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Year
2011
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Description
The Shitennō are the four great Generals of the legendary Shogun Togukawa Ieyasu who unified Japan at the end of the 16th century. The players will play these loyal and famous samuraïs, with the goal of becoming the Shogun's favorite by controlling as many provinces as possible.
In Shitenno, you do not fight on the battlefield, but through planning and manipulation in the Shogun's court. A game turn starts with a "distribution phase" in which the active player creates card lots, one for each player, but takes the lot remaining after all other players have taken their cards. (All part of following the Japanese code of honor.) In the next stage, players can gain control of provinces.
The rules are easy to understand, but if you want to win, you have to judge your opponents aptly and guess their secret intentions. Every choice is crucial, every move is decisive...
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 7:59 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Don't know anything about this game
- Has faded into obscurity
- Likely for a reason
Thematic elements
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Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Likely an area control game based on vibes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- hey everybody and welcome to February's edition of board game Buys
- I only have eight games here to talk about but hopefully there's something here to grab your attention
- it's just more to give you an idea about what's coming up on the channel
- let's start with probably the the heavy hitter of the bunch which is setti the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- it kind of got relentlessly positive reviews
- I generally like the games that cge put out there
- so I have can I have played this one a few times already
- so that is seti the search for extraterrestrial intelligence onto an older Euro now then this is um hadara
- always had my eye on hadara but never really managed to um to find a copy at a reasonable price
- so that is hadara another more recent game is a message from the Stars
- so I'll leave it at that I do need to play this one some more before I solidify solidify my thoughts
- so that is a message from the Stars a couple of fillers now uh tempura is one of those an awful game name
- hit uh also known as no mercy
- and this is hit extreme which I think adds in some more kind of special rules and special powers
- so yeah finally got this one played um and yeah I'll share my thought thought soon
- Druid is another one that was very kindly um sent to me
- so that is Druid another one that I'm sure you guys wouldn't have heard of is time of War
- this is a kind of a negotiation auction game
- this is definitely a homemade product know definitely um self-published which I think is always cool
- no spoiler I've got some positive things to say about um this game
- so that is uh time of War and the final game is a game I know nothing about actually
- so not to end it on on a high uh this is uh shitenno I don't know anything about this game at all other than it's got some very nice Vincent D trait artwork
- so that is shitenno let me know if you've played that one cuz I'd like to hear your thoughts
- that's it really that's all of the games that I have um picked up
- so some pretty pretty wacky games here old games kind of forgotten about games um self-published games kitsa Classics uh and sell on little card games and even some Euro such as setti uh and hadara
- so hopefully you've enjoyed the video
- see you next time on chairman of the board bye-bye
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 6:37 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Novel use of the I-Split-You-Choose mechanism in area control.
- Cool concept on paper.
- Solid framework and skeleton of the game.
- Nice vintage artwork with a classic Euro feel.
Cons
- Felt a bit drier in practice than expected.
- Strong potential for kingmaking.
- Player order is too important, especially for the last player.
- Can be repetitive and rinse-and-repeat.
- Strategy can be one-note.
- Lacks an 'X factor' to make it a keeper.
- My incentive to go back and play it is next to nothing.
Thematic elements
- Area control
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players aim to control regions by having the most markers present, earning bonuses and end-game points.
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards which are used as currency to control regions.
- I-split-you-choose — The first player divides cards, and subsequent players choose which sets they want, with the first player potentially taking rejected cards.
- Set Collection — Cards are collected as sets to be donated towards controlling regions.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is where I take a look at the last five new to me board games that I've played and I rank and review them in order of preference.
- The dice that you roll can actually assist the other players climb up on their tracks.
- I thought this game maybe was a little bit drier in practice than I would have liked it to be.
- This one does a really good job of throwing you straight into the frying pan really and you have to be looking over your shoulder and be paranoid straight from the get- go.
- I think for me personally, I slightly prefer the original because I do like the victory point system.
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