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 Daisho is a fantastical Samurai ruleset. Here's a quick run down for those who TLDR, or in my case are too lazy to write proper reviews; Lady Takori and her retainers storm the sake den, whilst the sisters and their archer move to flank > Its what I call a toybox ruleset. Lots of options, very customisable, easy to build your bespoke warband for your toys and create your scenarios. Is anyone in? > It's light on game design, and probably strategy. There are points for the stats and builds of your warband, but little else. The core rules are roll a D10 and add some modifiers. It really is just move and attack, no gimmicky or clever mechanisms. You could min max your warband built, but that's clearly not what this ruleset is for. A troop of aggressive warrior monks storms the Sake House > It really does have a lot of options. About 10 of the 90 page book are rules, the rest is either character/warband creation options or ideas for scenarios A brawl ensues > It is

 What is Games Workshops best game? The correct answer was always Space Hulk. It's a lean focused design that nails the aliens corridor shooter experience. Some of the narrative games came close, Necromunda and Mordheim, Battlefleet Gothic had the best box cover, but really it was always Space Hulk.  Well that's what I thought until yesterday. Warcry is the best game GW have ever made. Hands down. The Spiranx looks on with its Chaos Turkey companion! I'm really drawn to games that know what they are trying to be and set out manchette in hand into the jungle to hack out that goal. Warcry is basically Warhammer goes to the Thunder Dome. A standard game has 3 turns, is objective based, and uses one die roll to resolve most actions. Its very quick and razor sharp. You deal with the chaos, construct a plan and whip out half of each others warbands in 30-60 minutes. Pick axes to the face of the dark elf scum The core engine is a fairly stripped down standard GW fair. It's I g