Kendo

The game first was published in 1974 as Queen Bee by Condor, before it was re-themed and published by 'Ravensburger'

as Kaiser, König, Edelmann in 1976

and re-themed again in 1989 as Kendo.

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Kendo, The Samurai's Favourite Game, lets 4 Samurai fight across a hex grid to get their Prince safely into the palace at the centre. Your 8 figures are numbered 1 (Prince), 2 (Samurai) or 3 (Fighter) and may only move their number of spaces. Finishing a move on an opponent's piece is a strike and it is removed from the board. Strike a prince and the player is out of the round, though their pieces remain on the board. Get your Prince to the centre and score 5 bonus points, whilst all remaining pieces score their value. Play a few rounds and most points win.

Interesting abstract game, was very popular in Germany and often reprinted.