Hagakure Card Game

Product Description

Hagakure a term meaning in the shadow of the leaves or hidden in the foliage is a practical & spiritual guide for Japanese warriors that's also known as The Book of the Samurai The game Hagakure is a trick-taking design for 3-5 players in which you try to score more points than any other player The deck consists of thirty cards villagers numbered 1-17 samurai numbered 18-27 & three old fools who have no numbers (With 3-4 players you remove cards 1-5 & 23-27 from the game) At the start of each round you deal 4-5 cards to each player then place the remaining 4-5 cards in a pile called Goze Each player starts with five Nobori tokens each of which has a special power & a player can choose to play exactly one of these tokens after looking at their cards These tokens let you look at another player's hand swap your hand with the Goze double your points etc The lead player plays a card from their hand then each player follows with the highest card played winning the trick then leading to the next trick If a samurai (a red card) is played then each other player must play a samurai if possible Otherwise the game has no required plays An old fool played on its own is worthless but if a second or third old fool is played into a trick then the player of the last such card wins the trick Players earn 1 point for each trick won & 1 point for capturing the 16 A player who took no tricks loses 2 points After 5-9 rounds depending on the player count whoever has the most points wins