Hi all. Just found this list Anyone using it and active anymore? If so what games do you play? I have in the past done "oriental" style games Feng Shui,...
... Hi Jon, Yours is the first post since 6/11/2006... so I guess you could say it is dead. I have been playing with Wuxia ideas of my own... but I have no...
I would like to play a Western character in OA but cannot find any game that will allow this. I think having to learn 'honor' acording the the 'japanese' way...
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It is nice to finally find a site that discusses Bushido RPG. I have read several posts (certainly not all, as I was searching for what all was chatted about...
Dear All, Yup, I remember the old Phoenix Games version. I had photocopies I made from a friend's. I only threw them away about a year ago, they were those old...
Quick!!! Send for Judge Dee! From the EastAsianArch list - fun list buy the way: Posted by: "Tim 't Hart" Corruption alive in China 2800 years ago (Xinhua) ...
You can also get them in PDF form from DriveThruRPG.com (http://www.drivethrustuff.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=70_98) if you are looking for them right away....
I just picked up the core RPG book this weekend and it's pretty cool. I haven't had a chance to playtest yet, but I think the game mechanics may be a bit too...
Hi All, I am about to start a new Bushido campaign and as it is a new start I have decided to change some of the profession names: Shugenja -> Onmyoji Buddhist...
I like Onmyoji. I've always thought that Shugenja were more supposed to be like magical Yamabushi. Kannushi is fine too, but I'm not so clear on Busso... To:...
... Yes. Shugenja are not onmyoji. Shugenja practise shugendo, a syncretistic combination of Buddhism and Shinto. Onmyoji practise onmyodo, which is yin-yang...
Thanks Tony and Eric. We have started the game with Onmyoji, Kannushi and Bozu. I will allow Shungenja but they will be the proper Shugenja. BTW my campaign...
My name is Rick Hershey, I own Empty Room Studios and created the Steampunk Musha (www.steampunkmusha.com) rpg. I'm currently looking for supplements and...
... I've been rereading Bushido lately and the same question from the post above from 18 months ago came to mind. So what's out there? Are we still limited to...
... I must confess I've been playing a L5R game based on "Way of the Ratling", using RuneQuest's "Land of Ninja" and the "Shogun" computer game. It's going to...
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Now there is also "Blossoms are Falling" for Burning Wheel. http://www.key20.com/product.php?productid=402&cat=0&page=1 Bach ... wondering what's ... the post ...
Dear All, Mongoose are slated to publish a Japanese 'RuneQuest' setting of c. 1000 CE Regards ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I have gotten Qin the Warring State book. It is a very well written book, the authors actually know their chinese history :) History is very well written and...
... Always a good start :-) ... *nods* A constant problem in RPG design. RuneQuest's "Land of Ninja", despite the silly title, is one rare exception in this...
... Can you give an example? ... range of characteristic is from 1 - 7, though for human, its 1 - 5. Personally, I would prefer d8 as the number fits more...
... Just to say that the professions provided and some semblance to actual demographics. So most folk actually are farmers, fisherfolk and herders. ... Ouch....
... <...> ... 'Qin' is way better than the average pseudo-Oriental rolegame, and its author is a _real_ fanatic of Hong Kong film, but the game still has some...
Dear All, In fact it suffers from a lot of anachronisms when one starts looking - but it is (as you say) a heck of a lot better than most "pseudo- oriental"...
... Bummer. I was hoping that there is another way of indicating character's success other than one's high fighting or magic skills. Specifically, I'm thinking...
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