Rising Sun

An alliance grants non‑aggression and shared benefits on certain actions (both players may receive the ally bonus on Mandates and other effects); however either player may betray later, which breaks the alliance and costs Honor—see pages 11–13 and the Betray rules on page 18.

The current player’s Mandate turn gives them initiative: you draw/choose Mandates in the Political Phase and the current player (and their ally when specified) receives the primary bonus or discount for that Mandate (see page 13 for choosing Mandates and pages 14–16 for Recruit/Marshal/Train specifics and who gets the bonus).

Kami Turns trigger shrine resolutions one at a time from left to right on the board; for each shrine compare total Force to determine the reward and use players’ Honor to break ties (see pages 19–20, with Honor tiebreak explained on page 7).

Before resolving a contested province players may bid coins for War advantages (per the bidding rules) and may hire Ronin to add +1 Force each; the highest total Force wins and ties are broken by Honor (see pages 21–24 for battle sequence, coin bidding, hiring Ronin, and tie resolution).

Betray breaks your alliance, causes an Honor loss, and lets you replace up to two of your map figures with same‑type reserve pieces (note Daimyo and Shrine figures are immune to replacement); full Betray effects are on page 18.