Eiroku: Path of the Wanderer

Eiroku: Path of the Wanderer is a Sengoku-era simulation game set in feudal Japan. Travel freely across the map of Japan at the head of your warband. Hire soldiers in castle towns, meet merchants and bandits on the highways, hold council with castle lords, and at times strike down an enemy general with the ninja arts. Where you go and whom you serve is entirely up to you. ■ Two protagonists Kagezakura the kunoichi takes the field herself and strikes down enemy generals. Ryuzaemon the merchant never takes the field; his men fight for him. He opens shops and gathers guild seats in the towns, aiming to become the realm's Merchant Prince. ■ A living map of Japan A map of Japan rendered in the style of traditional ink-wash painting. Twenty-three daimyo clans and 195 locations—including castles, towns, farming villages, ninja hamlets, and shrines—come to life on this single map, complete with shifting seasons and times of day. Clans march, besiege, intercept, and negotiate on their own, and the map keeps changing. ■ Raise a warband, command the battle…