Onitama is a strategy board game for two players created in 2014 by Japanese game designer Shimpei Sato and launched by Arcane Wonders. In Germany, the game was launched by Pegasus Games in 2017. It is thematically based on the different fighting styles of Japanese martial arts.

Onitama

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Grid Movement

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Hand Management

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Pattern Movement

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Square Grid

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Static Capture

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