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Samurai: The Card Game

#35634BGG ↗

2009 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 2.08 · 508 ratings

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ID
35634
Name
Samurai: The Card Game
Year
2009
Rank
7694
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.0811
Num weights
37
Bayes avg
5.64287
Average
6.32679
Users rated
508
Num owned
832
Wanting
32
Wishing
119
Num comments
178
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
EnclosureHand ManagementHighest-Lowest ScoringModular BoardSet CollectionSquare GridSudden Death EndingTile Placement
Categories (2)
Card GameMedieval
Description (634 chars)

Samurai: The Card Game simulates the board game by placing village cards (actually, square tiles) to build out the "board" and then allowing each player to play one of their 5 cards from their hands, drawn from identical player decks. A village (awarding its indicated shape tokens) is scored when 4 cards surround the sides. A new village is placed when two different players cards create a location for it to be placed. The game uses "Knizia" style scoring, where having a dominating majority in a single shape category merely qualifies you for the win, but it is your total in the other two shapes which are compared for winning.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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