# Musashi vs 16 Samurai — Japan's classic hunt game

> Japan's classic hunt game (iPhone/iPad app by YUKI RINRIN, Y.K..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/musashi-vs-16-samurai/id6827435935 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [YUKI RINRIN, Y.K.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1867109175)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 33 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-05
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Musashi vs 16 Samurai?

One lone swordsman stands at the centre of the board. Sixteen soldiers close in from every side.

Musashi vs 16 Samurai brings Juroku Musashi (十六武蔵), a traditional Japanese board game played by children for generations, to your phone — with a lacquer-and-gold board, Sengoku clan crests and a computer opponent that will not go easy on you.

■ ONE AGAINST SIXTEEN
Musashi is fast and deadly, but alone. Step between two soldiers in a straight line and both fall. The Sixteen cannot hurt him at all — they can only crowd in, step by step, until he has nowhere left to move. Two sides, two completely different games.

■ THREE OPPONENTS, BOTH SIDES
Play the computer at Ashigaru (足軽), Samurai (侍) or Shogun (将軍) level, as either Musashi or the Sixteen. Hunt for gaps on one side; build an unbroken wall on the other.

■ PLAY A FRIEND
Pass the phone and play head to head on one device.

■ LEARN IN FIVE MINUTES
A five-step training — the board, moving, the strike, the encirclement, the count — has you make a real move at every step. The full rules are one tap away during a game.

■ HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT
Take a move back with UNDO, ask for a HINT to see the suggested move and which soldiers are in danger, and turn on legal-move markers.

■ MARCH UNDER A CLAN CREST
Choose the crest your Sixteen carry into battle — Takeda, Sanada, Date and more. Three rare crests unlock only by beating the Shogun.

■ A JAPANESE ATMOSPHERE
Shakuhachi-and-taiko music, a sword-cut when Musashi strikes, and optional kanji accents with furigana readings.

■ NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING
Pay once and the whole game is yours. Works fully offline. Your settings and record stay on your device.

HOW TO WIN
• The Sixteen win when Musashi cannot move.
• Musashi wins by taking ten soldiers, if the same position comes round a third time, or by surviving 200 moves.

Juroku Musashi belongs to the worldwide family of hunt games, alongside Fox and Geese and Bagh-Chal. Its triangular "mountain" is its own twist: trapping Musashi up there — setchin-zume — is the game's most famous finish. In 2020 researchers solved the game by computer: with perfect play the Sixteen moving first always win. Finding that path is another matter.

Will you be the swordsman — or the sixteen?

## Is Musashi vs 16 Samurai safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Musashi vs 16 Samurai.

## Is Musashi vs 16 Samurai legit?

Musashi vs 16 Samurai appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Musashi vs 16 Samurai is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-05

No release notes.

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