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Expeditions: Samurai

Expeditions: Samurai is a party-based historical role-playing game from Campfire Cabal, the Copenhagen studio working in the tradition of the Expeditions series, published by THQ Nordic. It is set in Sengoku-era Japan around 1600, in a timeline where William Adams never leaves England: the player is the newly elected captain of the Dutch frigate De Albatros and reaches Japan first, arriving as a foreign trader in a country sliding toward civil war. The campaign follows the series formula of a recruitable party, scarce resources, reputation with local powers and choices that push a version of history, with party building and mission approaches framed around stealth, diplomacy and steel. Combat is turn-based but resolves with simultaneous actions, and blends silent takedowns, gadget use and ambushes rather than a strict unit-by-unit initiative order. The game entered Steam Early Access on 7 August 2026 with four starting player classes and eight recruitable companions, and Campfire Cabal has targeted a full release in the first quarter of 2027.

• Simultaneous Turn-Based Combat — Fights are turn-based, but each round is planned as a whole and resolves with simultaneous actions, so positioning and timing matter more than a fixed initiative order.
• Stealth, Diplomacy and Steel — Party building and mission planning run through three approaches: infiltration and silent takedowns, negotiation with local powers, and open combat.
• Eight Recruitable Companions — The De Albatros party is assembled from eight named companions, each with a fixed specialty: burglar, brawler, duelist, ronin, shinobi, onna-musha, sawbones and one further recruit, alongside the player captain.
• Gadgets and Ambushes — The combat kit leans on period-appropriate gadget play, including firecracker and smoke devices, to open fights from stealth before the blades come out.
• Historical Choice — The campaign runs in a researched Sengoku-era setting around 1600 and lets the player shape a version of events, starting from the premise of beating William Adams to Japan and rising toward hatamoto standing.
• Early Access Roadmap — The game launched in Steam Early Access on 7 August 2026 with four starting classes, with the full version targeted for the first quarter of 2027.