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1984 · 2-6 players · 240min · weight 2.33 · 178 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
5235
Name
Samurai Blades: The Game of Man-to-Man Combat in Feudal Japan
Year
1984
Rank
10071
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
2.3333
Num weights
15
Bayes avg
5.58736
Average
6.78343
Users rated
178
Num owned
545
Wanting
21
Wishing
47
Num comments
70
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (9)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridLine of SightModular BoardMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulation
Categories (2)
MedievalWargame
Description (318 chars)
Samurai Blades is both a self-standing game and a companion for Siege and Cry Havoc. On its own Samurai Blades has five different scenarios. There is a further scenario for use with Cry Havoc. Rules for using the system for competitions are included at the end of the Scenario Booklet. Part of the Cry Havoc series.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.