By Chuck Gaydos |
There are also Three Player Rules, courtesy of Dethwing
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There are Tag Team Rules, courtesy of Shado-kei.
This is a two player game similar to Rock, Scissors, Paper; you'll do well if you can guess what your opponent will do. The game can last for several rounds, so you'll have time to detect patterns in your opponent's player and take advantage of them, maybe.
Each player represents a Ninja warrior with 25 strength at the beginning of the game. On each round the players simultaneously tell the referee how much strength to use in an attack on the other player. The strength used is permanently gone from the game. You can't use more strength than you have left and you don't have to use any if you don't want to. If one player uses more strength than the other, the player using the lesser amount must use three more to roll away from the attack. The first player who loses a round and doesn't have three strength left loses the game. If both players reach zero strength at the same time then the game is a draw.
Sample game:
For face-to-face play a referee isn't needed. Players can use pennies or Risk pieces for strength, hide the amount to use in a fist, and open them simultaneously. Kids can drag out their worthless pog collections and use those.
As a variant, each player must choose a number from 0 to 5 and is not allowed to use that amount of strength during the game. If you can determine what number your opponent can't use, you can use that information to your advantage. Each player starts with 50 strength in this version.
After one player is eliminated the two player rules are used for the rest of the game.
S-K Mouko Ryoushi Chuck 25 25(in) 25(in) 25 4 3(6) 25(in) 21 19 25(in) 1 1 24(in) 22 20 24(in) 0 0 24(in) 23 21 24(in) 0(3) 3 21 24(in) 22(in) 21 3(6) 5 22 18(in) 17(in) 22 0(3) 3 23 15(in) 14(in) 23 2 0(3) 24 13(in) 11(in) 24 0 0 25 13(in) 11(in) 25 3 2(5) 25(in) 10 6 25(in) 2 0(3) 23(in) 11 7 22(in) 1(4) 3 19(in) 12 8 19(in) 4 4 15(in) 13 9 15(in) 2 0(3) 13(in) 14 10 12(in) 0(3) 2 10(in) 15 11 10(in) 0 0 10 16(in) 12 10(in) 5 5 11 11(in) 13(in) 5 2 0(3) 12 9(in) 10(in) 6 0(3) 4 13 6(in) 6(in) 7 3 3 14(in) 3 3 8(in) 0(3) 5 11 4(in) 4 3(in) 3 1(4) 12(in) 1 5(in) DEAD 0(3) 5 9 2 0 DEADShado-kei & Mouko win with 9 and 2 strength remaining.