Shugendo - Board Game Review - Yokai Do Better

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Shugendo - Board Game Review - Yokai Do Better In this strategy game, you will guide the expansion of your family's farm beyond the known boundaries of the forest. As your settlement grows, more people will gather under your banner. You will cultivate the land, build new communities, and shape the future. However, you must proceed with caution. Your expansion may unsettle the spirits that still dwell in the wilderness. The yokai are vigilant, and their mischief can hinder your plans if you fail to recognize their presence. Increase your influence, adapt your strategies, and attract the right people to your settlement to gain victory points. In Shugendo, each player has their own personal deck of cards. During the game, you will improve your deck by replacing your weaker starting cards with more powerful settler cards. In each round, players play three phases: reveal, action, and recruitment. In the first phase, they will reveal cards until they decide to stop or until they 'explode' by revealing 7 or more yokai icons. If this happens, they can only play either the action phase or the recruitment phase. In the action phase, players increase their meters based on the revealed cards and perform one of the main actions (explore, expand, or develop). Finally, in the recruitment phase, players receive various bonuses based on the revealed cards and recruit cards from the unlocked eras. —description from the designer Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 02:14 - Overview 05:50 - The Review 18:16 - Summary and Verdict *************************************** BUY THE SAME TOKEN DISCOUNT! Use the unique discount code "BROKENMEEPLE-5" This code provides your viewers with a store-wide, 5% discount, which also combines with their free shipping discount on qualifying orders. *************************************** Related Content Welcome To My Channel (Who I Am) ► https://youtu.be/I8mtQvDb_FM Essen 2026 Review ► https://youtu.be/G5qEs6OOg68 Trial of the Forest Review ► https://youtu.be/9uUKTEMBy4c Oshaka Trick Review ► https://youtu.be/IKmnhYUpcsw *************************************** Who Am I? One single batchelor from the UK talking about his passion for board games and the people who play them! I support small content creators, board game cafes and go against the status quo when it comes to the board game industry. I give my honest opinions without bias towards any publishers or designers and will not hold back if I don't like a game. You don't like my opinion, that's fine, but I'm not going to sugar coat my thoughts or suck up to the highest paying bidder. I'm here for the consumer and I wish to remain objective. The Broken Meeple is a variety channel that hosts all kinds of board game content from reviews to Top 10 lists to playthroughs to live streams. I look forward to engaging with you, the community on my live streams or in the comments on my videos! *************************************** #brokenmeeple #shugendo #boardgame #lukehector #supportsmallcreators #tabletop #tabletopgames #bgg #boardgamer #boardgamereview *************************************** Useful Links Become a Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/TheBrokenMeeple Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/thebrokenmeeple Twitter ► http://twitter.com/TheBrokenMeeple Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/thebrokenmeeple Podcast ► https://soundcloud.com/luke-hector-broken-meeple Full credit to BoardGameGeek and its members for any images used that aren't my own or part of the publisher press kit.