The great Daimyo of the Ninja clans died under mysterious circumstances, just as it happened with his predecessor, and his predecessor's predecessor, and so on until time immemorial. To take his place and serve the Shogun, the Daimyos of each clan have begun the process of choice, and yes, you are said Daimyos. If you want to become the next Great Daimyo, you only have one thing to deal with: be the last survivor.
During your turn in the Shinobi Assassins, you must attack the three rivals on your right, each giving them a face-down attack card. In doing so, you must tell each of them what weapon you are attacking them with - but of course, it doesn't have to be TRUE. Remember, we're Ninjas. Upon receipt of the attack face down, the attacked player must mark the type of attack he was told to receive by placing a black cube on the appropriate weapon icon on the back of the card. If a player has already received two identical attacks from other ninjas, whether true or not, you cannot repeat the same attack a third time.
When you attack, you can say what you want and gesticulate frantically or blink subtly to another player, whatever you think is necessary to confuse them about the attack you really want to assign. Remember, deception will be your most powerful weapon. Once you have assigned three of your ninjas to attack your opponents, the next player will do the same.
Once all players have assigned their attacks, each of you will have three attack cards face down in front of you, courtesy of the love clans to your left. Each card will have a cube marking the weapon that the attacking ninja is supposed to use. The time has come to use intuition, to duck and denounce.
Contents of the box : 24 attack cards (4 different weapons for each of the 6 clans), 18 attack cubes, 30 life cubes, 1 meeple to identify the starting player.
