Juha-Matti Santala
Community Builder. Dreamer. Adventurer.

Onitama

Included in

Cards & Tokens

  • Players 2 players
  • Cards 62-93
  • Board a 5x5 grid with the center square of opposing sides marked as onmyo starting space
  • Tokens 4 small pieces (eg. cubes) in 2 colors + 1 large piece (eg. a meeple) in 2 colors

Setup

  • Shuffle the cards, deal 2 to each player face up and a fifth card face up next to the board. Put all the other cards back.
  • Both players place their meeples on the first row with the large token in the center.

Gameplay

  • On their turn, player chooses one of the top cards in front of them and moves one of their meeples accordingly.
  • The black square in the card indicates starting point and the colored squares potential places to move into.
  • If a meeple moves to a square with opponent's meeple, remove the opposing meeple from the game. You cannot move a meeple outside the grid nor on top of your own meeple.
  • Player then places the card they used on the side of the board and picks the other card from the side to their hand.

End of game

  • The game ends when one player takes another player's large piece or lands their large piece to opponent's large piece's starting point.