Onitama is a strategic board game for two created in 2014 by Japanese game designer Shimpei Sato and launched by Arcane Wonders. In Germany, the game was launched by Pegasus Games in 2017. It is thematically based on the different fighting styles of Japanese martial arts. Equipment The game is played on a 5x5 board. Each player receives five pieces, one master piece  placed in the middle back row, known as the Shrine, and four pupils placed on each side of the master. 16 movement cards are provided to dictate the movement of the pieces during the game. Five of the 16 movement cards are utilized per game. Gameplay The goal of the game is to capture the opponent's master piece, known as Way of the Stone, or move your master piece into your opponent's Shrine, known as the Way of the Stream. Players shuffle the 16 movement cards and then give two movement cards to each player and one movement card is placed on the side of the board for a total of 5 movement cards in play. Each piece can be captured  and captures other pieces  the same way which is based on the movement provided by the movement cards. After one player moves he or she must replace the movement card at the side with the used movement card, allowing both players rotating access to all 5 movement cards in play.
Onitama is a strategy board game for two created in 2014 by Japanese game designer Shimpei Sato and launched by Arcane Wonders. In Germany, the game was launched by Pegasus Games in 2017. It is thematically based on the different fighting styles of Japanese martial arts. Equipment The game is played on a 5x5 board. Each player receives five pieces, one master piece , known as the Shrine, placed in the middle back row, and four pieces flanking the master, known as pupils. Sixteen movement cards dictate the movement of the pieces during the game. Five of the 16 movement cards are utilized per game. Gameplay The goal of the game is to capture the opponent's master piece, known as Way of the Stone, or to move their master piece into the opponent's Shrine, known as the Way of the Stream. Players shuffle the 16 movement cards and then give two movement cards to each player and one movement card is placed on the side of the board for a total of 5 movement cards in play. Each piece can be captured , and captures other pieces , the same way which is based on the movement provided by the movement cards. After one player moves he or she must replace the movement card at the side with the used movement card, allowing both players rotating access to all 5 movement cards in play.
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