Ronin: Three Way Free For All
Easy Victory for the Sohei
This was a three way fight between a warlord's forces led by samurai, a force of Sohei, and a primarily civilain force trying to capture several villagers, who may or may not put up a fight. Each party scored points by rounding up the villagers and escorting them to a safe area and by killing the opposition. The Sohei were fortunate in that they had a ways to go to get to the center, so they had a front row seat to watch the other factions go right after each other from the start of the game! By the third turn these two factions were heavily engaged in a struggle to the death, which is exactly how it ended. The Sohei merely sat back, shot at anything that moved, then closed in and captured enough villagers to win the game! Usually in our Ronin games the archers and arquebusiers never work out, but not this time. The Sohei archers scored kills time and time again, which was a refreshing turn of events, especially for the Sohei player! With the other two factions literally killing each other off to the last man, the Sohei walked away with the victory without a single casualty.
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