Grey Fox Games will release its new samurai strategy game 7 Ronin, along with the re-release of its murder mystery game Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, in May.

7 Ronin pits a team of masterless samurai trying to defend a village from an attack by a group of ninjas.  In this asymmetrical battle, the ninja win by taking over half of the village, while the ronin can win by outlasting the ninja attack for eight rounds.  In each round, both players secretly deploy their forces at the same time, then combats are resolved.

7 Ronin was designed by Marek Mydel (Waste Knights) and Piotr Stankiewicz (Wiochmen 2) for 2 players, ages 12 and up.  The game plays in about half an hour.  MSRP is $29.99.

Designed by Tobey Ho, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is a twist on hidden role party games like Mafia.  One player is secretly the Murderer, masquerading as one of the investigators attempting to solve the crime.  Another player is the Forensic Scientist, who can only communicate to the investigators through their analysis of the crime scene.  The real investigators must work together to solve the crime, while the murderer attempts to outwit them.

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong can be played by 4 to 12 players, ages 14 and up, and plays in about 20 minutes.  MSRP is $39.99.

Grey Fox Games was spun off from CoolStuffInc.com late last year (see “CoolStuffInc Spins Off Grey Fox Games”).