Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Samurai Vassal is a fast-paced simultaneous action card game for 2-6 players. The theme is set in ancient feudal Japan during the Sengoku period.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Retrieval
Previously used actions must be recovered before they can be selected again.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Prisoner's Dilemma
Choose whether to cooperate or defect without knowing the other player’s decision.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Read the full game description
Samurai Vassal is a fast-paced simultaneous action card game for 2-6 players. The theme is set in ancient feudal Japan during the Sengoku period. During this time period, Japan didn’t have a ruler so it was split into different regions ruled by different warlords called daimyos. Each player plays as a samurai to propose policies to their daimyo in order to win his trust. In each round, players can discuss what kind of policy they will propose. They may form alliances and gain the daimyo’s trust together and or deceive each other and become the lone winner. The first player who gains 12 trust points from the daimyo wins. —description from the publisher