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IF YOU IIAVEN'T COME ACROSS TIIE FILM....
(on tult viewinethe village)

of the film the retume villageB de shown to be rcliable wmio6 in ihe ensuingbarles! Tbe period the film is sr in is fte Age of wu (r.,8a,t iidai) when Japd was being fou8ht over by rival wdlords.Thedmingis interesting, i! is ser after $e introduction of firearms to Japan and before lhe Tokuga{a periodEinfoEed stricr s@ial contrcls including
Estrictions on owneBhip

in fact dale the incidenr

Heihachi: So that's ou. ctl is it? Kikuchiyo: I'd hrte to die on a dunghill like that. Heihechi: Nobody alked you to help. film script: S.te, sanrai (snicninir no sanru i) diMted by Akirl

For thosetlat may not have seentbe film rhe centualprenise is very siDple. A village discove6 it is about 10 be raided by bddirs afte. bNesling its crops. villagersdecide resist enlisr helpof The to dd fte some sanurai. The samuraiestablishthemselves fte lillage in comDnny dd eventually all thebandits+.In kll tlecouneofrhe film boy smurai meetsgirl famer so there is e!e. somelove inreresr Mmy acknowledge Seye,.tdnlrai asone of rheBreatesr actionfilms madedd ndy would concede Akira Kurosawa,ils direcror,ro be one offte greats. film s fomar hasb@nwidelyidilated andthe idea The copied in suchDovies as ?re MaEniftent Seven.rhe l3th Woftior, A Eue s Lik and TheL* Ualle! lo nane jusr a few. Other film directoB suchs GeorgeLucd ofsra/ wa6 fane ale on recordasbeiDS heavily influenced boft Ku.olawas films andhis sryle. by The film is srill shownfrom time lo time on televisionor is alailable in video or DVD formar.Therejs d abridSed vesion which nisses out someof fte eariy plor development. * Although sharP fte wittedwill notice some facl do seem in tosurive

to the yed as a strcng clue is left in the scroll scenewhen the drunken Kiknchiyo atenp$ to join the eroup. The Momoyma period is considered someto be the mostcolonrful dd exciling pe.iods.The by lilm howeve.is not concemed with tle broad sweepof events. Kurosawawould look this later in filns suchaqras?,rlira andRatr. As it is filmedin blackdd whneit cdnor b colou.ful. buraswith all n.rste6 Kurosawatums the reslricion into D adldtage by makingthe As faf as the cast m concemed Lbeysplit into clem groups represenling socialgrcupsin Japd that lime. Tle samumiarenot the repcsenredby srereotypical clm wdio^, bur de rnasredess samurai or ronin who haveeifter seenmDcbor not enough fighling!The of peasmtstre represenred a 8.oup wirh nalural leaderssuch as the as viuageparriachwho is usedLsa neraphor for political Ieade6hip.Tbis is used thefilm by hisappearance dilemmas decisions in when and need to be frced. The other peasants often rcpresented rheir flaws md de by weatnesses, if to distinguishthem from rhe smnrai. The bddns de as nor characterised are shown mainly d tle shadowyopponen$. and The coc idea of the filn is the inlerplay betweenfte political and military values, issues dd objectiles. These are difiercnt for lhe ditrerert _qroups. samuraiappear bemolivatdby comp.ssionfor The to the f:mea plighr althotrgheach samuraiis shown lo have his own reasonforjoidng the quesl As a gmup the! follow the exaDpleset by their adoptedleader dd the inplied code of honour of their wdior class. The badits re ponrayed as criminah ed presumably de looKn8 1o sleal fion an obvious soft target.The issuetben beomes when fte tdget offe6 detemined resishce why do lhey comidueto attack insleadof Dove on? Perhaps chssic gmgster slyle they need in to punish resistancein oder lo dle by fedrl Perhapsas fellow p.ofesional warioB to the smDrai 6ey feel the needto meet their challenge headonl Theyalsohavethei. intemalpoliical problens6 somemedbe^ of the gang are seento desed.The bmdit leadernusr consequendy a defentby th village asa chatlerSeto his leadenhip. lee The bmdirsbeconelocked inlo a death slru88le theirposiion.The by peasants becone an :med miliria for t|e durariondd wer rc get rid ol fte rhrear the bandits minimalcostdd scial disruDrion: of ar fte smDrai represenr this! Thesede all Oe surfacethemes. The film usesmusic md inagery ro hiShligbl ftese. fte samurailbr example arc reprcsented suitably by Danly musicl Underlying theseare diveNe melaphoB fron Japdese culnrreto further enhmcerhe story As Kikuchiyo rescues orphded the infant from the buming mill he relabs how this happened him- In the to backgrcund waremill wheelis seen be tuminerepresenling the lo the Buddhisl cyclical view of life- The loung sarnurai.Kalsushirolatches onto the older masterswordsmb and their relationshiprepesentsrhe master od the apprentice. youngsEr associaled floweB, The i! wilh theseapped in severalkey scenes in fact the hemldic Do, on bis and gment is a flower We see his gowth and nte of pasageas he experiences erodclole dd auains nanhoodaflerkilling as a wdior The masler swordsnan Kyuzo repcsents craft nastery We firs! see hnn in a duel which .ot only showshis deadlynbility bu1also his motivation.In sevenl scenes seethe master'stouch-Whenthev de ee all bored KikDchiyo codpelled his desiEsandlongsfor women, is by the naster KyDzo howeve. lubnits to the rigorous self discipline of

TIIE SEVEN SAMURAI - THE IIIDDEN MEANINC....

It is very tempdngafter seeingthe film to think rheres nore hererhd meeK theeye. Afilm tnatissoiconicmlsr surely havea hidden deprh? As we shallse thelLlmt backgound explains nuch ofthe Deanin8 in Akna Kurosawawas perhapstl'e bestknown Asian film director in fte Westwith samurai period films like rhisesBblishinghis rcputation. In Japanbe emed the nicknme rr,ro (Ernperot p.incipally for the demands could nEIe on fte Japdese filrn industry tud the rcspecr he he could comand. When madein fte 1950'sir wasthe nost expensive filn dade in Japan.It pioneeredmey film rechniques, suchas the use of nuldple camerasduring action sequences, which have becoDe a sldddd today. The period that rhe film was made was a rirne when Japd was coming to tems with its defeatin the Pacific W&. Military matters weeconsequently consideredwith somerevulsion ddfte film helpedremind 6e Japanese public of their pastnililaJy tndidor. Moving on lo the sbry itself it is often said ro be bded on an old folktrle. bur thi! has nevef ben cledly identified. Cenainly fte ltory hassevemlcler elenents and someunderlyin8themes.On rhe surface n appem to be a straightfoNald srrugglebetwen good (represented by fte samudiandvillages)andevil (thebddits). The filn however is nor thal simple and uses several key incidenrs lo explore moral dilennas facedby milit.ry commedes. A clem examplehere is the sacrificeof the ftree house!outsidethe defensivepe.imererin order lo concentae Oe tb.ces to protect the other 20 houss. This nearly leads lo fte desedon ofthose householders from rhecombinedforce,forcins $e san$ai leaderto enforcediscipline.Inlereslingly du.ing the cou6e

pracliceeventhough ir is mining heavilyl Repriseis stong in ihe film and asif to confim the mdtefs tonch the final barle takesplncein the very circumstdces in which he had pradised. honically in the end the naster is not killed by the tool of his crai, bur by n fiream. Ano0er key themeexploredin deplh in fte filn is lhar of nililary leadeNhip reprcsented Kmbei. The samumi system was stricdy by defined by clds, bDt theseare ronin and so need10 Dake their own nles within the warrioas code.Tbk is Dosl cledly seenby Kmbei's approachlo discipline. He is the adopted leader dd so rhe ofter samuraiarenot boundto him by feudalobligation.Similarly he cs nol command throuShthe usualmethodofcld holse rules- fterc de none. He has to commod tlrongh the only assethe ha! - respect.In the villaee! dese'tionscene refeded to edlier he commands villageB to tbe .etum in a nilitary lone. They ignorc his order $ in ftis cncumstance tiey are his enployer! He drawshis sword signifying his ability to ldll which he would hale the right ro do as a samurai.He howevershows restEini dd makesclem any re-offencewill be punished- he doesnor feel the nedro specify tbe punishDenld the diawn swo.d shouldgile a clue! Interestinglyhe js mosi vexedin his dealingswirh Kikuchiyo sienauedby his tGdemdk nbbing of his head. Kambei of all rhe smurai is no$ keento know his slatusdd duing rbe film we seerwo exmples of dereliction of dury by Kikuchyo which surp.isingly Kdbei does not directly punish. Pe.bapsthis is becark Kmbei is uncerlainof his s$ial statusmd appem unsurehow to rear hin. We tust se Kmbei rescuingthe child host.8e. From this edly scenewe lem much abouthis leadershipsryle.The act of adoptingihe nonk s costume dd shaving his head of his smuai identiry shows his hDnility dd spiritual identiry. He apped ro be purely nodvared by compassion, aho seby adopringthe disguik he ules srratgy.to W achieve aims- a rrailconsistent a leaderDuringthecouNe his wift of the fiim as he tou6 the village he oDtlineshis strategyleaving nothing overl@ked. We also see he stepsback fiom political decisionsi for examplewhena prisoneris capturedhe tries to prcventa reprisalby $e villageB undl olemled by thevillaSe headmd.In seve.al instances he is shownto consull referto the villaSe or headmm ifeach hadtheir as own implied boundary. On now to rhe nain question.It is the sevensmuni, not rhe six or eight. Why is that?We haveseeni1is a film of 8rcupsdd inbresdngly bolh the peasantnnd bandit groups tre fixed. onll fte nunber of smunl n seenas vdiable. But surely there m sevensanuGi? The numberappeam have somesigdficmce.The village elder who to represents political will of ihe village originally asksfor four bDt the candidly accepts expecEd BoththevillageBdd the bddin re he l0l about40 effectivesso perhapsbis reasoning was basedon a force ratio wilh the opponentor friendly force; Kanbei calculateslbe force they needbnsedon his straleSy, is deremined by the numberof acce$ this (for) plustwo resenes himselfThis a nilitary approach roures and is bDrseeningly is prepded moveoutwirh six Dnless accept he to you the ideahe knewfrcD thebe8inning Kikuchiyo ftar wouldjointhem. This is thelogicalapproacb, aswith every0insin thisnlm there but is always more to see. The fiIa is one of mehphors so perhapsthe nDnber or samuraircpresenlssomethingdeper? Fo. this we needto look at F& Eastm thougbt dd beliefs. A! obvioDssrln is to seethe samurai d representingwador archerypes.Numbe6 have a deep siSnificdce in F& Eastemculture which is heavily inflDencedby Chinesephilosophy.There is however no obvioDsmodel for seven. Fiverepresents Five Elemenrs r,ts) which lhe [M forns the basis of many ftings including nanial ans slnlegy dd health systems. d exmple the As week days in Japd de eachasigned dd ro ger up ro seven there has to be two additionsfo. rbe weekendlIf this mo<tel aas used $en a chdacter suchasKikuchiyo would be seena! :l; a Fire eleme.t pe6on becauseof his impulsive actions: however

how would we see the leader who acls in baldce with all rhe elements? Also many of the chdacieB exhibit different elemenis - they de not one dimensional- There de also Eighl

Imorlals and Eight Direclions. so 1o urc this d a model there would ned 1obe somethingnissing. It does appeartha! each of the charactercreprsentsepdate manial attributes,so perlapsthis

The is of come ter anorher explana(ion. After $e fdu of weslem colonies sDch as Singaporeit is said the Inpenal Amy capturedmdy westemfilms. Thesewere sentback to Japanto seeif tr'eir superiorqualiry could be usedto enhance propagmdafilms of th lhe time. Akira Kurosawawas in lhe film industy at the time dd ws clearly influenced by Ru$id dd westem diectors. Amongst the captured films the mosttechnicallyadmiredwere said to be core Wllr TIE Wnl nd Sko||Whne....

TAKING TIIE PURE HOLLYWOOD+ APPROACII

+or should that be Toho Studi6...? FilDs de a wonderful soDrce inspinlion for games;they are botb a of means leminS ad eniertainnenl.Wrgames rule! cantakedifrrenl of apprcaches. Somegmes systems iake whar could be called a 'literal apprcach.that is if pacKng you. ranks wirh cattle or stmw men is menlionedfor a cenain banle they becomea legitinate addition to the amy list for thnt panicularamy, but only for the occdion ir was nendonedl This can be seenio be realistic dd hasthe benefit you can use ancienl illust.arions or wrilings as a stilcr model. Wa Mnner Ar.terl Aa,rl?r(WAB)tales wharI wouldcall a cultural'apprcacb. In the rulebooksdd snpplements references madeto othercultural are mediasucbasfilms. legends. fableserc.Theseall fom part of rhe story andthe way peopleview ihe evenrsloday. If you mentionthe historical cheacter Spanactrs unwiltingly peopleget a Denlal imageof the actor Kirk Dougld. so a gming piecebaled on him fits with their cuitural idea.The'cullural'approach allows us to look outsidethe l0% of hislory captDredin dulty toms and go for a d@pea richer, more colourful effect. Carrying this a stagefurther is whal I would call the ''Pure Holl)eood" approach.When people nate filns they have to pople nos be moc cautious hisrorical on accDracy orheNise will say ''The! don t look like Alexanderthe Greafs Macedonians! or ''Hdnibal did not look like that! . Peoplem exposed a lot of nedin Io dd havea sense whatlooksnght. theyneedthis to suspend of belief dd acceFfte fild asrcnlityifonly for a shorlwhilelHolly*ood hax qith a interesdng relationship history it mustcome wirh whatwill up entenainbd looksgood.(Ihb is not soditrerent1ofte gmer's needs.) f thereis no accuale infomalion on somethirg like a wr machide.ir just invenls someihing lookscredible or evenincdiblelh aho that allowsus to ask whari1...? surelythe mostpowertulreason for wargamingin the tust place-Cd this approach adoptedto makeour be gamesmorc intercsting? The wAB fomat allows SpecialChamctersro be generated. These canbe usedto comeup wilh thoseexraordinary characteBwho hadd effect our of all proportion ro ihei nomal role ds military leader o. other parlicipant. So folk suih as El Cid, Hua Mulan. JeanneD Arc, Josephus, canbe propenyreprsentedon fte gaminglable. In moy etc. cases they may bavehad a greaE. effect thandifferencesin tacticsod technologythat wdSmes often fixate on. MovinS back lo the Sev", Sanlrai, lo gamethe action we need1o takethe'tultural' approach makea meaningtul gme: olheNiseils 10 wiu bejust sevenof one type plus forty of aolher, againlt fony of a different onel By indulSirg omelves in fte PureHollywood approach we can lake the film as oDr hisoncal recod and try lo capture the esence of the filn in the rules, scenery,figures etc, so that we re

playirg the ,t vn SaDa.ai ralher nan us'ng seven anoDymous gme tokens. we can take rhe incidenrs in the film and lrester Deseto specialrules so tbat the figures more . accurately rePresenl the ch@cte6 shown in fte film dd act in a nore lifelike way. This is the greatest .
benefil of this apprcach figure ften becomes Kikuchiyo instead of Sanumi #5 | the

villageBarpoinrs 3 & 4. These 2. coDnt defended as obsracles the in mainWAB tules wiih fte exceptionthat caval"yDay nor passrhem. They act as hdd cover for figures sheltenngbehindthem. Roure I hasbeenlefi openas a delibe.aietrap by lhe samuraito entice the cavalJ down $is roule. The viUage. Represented a smallcollecnon by ofbuildingswift barriersbetweentheD. A sepdatebuilding cd be includedfor rhe Old Mill- For authenticityone of fte buildings ce havea banneras Floodedpaddyfields.Treattese a! inpossible to cros sothat entry 1ofte village is only by the four routes.

\ore $e bacl ollhe bodd RpFsenrs rmpa$'bleleE;n.

GAMTNG TIIE SE!'EN SAMURAI

Onceyou hale the eslenceof the filD i!\ now a ce of conveninglhar into gme mechanics stalistics.The rrick is nol lo ger wrappedup and in rco nuch delail. StartinSwith rhe smurai. if we ncceprrhy each represent madial attributeit would be righr ro give lhem a specialrule a emphasising their specialrole in the 8rcup. We havesftn sone of lhese so fd, but if we iook at Hihachi (the "happy" one!) rhe dialogueand incidenrs linl hin wilh Morale. In a sensehe acts d rhe group s chapiainor conmissar,he detusestensesituarionswith his humour.he comes ry wnh fte banner concept to raise Lhegroup\ spirits and counsels Rikichi the unhappy peasmtFortunatelyrheWAB systemis replele with nechanisDs both in the main nlebook dd suppleDenrs dd we cd usetheseto lry lo capturethe spirit of the filn. The rnain scendio is the defenceof the village, although lhe film showsa mnge of mililary misions which coDldnlso be convincingly gamedIn a sense deten.e rhevillageberome. aini cMpaign rhe of a with eachsuccessive bddit altack represented. a peasdi,bddir or As smurai de eliminaledrheyaE rcmovedfrcm rbenext atrack.The play cdies on until eithr side achievetheir objeclive. The game also has possibilitiesas a club or show panicipadongme wirl playeN kking one or two smu.ai chdactets dd a group of peasdts.

Forces.As noted in the ForceLists further on. Deploymnt: The smurai ed villagers may deploy within lhe village dd behind obsracles exceptfor the Kyuzo chaFcter who may deploy in the hill dea at $e sun of the gameafter th banditsdeplol The bodils may deploy on the pathwaynt leasr20 inchesfrom the village. The bddit snipere deploy lhe hill. on Special .ules. To be addedto tasb. bur somelhar may be included itr additionto the smurai chdacter specialrules are: . Heihachi\Bdner Ady lillagerunir wilhin 12'may adda flag ' t g bmicade. The openrcute I can be covercdby a moveablelog bdicade. Any cavalry unit chdginga log bdicade will be splirby Oe log badcade. Roll aD3 dicemd thatmdy cavalry modehwill nove lheir full chdge move into the village dd acr ns lndependenl Chdacte6. The remainderoffte unit will be held back.The log bdicade reqDires rwo pealantsto operateit and a smDrai jn base conracr. Theynay figh1as nomalNiChtAttack. The bandiB may attackat nigbt. but only with infmry fig@s. Roll 2 D6. ftis is $e distance they nay approach village the beforethey m dereded.SerOem up at this point at the stait of thet

TIIE SCENARIO
Eeh scenmio rpresenls day o. night atack on the village. Oneplayer a or goup of playeE rakethe smumi bd villagers,rheolher tbe bddits. SceDe.y. Tl'e boaJd(approximately x 4') represnts the village dd 6' surcunding @a d mtukedon lhe map.Note the outer rcad shouldbe more lhan 24' away,6 the village wa ou$ide aquebus mge in the filn. Howeve!it shouldtE wilhin 30" so a longbowcan hir tdgets theE. Ibm. The piayen play each bddit attack for e agred nDnber of tums or until all the budils de 6uted for thal scenado, Who go fi6t. The bddil player rakesfint tum. Vicfory. The banditscontinueanackinSuntil all the smurai re KUed: all the bddits or bolh bandit chiefs de killed.

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WHAT IF... SOME FURTIIER GAMING OPTIONS?

The gme asit srdds represepts nice challenginggde, but differenl a oplions be ried out suchaswha!if.... cd . The fields re not flooded in dne? (Trearthemas nomal terain.) . The obstacles not ereded in dme?(Trearthe pathwaysas not de . A lesseror grearer numberof smurai arerecruiled?(Try addinSles samuraibut inclDdeone wift differenr altribures.)

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The key lerain feaures arel . Somewoodsar rhe fm end of the boed. Couts as woodsin lems of the rules. CoDntsaswood and a steepbill. Cavalry may not enter . A pathwaysystemCounl5a! normal terain. The routesm 60lm wide suchthat only rwo cavalry or threinfdtry figues cd have access dy onetme. at . RoDtesl-4 inlo Oe village. Obstacles haveb@neEred by lhe

As an experinent the Gmes Workshopt r/ O/Ihe tinSr rulescd be nsedinsieadof Waftanner Ancient Baftles Nles, Going even furlher, like the altemative film veBions ditrerent wdion md periodscan be used.Thesece mge ftom sevenhndnen lo a nodem scendio using skimish rules set in fte Balkanswhere a money coll@lior of mercendies and ex special forces types {e enployed by a village ro protec! them from a mdauding bunch of

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. JAPANESE SEVENSAMURAI
(oo beirg coDfronted with desrtion du.ing &airing) Ktmbei: The rule of var is thisr Collectiye defsce pmtcts the individu.l. Individual defencedestmys the ildividuar.

"CIiIAKI"

HEIIACHI - attribute: "Morale" (note: family nameDotknowtr basedon actor's nmel) M W S B S S T W h a c h i 4 4 3 4 4 I 2 A 4 K I 2 9

Equipmedr Amed wilh a kauna. Samuraiarmour. Wraporu: Thesede as noredin the main WAB rules or supplemetrts Spcial Rule: IndependentCharacter,Warior of legend, Srubboo Momle. Acts a! theAmy Standdd Beag Any unit he is with may rcroll a Ld test onceper gme if they fail. Special .ul6: These are as noted in the main WAB nles or (I(ATO" SEICHIROJI - attribuier ,,Sulvival" suppiements exceptwherenoled. (trote:family Due rct known - bed on actor's nrmel)

TIIE SEVENSAMURAI
SevenSamu.ai (arl chdacters of which ther ffe, (note namesre given in fte Japanese fashion of family nme fist SHIMADA KAMBEI - attributer ..Leadership,, M b W S B S S T W e i 4 5 5 4 4 3 I 5 A 4 Ld l0

Shichiroji

M 4

W 5

B 5

S 4

S 5

T W ] A 3 5 3

Ld l0

Equipment Amed wilh a kalma dd long spee. SadDni amour. Special Role: hdependent Checter, Wdior of legend; Stubbom S!rvilal- In addition to improvedchmcterisdcs rceives an additional LonB Spearr Always st.ikes frsl in the fi61 round of hDd'to'bed OKAMOTO KATSUSHIRO - att.ibute "[rthLliasm" M Katsushiro 6 W 3 S B S 3 4 S 4 T W ] A 2 4 2 L 9 d

Equipment Amed wift a kaBna and longbov Samuraimour Sl'cial Rule: Independenr Chamcterwafior of legendstubbom. Leade6hip.Acts asm Amy Generalas the main WAB rulebook. KATAYAMA GOROBDI - sttributer 'Loyalty" M W S o b e i B 4 S S T W I A 5 5 4 4 2 5 3 Ld l0

Equipment: AJmedwiih a katda. Sainuraiarmour Speisl Rule: Independen! Chamcte.Enthusiasm. May movefaster Cd openle lhe log badcade.

Equipment: Amed witn a katanaand longbow.samura mour Special Rule: IndependenlChn.acter,Warior of legend. Srubbom. Loyalry. If Kanbei is killed ce acl as d Amy ceneral as the min WAB rulebook-A PanicTestis still equired prior to his taking charee. "KIKUCHIYO" Domo - sltribute: ..Ferocity" (or lord Kikuchiyo his asDmednainefron the scrcll) M Kikuchiyo 4 W 5 S B 5 S 4 S 4 T W I A 2 2 5 M W 2 S

PEASANTS

B 2

S 2

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Equipmnt: Amed wift a bamboospear Speci.l Rnl: Peasants. May only ch&ge if led by a smurai.

Equipnnt: Amed wift a,o dacht. Samurai dmour SpecialRule: Independent Chmcter W{{io. of legend.Ferocity.If d BANDITS eneny unit is within 12"ofa Dnirconlaining Kikuchiyo the startof at the Samlraitum thereis a chdce he will go beserkl Roll 2D6: if the I Bardit Chieftain number rolled is equal to or greaEr than lhe dislance to the nemsr enerny thenKikuchiyo will charge. Oncehe comes contact into with M W S B S S T W I A L d the unit he actsas per the Frcnzy rules in rhe .nain wAB rulebook. C h i e f t a i n 8 5 5 4 4 2 5 3 l 0 No dachi: The usergainsar addirional anack, sr[ikes in band bur last Equipbeni: Amed wirh a karana.Samuraidmour Horse. Special Rul: Independenr Character:wador of LeSend. StDbbom "MIYAGUCHI" KYUZO " atcibute: .rMasteryj, kaderuh?. AcK asthe Amy Generalas fte nain wAB rulebook. (not: familynme nol known- baledon aclois namel) 1 Babdit Deputy M W S B S S T W I A Ld K y u z o 4 5 5 5 4 2 6 3 10 M WS BSS T W I A L,d Deputy 4 4 3 3 1 4 2 9 Equipment: Amed witn a katda. Smuni armour. Speciar Rder IndependentCheacter. Wdior of legend- Stubbom Equipmnt: Armedwith a katana. Samumi moDr Horse. Mastery,Receivesan extra +l saving thJow in hand-ro-hand combat. Specirl Rule: Independent Chdacle4 Wdio. of trgend. Srubbom Stealthymove and hide. Cd be held otr fte boa.d at the stan of fte lr)alD1 lf the Chieftain is Klled cn act as an Army Generals rhe Bamedd cd altemprro deploy anywhec on the bodd ar the stan of main WAB rulebook.A Pmic Test is still requiredprior to his taking the rum by rcUingn 5 or 6. May thenact as nomal in the samumirum.

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