{"id":237707,"date":"2021-10-12T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/?post_type=reviews&p=237707"},"modified":"2021-10-10T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:27:08","slug":"rokumon","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/reviews\/rokumon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rokumon Game Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Step with me, if you will, into Japan\u2019s Sengoku era. A time of armor-clad samurai and aspiring shoguns, a time where clans waged war in open battle for the fate of an unborn country, a time where strategy was paramount because even a single misstep could spell disaster. That time…is now.<\/p>\n

In Rokumon, from EX1ST Games, 2 players will battle it out as they reenact a series of clashes between the Tokugawa clan and the Sanada clan. Using only a handful of components, Rokumon tries to capture the feel of a sweeping historical campaign in the span of a lunch break. Does it succeed?<\/p>\n

How to Play<\/h2>\n

A full game of Rokumon will take place over 6 rounds (called Acts) with a 7th round as a tiebreaker if needed. In each round, both players are trying to outmaneuver their opponent in order to meet one of the victory conditions first. Doing so ends the round immediately. The victory conditions for each player are simple: create a line containing 3 of their Warrior tokens in a row, create a stack of 3 of their tokens, or prevent the opponent from being able to take a legal move on their turn.<\/p>\n

The play area is created fresh each round by shuffling and placing the game’s tiles in a specific pattern (a horizontal line of 3 at the top with a horizontal line of 3 or 4, depending on the round, directly underneath). The face of each tile has either a green or gold coin.<\/p>\n

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