Vintage Shogun Strategy Board Game – Ravensburger – 1979

✅ Short Description

A vintage Shogun board game by Ravensburger from 1979, designed by Teruo Matsumoto. A tactical strategy game for two players featuring an unusual mechanism: after each move, the number displayed on the playing piece changes automatically. As a result, every new turn requires a fresh approach and careful planning.

📋 Quick Product Details

• Brand / publisher: Ravensburger / Otto Maier Benelux B.V.
• Designer: Teruo Matsumoto
• Year: 1979
• Number of players: 2
• Contents: Game board, 8 white and 8 red playing pieces and game instructions

Box dimensions: approx. 43 × 30 × 5 cm

Condition: Very good vintage condition with only very light signs of age and use.

🎲 About the Product

The objective of Shogun is to capture your opponent's Shogun. Each of the sixteen playing pieces has a small window displaying a number that determines how many spaces that piece may move.

What makes the game particularly unusual is that the displayed number changes automatically as the piece is moved. This makes forward planning essential, as a favourable move now can completely change the possibilities available on your next turn.

The result is a clever tactical game in which players must constantly adapt their strategy.

🏭 Manufacturer & History

Ravensburger was founded in 1883 in Ravensburg, Germany, by Otto Robert Maier. The company developed into an internationally recognised manufacturer of board games, educational games and puzzles.

Shogun, designed by Teruo Matsumoto, is a distinctive example of Ravensburger's strategy games from the late 1970s.

✨ Special Features

• Original Ravensburger edition from 1979
• Unusual mechanism with automatically changing numbers
• Complete with 16 playing pieces and game instructions
• Distinctive 1970s design
• Appealing to collectors of vintage games as well as enthusiasts of tactical and strategy board games

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