Save the Village

We went out to get some Halloween stuff and we stopped in for pizza at Blaze. While we ate we played...

Samurai Spirit 1-7 players

I do enjoy a good coop game. The theme to this one seemed cool. It's the movie Seven Samurai in game form...ish. You are all samurai fighting and defending your way through hoards of invaders. The cards in the deck are numbered 1-4 at the start and on your turn you choose whether to fight or defend. Both are important. If you don't defend enough, then bad thing's happen to the town your defending. You're also only allow to defend 3 times and only at certain times (depending on symbols on the cards) so you will have to fight the rest. If you can get the total value of the fight cards to equal your samurai's kiai value then you unlock a special power. If you go over that value, then you're knocked out for the rest of the round. If you take too many hits, you unlock your animal spirit and are stronger. Too many more hits and you die. You all must survive and keep at least one family and one farm standing by the end of 3 rounds. Mind you, the rounds don't get any easier. Each new round higher value cards get added. It gets tough quick. It's a bit luck driven, but I really like theme and the conversations it stirs over what the best strategy might be. It's always hard to tell because you never know what that next card might be.

Our game was pretty easy. There was only one 4 card and a good diversity of symbols for defense. I hit my kiai value at least 3 times. Liz did once too. It was pretty much a breeze, but things did look a little ugly in round two.

Tally: 137/176  Bonus: 34/50