Samurai (1998)

“It's flown straight into my top 100 um this year and I can see it holding us in for a long time to come because again there's not really much you can criticize with a game like this it's fast it's interesting and good decisions”(5:16)

‘Samurai’ is a board game that deserves a spot on your shelf, offering hours of strategic fun without overstaying its welcome.

“You won't just have the superior edition, you'll have one of the most beautifully distilled area majority games ever made and the best low complexity, high strategy masterpieces.”

The reviewer expresses high praise for the upcoming 40th anniversary edition, highlighting its nostalgic charm, modernized components, and improved production value while celebrating it as a timeless strategy masterpiece.

“All told, Samurai is an incredible design. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, and it’s not a game that I would pull out in every, or even most, circumstance(s), but it is a stunning work in board game minimalism.”

“Samurai is a genuinely absorbing game – simple and elegant in its ruleset and full of an understated intense complexity in its game state.”

“Quick striking very tactical very ability to change what you're doing during the middle of the game and honestly one of these versions is very beautiful look at”

The reviewer highlights Samurai as one of Reiner Knizia's brilliant classic designs, praising its tight tile-laying mechanics and deep strategic area-control gameplay.

“Me, I just think it's a really fun, fast-playing, brilliantly designed area control game.”(6:09)

“I think Fantasy Flight did a fantastic job on this reprint the the pieces look phenomenal”(5:58)

“It's a game it's a it's very fun it should play pretty quick it's got a nice little brain Noodlers to it you know it plays different every time because you're reconfiguring the board every time”(13:42)

“But at three players? Samurai was a good time and I can see why people still whip this puppy out nearly 30 years after its initial release. Count me in!!”

“It is a very well designed game, it's very well balanced, it works very well, and the components are good enough, and it has a well-known designer.”(6:56)