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Rules assistance for Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players

Rules assistant for Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin
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Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin is an expansion for Sakura Arms released in 2017 for 2 players. It was designed by BakaFire and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Take That.
About the game
Yaten Kaishin (full Japanese name: 桜降る代に決闘を: 第壱拡張 夜天会心 ) is the first expansion for Sakura Arms. It is adding two new playable Megami to the original game: Hagane (ハガネ) and Chikage (チカゲ).
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- BakaFire Party
Questions and answers
Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin belongs to these categories: Card Game and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Take That. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin are: BakaFire. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Sakura Arms: Yaten Kaishin as an expansion for Sakura Arms. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Sakura Arms to use it. Check that your edition of Sakura Arms is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.