Pocket Samurai

Pocket Samurai

2024

2 players
5 - 15 min
2.0/5 weight

From BoardGameGeek

Unleash your inner samurai and engage in epic duels with Pocket Samurai, a new, lightning-fast, drafting card game. Its easy-to-learn rules and intuitive gameplay make it the perfect game for casual and hardcore players alike. Overpower, outmaneuver or outwit your opponents to claim victory on the field of battle. Get ready to experience the thrill of the fight with Pocket Samurai! The game is broken up into two phases: the Dojo Phase and the Bushido phase. The Dojo phase is an open draft where players take turn selecting face up cards and adding them to their hand. In the Bushido phase players lay cards face down then simultaneously reveal them. The winner is the player that plays a strike card while having more sword icons then their opponent has Helm Icons. It is possible for both players to Strike and the game end in a draw! -description from designer

Creators who cover this

Don't Be Board
Don't Be Board
1 video of this game
Questing Gentlemen
Questing Gentlemen
1 video of this game

Games like this

2019Jamey Stegmaier

Videos
279
Creators
179
Mainly reviews

1 - 5 players90 - 120 min3.0 weight

2023Łukasz Woźniak

Videos
201
Creators
94
Mainly how-to-play and reviews

1 - 5 players90 - 150 min2.9 weight

2020Paul Dennen

Videos
185
Creators
110
Mainly reviews and playthroughs

1 - 4 players60 - 120 min3.1 weight

2017Isaac Childres

Videos
154
Creators
70
Mostly playthroughs and reviews

1 - 4 players60 - 120 min3.9 weight

About Pocket Samurai

From BoardGameGeek:

Unleash your inner samurai and engage in epic duels with Pocket Samurai, a new, lightning-fast, drafting card game. Its easy-to-learn rules and intuitive gameplay make it the perfect game for casual and hardcore players alike. Overpower, outmaneuver or outwit your opponents to claim victory on the field of battle. Get ready to experience the thrill of the fight with Pocket Samurai! The game is broken up into two phases: the Dojo Phase and the Bushido phase. The Dojo phase is an open draft where players take turn selecting face up cards and adding them to their hand. In the Bushido phase players lay cards face down then simultaneously reveal them. The winner is the player that plays a strike card while having more sword icons then their opponent has Helm Icons. It is possible for both players to Strike and the game end in a draw! -description from designer

Artist

Vruzzt

Categories

Card GameDeductionFightingMedieval

Mechanics

Card Play Conflict ResolutionOpen DraftingRock-Paper-ScissorsSimultaneous Action Selection
View on BoardGameGeek ›