Samurai
Release Date: September 2001
Set Size: 6 Buttons, 1 Rare; 6 cards (Print And Play Free Edition); 7 cards (Button Men Originals)
Publisher: Cheapass Games
Designer: Nick Sauer, Ken Futamura, and James Ernest
Artist: Ric Frane
Rares: Tsusuko, available only from the Gen Con program book (along with the Studio Foglio rare Jorgi).
Button Men: Samurai was the only commercial Button Men release from Cheapass Games in 2001. It reintroduced Focus Dice, which first appeared in the Legend of the Five Rings expansion in 1999.[1]
Historic Origins [edit | edit source]
The names of all the Samurai Characters except Tsusuko come from heroes and villains from Kanadehon Chūshingura, an 18th century Japanese play about the 47 rōnin.
Buttons[edit | edit source]
Honzo
(10) (12) f(20) (V) (X)
Konami
(6) (8) f(10) f(10) (X)
Okaru
(4) f(4) (6) (12) (V)
Sadakuro
f(4) f(6) f(8) f(10) (12)
Tonase
(4) (4) (8) (20) f(X)
Yuranosuke
(4) (8) (12) f(12) (X)
Tsusuko
f(6) (10) (10) (16) (X)
