Ikusa Rulebook (12 mb pdf) - Wizards of the Coast

Action 6: Hire NinjaWhoever hires the ninja can use the ninja this round toattempt the assassination of an enemy daimyo, or nextround to spy on an opponent’s allocation of koku.Special First-Round Rule: You can’t makean assassination attempt on the first roundof play. If you hire the ninja on the firstround, you can only use him as a spy.If you hire the ninja, you don’t need to decide rightaway which service (if any) you’ll use him for.The player who placed the most koku in his or her HireNinja bin hires the ninja. That player returns the kokuto the master tray and takes the ninja figure from themaster tray. All other players return the koku in theirHire Ninja bins to the master tray.If there is a tie for the most koku, no one hires theninja! All players return the koku in their Hire Ninjabins to the master tray.Ninja as an AssassinThe ninja assassin will have one chance to strike anopponent’s daimyo this round; during any player’sphase A, B, or D of Action 7: Wage War.To attempt an assassination, first announce whichdaimyo the ninja will strike. Then roll one die:• If you roll 8 or less, the ninja succeeds.Your opponent now follows the rules for TheAssassinated Daimyo, below.• If you roll 9 or more, the ninja fails. Youropponent now strikes in revenge at one of yourown daimyos! That player rolls a die:o If that player rolls 9 or more, the revengesucceeds! The player chooses one daimyo toassassinate from those owned by the ninja hirer,who now follows the rules for The AssassinatedDaimyo, below.o If that player rolls 8 or less, the revenge fails.After rolling the die, return the ninja to the master tray.Until hired again on a future round, the ninja remainsout of play.The Assassinated DaimyoIf your daimyo is assassinated, turn your assassinateddaimyo unit on its side on your army card. Then turnthe matching army marker on its side in the game boardprovince.Your assassinated daimyo unit can’t move, attack, ordefend for the rest of the current round. During thattime, its army can’t move or attack; but when attacked,it defends.At the end of the current round, follow the rules below,depending on whether or not the assassinated daimyo’sarmy survived combat.Appointing Your Assassinated Daimyo’s Successor:If at least one unit in the daimyo’s army survives untilthe end of the round, you may appoint a successor toyour assassinated daimyo at the beginning of the nextround, before Action 1: Plan. Appoint the successor asfollows:1. Choose any one unit from the assassinated daimyo’sarmy, and place it in your planning tray.2. Return the assassinated daimyo and his army markerto their standing positions. You’re reusing the samedaimyo figure to symbolize its successor.3. Return the daimyo’s experience marker to the leftmosthole marked “1.”Losing Your Assassinated Daimyo: If theassassinated daimyo’s entire army is eliminated inbattle during the round, your daimyo is out of thegame! Place the daimyo, his army marker, and hisexperience marker into your planning tray.If your assassinated daimyo is the only unit left in itsarmy, the daimyo is out of the game.If you lose your last daimyo, you’re out of the game.See Eliminating an Opponent from the Game on page22 for details.16