Sekigahara 1600

Description

Sengoku Jidai Volume II.

Sekigahara 1600 is Volume II of a series dedicated to Sengoku jidai (Volume I is Nagashino 1575 & Shizugatake 1583).

The game is in a box containing a beautiful one-sided zone map (47 x 31.5 inch), 432 beautifully illustrated counters by Pascal Da Silva (0.7 x 0.7 inch), 16 pages rulebook (8 in French and 8 in English), 16 pages scenarios (all the big battle, main battle, around Sekigahara battle) examples and historical notes and map, one player aid in each language.

The scale is 300m per zone, 45 minutes per game turn and 500 men per counter. A game lasts 3 hrs to 6 hrs and is ideally for 2 or 4 players. The complexity is low to average. The price includes Shipping for all around the world.

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“I have assessed Hardy’s “Sekigahara” 9 stars because the second volume belonging to the series “Battles of the Sengoku Jidai” has fixed the issues we found in the previous title “Nagashino and Shizugatake” and improved the quality of the components thanks to the outstanding two pieces mapboard, the outstanding counters and a very good playbook. The playing system represents a valid alternative to the Sekigahara scenario in the wargame “Samurai” (GMT). The sequence of play consists of a starting command phase followed by an alternated activation. There is also a very detailed combat phase that highlights the peculiarities of the Japanese fighting units. The mapboard is divided into areas and the movement phase is really easy. The battle is extremely chaotic since the Army of the West did not get the support of several clans that defected to the enemy Army of the East. The Historical research seems to me very accurate.”

Dago64

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