Battle of Okehazama (1560)
Dengakuhazama Gorge
After his army’s success at capturing the Oda border forts of Marune and Washizu, the Imagawa army and its commander Yoshimoto took time to rest and celebrated their victories in a wooded gorge called Dengakuhazama. Nobunga, hearing of this, quickly set into motion a plan to surprise the enemy’s camp. He first set up a dummy army with hundreds of Oda flags on a nearby hill top, and then lead 3000 men around behind the Imagawa camp. A thunderstorm covered his movement and when the storm subsided the Oda force fell on the camp. Yoshimoto was killed in his Command tent and the Imagawa troops fled in all directions.
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.
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Set-Up Order
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Imagawa Samurai Army (Red)
2* Command Cards - increases to 5
3 Dragon Cards
5 Honor & Fortune
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Oda Samurai Army (Yellow)
Move First
5 Command Cards
3 Dragon Cards
6 Honor & Fortune
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Victory
5 Banners
1 Victory Banner for each unit or leader eliminated.
The Oda player, in order to win, must capture the Imagawa Command tent worth three Victory Banners.
Special Rules
* The Imagawa player will start with two Command cards (the army was surprised).
The player’s hand size will increase by 1 card each turn to a maximum of 5 cards.
Turn 1 play 1 Command card and draw 2. Turn 2 play 1 Command card and draw 2.
Turn 3 play 1 Command card and draw 2. The Imagawa player will now hold 5 Command cards.