- BGG rating
- 7.8
Expansion for Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game
Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband
2017
Rules assistance for Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 12+
Rules assistant for Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband
What would you like to know?
Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband is an expansion for Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game released in 2017 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, and Chit-Pull System.
About the game
The Samurai Warband set contains a mix of plastic troops but no metals at all. The main game has enough models for two players, so this set is designed for if a third player wants to join in the fun with a ‘standard’ samurai warband rather than any of the themed expansions. — description from the publisher
Publishers
- Warlord Games
Questions and answers
Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband 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.
The catalogue lists Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Medieval. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, and Chit-Pull System. 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 catalogue lists Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game – Samurai Warband as an expansion for Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game to use it. Check that your edition of Test of Honour: The Samurai Miniatures Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.