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Sengoku Roku - Power Politics in Old Japan
by Jim Wallman
GHS Hexacon, Haus des Gastes, Braunfels, Germany, 7th of May 2016
Introduction
This game is about the political and military activity during the Sengoku Era of Japanese History (roughly speaking the second half of the 16th century). This is an age of land-grabbing lords (daimyo), incessant warfare and power plays. We start the game in year 19 of the Tenbun Era. The current Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, is only 16 years old and currently in exile.
Much of the game is about the power politics of the time, the forming and dissolution of alliances and consequent military activity. However, it is important that under all circumstances, correct behaviour and etiquette is observed. An impolite man is an unlucky man.
Another part of the game has to do with economics as each controlled province provides rice income and possibly cash income. With this income, troops can be levied, and castles/fortresses maintained or built.
Player teams come in 3 kinds. First, seven player teams represent the most important clans of the time. Second, two of the teams represent large, influential and military strong temples of warrior monks (Sohei). The last team is formed by the Bakufu (The Shogun's military and civil administration which serves the Empire, not the Emperor).
This game will be played some time in the future. We currently have 3 options for the location, in or near Eindhoven, in Utrecht or at our previous venue in Nijmegen. At the end of August we hope to be able to have a definite location for this megagame.
Roles
Clan player teams
The clans that will be played are Hojo, Miyoshi, Oda, Takeda, Uesugi, Mori and Imagawa. Players can take the role of:
- Leader (Daimyo)
- General (Taisho)
- Clan elder (Samurai)
- Heir (Samurai)
- Chamberlain
Sohei player teams
The two Sohei teams will be Enryaku-Ji and Hongan-Ji. Players take the role of:
- Abott
- Senior Monk
Bakufu player team
The players of the Bakufu player team take the role of civil servants.
Control
Each team has a Team Control umpire attached to it. Apart from these umpires, we will have two map control umpires and one game control umpire.
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