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Base game
The White Castle Duel
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- Published
- 2025
- Reach
- Niche
- Players
- 2–2
- Play time
- 20–40 min
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- Economic
- Medieval
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Main mechanics
- Worker placement
- Drafting
- Engine building
- Worker placement: You claim limited action spots before anyone else does.
- Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
- Engine building: Small early moves compound into a machine that does the work later.
Full publisher description
Following the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, daimyos competed for control of foreign trade and technology. Himeji Castle, a symbol of feudal power, became a strategic center for clans seeking to gain influence. In The White Castle Duel , two clans compete to exert their influence in the White Heron's court, managing resources and building engines. On each turn, you will use their lamp tokens to obtain resources and activate actions. Among the actions available, you can buy and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals on gardens and training grounds, move your courtier between circles of influence, or trade with the Portuguese. These actions will allow you to accumulate a series of icons flags, katanas, kabutos, and origami figures that will reward you with points, and whoever ends up with the most points wins. description from the publisher
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