Banzuiin Chōbei (1622–1657)
Hero to the common man, Banzuiin Chobei was fictionalised in a 1974 prime-time television series, “Banzuiin Chōbei Omachi Nasei”, starring Mikijirō Hira as Chōbei.
Banzuiin Chōbei
Chobei is a historical character from the Edo period, remembered as a Robin Hood-type figure who protected the oppressed common-folk from the uncaring samurai and other threats, but is more probably just a common street thug who ran an “employment” agency for out of work Ronin, and a protection racket fighting for control of the Asakusa markets against the Hatamoto gang.
Chobei was eventually cornered by his enemies while visiting a bath house. A great swordsman with amazing stamina, he defeated every attacker and was only killed when they set fire to the building.
From a gaming perspective this boxed set of Chobei’s rag-tag band is represented with mixed-weapon groups, bringing you some interesting new tactical choices.
The set includes 10 metal heads and 18 brand new cards including ‘Lead from the Front’ and ‘Ultimate Sacrifice’, which boost the prowess of your commoners.
ToH is a good game – they just need better graphics/links between the figures and the cards. Nice job on these guys!
Thanks Mark. The 2nd Edition is certainly a far better game.
Very nice figures! 🙂
These are just the Warlord games box set. There has been a bit more effort put into these than with the Mori clan that I posted on previously previously so they result is much better.