ONITAMA: THE STRATEGY BOARD GAME - Gameplay (The Android version)
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ONITAMA: THE STRATEGY BOARD GAME brings the popular board game to mobile devices. The game takes place on a 5x5 board, with players each controlling a Master and four Pupils. Using a constant cycle of movement cards, players must use strategy and skill to either capture the opponent's Master or to move their own Master into the opposing shrine. The mobile version adds multiplayer for two players via either local pass play on a single device or global online matchmaking.
Fast, fun chess-like game will keep players thinking.
Onitama is a strategy board game for two players created in 2014 by Japanese game designer Shimpei Sato and launched by Arcane Wonders.In Germany, the game was launched by Pegasus Games in 2017. It is thematically based on the different fighting styles of Japanese martial arts.
The game had a digital release in 2018.
The game is played on a 5x5 board. Each player receives five student pawns: one master pawn placed in the middle square of the back row, known as the Temple Arch, and four student pawns flanking the master. Five random movement cards (from the 16 available) are utilized per game and dictate how the pawns may move during the game.[
There are two methods to win a game: the first method, known as the Way of the Stone, requires the player to capture the opponent’s master pawn; the second method, known as the Way of the Stream, requires the player to move their master pawn on to the opponent's Temple Arch.
Each player begins with two movement cards face-up, and the fifth card is placed to the right of the starting player (as indicated on this card).
A player’s turn consists of choosing one of their two movement cards and moving one of their pawns (master or student) as described by that card. This used card is then placed to the right of their opponent (for them to pick up next turn). The player then picks up the card which was to their right to restore their two card hand. This allows both players rotating access to all five movement cards in play, but which ones depends on when each movement card is played.
A pawn captures an opponent’s pawn by moving on to the same square as it. A pawn may move through another pawn, but only one pawn may occupy each square. Players are not allowed to pass their turn unless they have no legal move. Play continues until one of the winning conditions is met.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onitama
App Details
Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
Subjects: Hobbies: board games
Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: decision-making, spatial reasoning, strategy
Pricing structure: Free
Release date: September 5, 2018
Category: Board Games
Topics: Sports and Martial Arts
Publisher: Asmodee Digital
Version: 1.1
Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 7.0 or higher; Android 4.1 and up
Last updated: May 17, 2020
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