- BGG rating
- 9.2
Expansion for Small Samurai Empires
Samurai Empires: Eiyū
Rules assistance for Samurai Empires: Eiyū
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–4 players
Rules assistant for Samurai Empires: Eiyū
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Samurai Empires: Eiyū is an expansion for Small Samurai Empires for 2–4 players. It was designed by Milan Tasevski.
About the game
The Eiyu Expansion adds recruitable heroes to the action-programming and area-control system of Samurai Empires. Hero abilities create specific effects in the regions where they are used, giving you new ways to gain resources, extend movement, or accept a restriction in exchange for an advantage. —description from the publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Archona Games
Questions and answers
Samurai Empires: Eiyū supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Samurai Empires: Eiyū belongs to these categories: Abstract Strategy, Medieval, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Samurai Empires: Eiyū and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Samurai Empires: Eiyū are: Milan Tasevski. 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 Samurai Empires: Eiyū as an expansion for Small Samurai Empires. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Small Samurai Empires to use it. Check that your edition of Small Samurai Empires is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.