From AEG:
Sakura Arms is a two-player fighting card game, where players control the powers of the “megami.” These megami are channeled through the delicate petals of the Sakura tree. Choose two megami each game to create combinations of powers. Defeat your opponent and prove you are the most powerful fighter!
Sakura Arms is an elegant game from Japan, designed by Bakafire. The game has already become hugely popular in Japan with tournaments and an online game in the works. Featuring stunning art and design, the game is both easy to learn and incredibly challenging. Place the petals on your hands and face your destiny!
Sakura Arms is a two-player dueling game in which players first choose two of seven megami (Japanese goddesses), each of which has a different keyword which empowers some of their cards. Players then see what the opponent chose before assembling a deck of ten out of 22 cards, with the players choosing cards both to take advantage of their own megami powers and to exploit their opponent’s weaknesses. Players then duel to see who will be victorious.
The game uses a single kind of token to represent life, distance, aura(defense), and flare(special energy). The tokens represent this based on the zone they occupy, by moving tokens between zones you attempt to gain the idea position and set up to use as many attacks as possible, or be prepared to avoid attacks.
The gameplay at its core is simple, and due to its limited environment, it is relatively easy to learn the cards for a deck building game. Building a deck and playing normally takes less then 20 minutes.
