Ronin: Three Sided Battle

Ninja vs. Samurai vs. Bodyguards

This was a fairly complex scenario designed for four players and became more complicated when we ended up with only three of us showing up! After a quick adjustment due to a smaller number of players, we were off and running. Basically, a lord's concubine and son were trying to leave their compound, but were blocked by patrols of another lord, who were trying to keep them in there or capture them outright. Yet another faction wanted them dead, so they hired a group of ninja to do their dirty work. This set up a three sided fight where the ninja were just trying to kill anything that moved, the force on the outside was trying to stop the ninja and seize the civilians, while the third party was merely trying to escape in the confusion!

The action got off to a fast start when the roving patrols ran into a few of the ninja, which started a series of melees. The concubine and her escorts saw their chance and bolted from the compound, only to run into more ninja. While her escorts gave their lives to delay the ninja, the other faction was trying to block her from fleeing and fighting the ninja at the same time! This led to melees all over the board and by the sixth turn everyone was down several figures. The concubine was briefly captured by one of the opposing factions, but her escort quickly arrived and finished off the would be assailants. The ninja were now desperately trying to cut their way through the remaining forces, but were hopelessly out of position. A few more turns didn't change things and the concubine, her son, and a few of her escort escaped off the board, ending the scenario.

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