Test of Honour Rogues and Ruffians v Samurai

The first game of ToH saw my Rogues and Ruffians take on Simon's Samurai in a small scenario as we were learning the rules.

The opponents move forward by the Tori gate:

The Widow runs forward and in a whirl of blades cuts down the Samurai hero!

Barely pausing for breath she finishes off another Samurai:

The Brute is assailed by Ashigaru:

The rabble take the Brute out:

The Widow, Traveller and Paymaster move up to punish the upstart Ashigaru:

The fight rages on:

The Widow faces up to the last Samurai standing:

Initially she gets the better of the fight:

The Samurai rallies however and cuts her down:

With only a couple of wounded men left the Rogues conceded (the Archer, Drunkard and Witch had been taken out by fire from the Samurai Ashigaru).

Great fun, fairly easy to learn the basics but I suspect with hidden depths especially as we didn't use the honour/dishonour or quest cards and probably didn't make full use of the skills cards.

Next time we play Simon should have his own Samurai painted up and we will probably start a campaign off.