Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Deploy commanders, secure supply lines, and exploit ships and siege weapons in a compact two-player contest for feudal Japan.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
General Orders: Sengoku Jidai is a focused two-player strategy game set amid the competing daimyo of sixteenth-century Japan. Players place commanders to seize key locations, establish and defend supply lines, launch attacks, and pressure the opposing headquarters. Two maps alter the geography of each battle, while ships, waterways, forts, and siege weapons create distinct tactical problems. Its worker-placement structure makes every commander commitment visible and consequential, delivering a full positional duel in roughly half an hour.
