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Action SequenceIkusa is played in rounds. Each round of play ismade up of nine actions, called the action sequence.Players perform each action in the action sequencesimultaneously, except for Action 7: Wage War. Oneplayer at a time performs all four phases of the WageWar action, in the turn order established duringAction 2: Determine Turn Order.Action Sequence1. Plan2. Determine Turn Order3. Build4. Levy Units5. Hire Ronin6. Hire Ninja7. Wage WarA. Move Daimyos’ ArmiesB. Declare First BattlesC. Conduct CombatD. Final Movement8. Remove Ronin9. Collect KokuAction 1: PlanDuring this action, players allocate koku in theirplanning trays to determine what they will do duringsubsequent actions. The rules for each action describewhat affect the allocated koku will have.All players secretly allocate their koku at the sametime, behind their reference screens. Allocate all ofyour koku (no holding back for the next round) howeveryou choose among the five bins in your planning tray:Turn Order, Build, Levy Units, Hire Ronin, and HireNinja.The Build bin has a limitation on the amount of kokuthat you can place in it; you place either two koku thereor none. The other bins have no limits, but keep inmind that during Action 4: Levy Units, you can’t levymore units than the number of provinces you own.Once all players have allocated their koku, turn yourtrays around at the same time, to reveal your plans toone another. Let all players see how many koku you’veplaced in each bin.Using the Ninja as a Spy: If you hired the ninja duringthe previous round and didn’t use him as an assassin,you can use him during this action to spy on oneplayer’s allocation before you allocate your own koku.For details, see Ninja As a Spy on page 17.Action 2: Determine Turn OrderDuring this action, each player will take a turn ordermarker to establish the turn order for Action 7: WageWar of the current round of play. The player who takesthe “1” will wage war first; the player who takes the “2”will wage war second; and so on.The player who placed the most koku in his or her TurnOrder bin chooses a turn order marker first. Then theplayer who placed the second-most koku chooses anymarker from those that remain; and so on. In case of atie, the tying players decide which of them gets whichmarker. If they can’t agree, they randomly determinewho among them chooses first.After each player who placed koku in the Turn Orderbin has chosen a marker, then each player who didn’tplace any koku in a Turn Order bin draws a marker atrandom from the remaining markers.After all players have turn order markers, put yourmarker face up in front of you and return any koku inyour Turn Order bins to the master tray.12
Action 3: BuildDuring this action, each player who allocated two kokuto his or her Build bin now builds one castle or onefortress in one of his or her provinces. You can’t buildmore than one castle or one fortress per round of play.All players build at the same time.If you placed two koku in your Build bin, return it tothe master tray. Then take one castle or one fortificationbase out of the master tray, and place it into one of yourprovinces, as follows:• If you’re building a castle, place it in any province youown that’s not already occupied by a castle or fortress.• If you’re building a fortress, fit the fortification baseunder any castle that already occupies a province youown.If there aren’t enough castles or fortification bases forall players who need them, players build in turn order:the player with the “1” marker builds first, and so on.Players who aren’t able to build still lose their two kokuto the master tray.A castle or fortress can never be destroyed or movedfrom its province. The player who owns the provinceowns the castle or fortress—whether he or she built it orwon it by conquering the province it occupies.Castle and fortress defense rules are detailed underSpecial Defender Advantages on page 22.Action 4: Levy UnitsDuring this action, each player who allocated kokuto his or her Levy Units bin levies (buys) additionalregular military units—bowmen, swordsmen, gunners,and spearmen—from his or her tray. Players then placetheir levied units in their provinces or on their armycards. All players at the same time first levy, then placetheir units.Levy Units: At the same time, all players who placedkoku in their Levy Units bin decide which units to levy.Then they return the koku they placed in their LevyUnits bin to the master tray, and place their levied unitsin front of them.For each koku in your Levy Units bin, you can levyeither:1 samurai bowman;1 samurai swordsman and 1 ashigaru gunner;2 samurai swordsmen;2 ashigaru gunners; or3 ashigaru spearmenOnce your tray is empty, you can’t levy units until yousuffer combat casualties (combat casualties are returnedto your tray, and are redeployed when you levy units).Place Levied Units: Once all units have been levied,all players (at the same time) place their levied units ontheir army cards, or into provinces they own. This isdone either to create or add to provincial forces; or toadd to one or more armies.You can place only one levied unit into a province eachround. Placing a levied unit onto an army card whosearmy marker is in a province counts as placing your onelevied unit into that province that round.Stacking Limits: A provincial force can’t hold morethan five regular units. When adding a levied unit to aprovincial force, you can’t exceed this limit. Also, youcan’t place more units into an army than your armycard can hold (one daimyo, four samurai units, and 10ashigaru units).Don’t count army markers, ronin units, castles,fortresses, or bonus castle/fortress defense units as partof your army or provincial force. They aren’t regularmilitary units.You can place only one levied unit per province eachround; so you can’t levy more units than the numberof provinces you own. For example, if you own eightprovinces, you can only levy up to eight units duringthis phase.13
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Page 3 and 4: Object of the GameTable of Contents
Page 5 and 6: Sea LineThe Island of HonshuFGDHCEA
Page 7 and 8: Army CardsYour army card has three
Page 9 and 10: Planning Trays & Reference ScreensE
Page 11: 4. Deal Province CardsRemove the fo
Page 15 and 16: Action 5: Hire RoninDuring this act
Page 17 and 18: Ninja as a SpyIf you don’t use th
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Page 21 and 22: Step 1: Bowmen RollThe attacker rol
Page 23 and 24: Defending in a Naval Invasion: An a
Page 25 and 26: 4. The blue player attacks with the
Page 27 and 28: Phase D: Final MovementDuring this
Page 29 and 30: Two-Player RulesThe rules for a two
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