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B, M and P played this unusual 3 player game.

In the end the players lost both games to the General.

They could never work together and the communists were always looking out to win Spain for themselves. It is hard to imagine how any one team could ever win for themselves. A clever concept.

Bruce and Phil took on Mike and Darryl.

First game went to B and P who attacked to the right and centre and captured some good flags. A good cavalry charge helped. Losing their leader to a duel netted 0VP to M and D.

Next game went to M and D. Early loss of the B and P leader to a fight gained 2VP to M and D. Clever use by M and D of 2 fight firsts and a similar event plus cancelling a well planned Hold and Shoot led to not so great a game for B and P. With their leader dead and down to 3 command cards it was soon all over even after a brief resurgence.

The mist rises over the Matachi river. The year is 1517 and the Takeda are defending as the Mori cross the river and attack.

This is the second scenario in the samurai battles CCA book.

Link played as Takeda and me as Mori. My Mori crossed quickly with the cavalry and launched a mounted charge which gave me an early lead after a Shogun card .

However my hold and fire card was blocked by Link who then counter attacked and soon we were at five flags each with one more needed to win.

Somehow my Ashigaru survived with one hit remaining. On my turn I moved up with my last remaining cavalry unit led by my commander and rolled two hits thus claiming victory!