Samurai Taisen is set in an
alternate universe of the
warring states period in
Japan where players assume their role as
Ji-samurai. Each player starts the game as leader of a small, undeveloped village that they must develop to expand their lands. They develop the village by constructing new buildings and upgrading existing ones. To defend their villages, players may also recruit troops both to defend and to attack other villages. The player may expand their lands by establishing new villages, or by conquering other players' villages. Players can communicate with each other using in-game messages, and may join alliances for military and economic co-operation with other players.
Resources The game features two main resources:
Rice and
Coins, which players need to develop villages, conduct researches, and raise troops. To obtain these resources, players must build
mine and
farmland. They can increase resource output by upgrading
mines and
farmland. Players can also get more resources by establishing new villages or raiding other villages.
Troops To defend their villages, players must train troops. Each troop has attributes that determine training time, attack power, defense power, speed, and resource carrying capacity. There are two main troop types: combat and special. Combat troops have combat capabilities to defend, attack, or raid villages. Special troops such as
ninja,
geisha, and
komusō have special capabilities they use to spy on enemy villages, or to perform
assassinations. Troops can be trained at
dojo. There is also a special unit known as a Taishō (大将, "boss" or "chief"), which represents the players in game. Taishō can equip items and explore dungeon. They can also accompany an army. Depending on their attributes, a hero may give an offensive or defensive bonus to the army that it accompanies.
Factions In
Samurai Taisen there are four major forces:
Date clan,
Uesugi clan,
Takeda clan,
Oda clan. Each of them has their own characteristics and strategical bonus. The amount of strategical bonus depends on the current
provinces that faction holds. Players may choose to join one or not to join to stay independent as
Ronin. Factions provide players with
daily quests, completing quests will increase the standings towards that faction. Raising standing in a faction allows the player to access more valuable and harder quests.
Alliances Players with
embassy may form their own
alliances. Player use an alliance to work together for mutual benefit, and provide improved communication tools—such as mass alliance-wide in-game messages and an alliance private
forum. Members of an alliance may not attack each other, and each is notified if their allies are under attack. == References ==