2018Yasushi Nakaguro
- Videos
- 51
- Creators
- 38
2 players40 minMedium weight

2020Yasushi Nakaguro
Mainly how-to-play. Port Arthur is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Refight the 1905 Russo-Japanese war at sea in Port Arthur, a vibrant and fast moving two player naval strategy game. Play as Japan and attempt to amphibiously land your armies in Manchuria and bloody the nose of the Imperial Russian Navy. Or play as Russia, far from home, battling to prevent Japanese landings until reinforcements can arrive. Game play is quick and tense as you use your naval forces to mount sorties against the enemy and gain dominance of the naval zones that surround Japan. Each turn is rich in tough decision making. Success in combat hinges on how much risk you are prepared to take, based on the variable speed and gunnery skills of the ships involved. Port Arthur is the second game on the Combat Rations series, following on from the extremely popular 300: Earth & Fire. Like all Combat Rations games it is quick playing, easy to learn, with a small footprint and high quality art and components. Will history repeat itself, with the Japanese sending the Russian Baltic Fleet to the bottom of the ocean? Or will the Russians avert disaster and win the day? You decide.
Watch it played
Port Arthur has 12 videos from 11 creators: 7 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2020 to June 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Port Arthur - Demo from Punched Con 23" by Homo Ludens, which runs 15 min.
To see it played, watch "Port Arthur - Mechanics @ Play" by Stuka Joe, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try 300: Earth & Water, Guerre Eclair, Fury at Midway and Warsaw 1920: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe, also by Yasushi Nakaguro.
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2018Yasushi Nakaguro
2 players40 minMedium weight
2019Yasushi Nakaguro
2 players45 - 60 minLight weight
2020Yasushi Nakaguro
1 - 2 players90 - 120 minMedium weight
2020Yasushi Nakaguro
2 players120 - 180 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Refight the 1905 Russo-Japanese war at sea in Port Arthur, a vibrant and fast moving two player naval strategy game. Play as Japan and attempt to amphibiously land your armies in Manchuria and bloody the nose of the Imperial Russian Navy. Or play as Russia, far from home, battling to prevent Japanese landings until reinforcements can arrive. Game play is quick and tense as you use your naval forces to mount sorties against the enemy and gain dominance of the naval zones that surround Japan. Each turn is rich in tough decision making. Success in combat hinges on how much risk you are prepared to take, based on the variable speed and gunnery skills of the ships involved. Port Arthur is the second game on the Combat Rations series, following on from the extremely popular 300: Earth & Fire. Like all Combat Rations games it is quick playing, easy to learn, with a small footprint and high quality art and components. Will history repeat itself, with the Japanese sending the Russian Baltic Fleet to the bottom of the ocean? Or will the Russians avert disaster and win the day? You decide.
Designer
Yasushi Nakaguro
Artist
Maud Chalmel
Publisher
Bonsai Games
Categories
Mechanics