. This includes leaders, specialists and troops. Players can pick their buntai from the ones included in the rules, or create their own as the full points-system is included. They can also hire one of a selection of legendary heroes to assist them.
Players can choose to just use human buntai, including two types of Samurai, Ronin, Ninja, Kabuki-mono, Bandits, Ryu, Ikko-Ikki, and Sohei Monks, or pick one from the legendary forces like Oni, Bakemono and Tengu. The rules include extensive, costed listings of equipment, weapons, armor, magical powers, individual skills, and heroic Ki powers. They also have many scenarios, landscapes and a full campaign system.
It takes between 45 and 90 minutes to play a game with a force of about 250 points on a table 3'/1m square. The rules can be learned in a single game and by your third, you should only need to occasionally use the reference sheet.
You can find out more about the game, get free additional material and see battle reports, at our dedicated blog.
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We also have a range of figures you can play Daisho with – the Ronin range we made for the Osprey game, and a range of Japanese buildings from 4Ground.
