"Card Game for 2 players. Theme: The Satsuma Rebellion in Japan in 1877. The Modern Imperial Army destroyed the last of the Samurai. One player is the Samurai. The other player is the Imperial Army." The game uses two custom decks of cards, the Samurai Deck and the Imperial Deck. Each deck contains eight types of cards, each ranked with a Strength value: Force, Reserves, Leader, Attack, Defense, Morale, Weapons, and Escape. "The game ends when the Samurai player has accumulated 9 Casualty Markers. At that point, the last of the Samurai have been wiped out. Victory is a function of how many casualties the Samurai were able to inflict on the Imperials."