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Rules assistance for Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–5 players
- 45 min
- 14+
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks
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Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks is an expansion for Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters released in 2015 for 2–5 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Joshua Sprung and Tony Gullotti.
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About the game
Up here in the Icy Peaks, the weather is as unforgiving as the villagers. But not every heart here is cold. Prove yourself with shows of honor and solidarity, and the locals will welcome you beside their hearth. Something worse than cold awaits those unfortunate enough to spend the night outside on these mountains... Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks is a fifth-player expansion to the fast-paced combat game, Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters. This expansion adds two new kami masters and one new kami, adding an epic trove of new character abilities and strategies to the core game! Gives you everything you need to add one additional player to the base game! • Are you ready for 5-player free-for-all combat? • Combine with Yashima: Legend of the Deep Woods for epic 6-player team-based showdowns! • Play as Yuki, armed with ice and a cold heart. Silence your foes by freezing out their karma and surroundings into deadly terrain. • Play as Mitsuo, the blind bard, accompanied by his monkey, Saru. Control two miniatures on the board, dancing about your foes from multiple locations! • Join forces with the Yeti kami, the fearsome guardian of the mountains. Quell your enemies’ effects with a powerful Yeti roar, and make them fear your mighty deck!
Designers
Publishers
- Greenbrier Games
Questions and answers
Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks supports 2–5 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.
The listed playing time for Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks for ages 14 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.
Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks belongs to these categories: Card Game, Fantasy, and Fighting. 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 Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks are: Joshua Sprung and Tony Gullotti. 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 Yashima: Legend of the Icy Peaks as an expansion for Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters to use it. Check that your edition of Yashima: Legend of the Kami Masters is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.