As swift as wind
As subtle as forest
As fierce as fire
As unmovable as mountain.
– The Fūrinkazan banner of Takeda Shingen
Take command of the massed armies of your clans!
Battle to the death for control of Japan.
Heihō – The Art of War is a set of wargame rules for play with miniature figures. It covers the vast, spectacular battles that shook the length and breadth of Japan at the end of the sixteenth century.
These are the games rules that will let you play the battles of kawanakajima and sekigahara! Control armies that are Napoleonic in scale, and that use sophisticated tactical systems that were unique to Japan.
Lay your battle plans. Command your subordinates! Allay their treacheries. Blend spearmen, shot, archers, artillery and cavalry into mixed-arms forces, or concentrate your cavalry to sweep the enemy from the field!
Ippon!
To the death!
—description from the publisher