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...
... Both of which are available, with their own skills etc. ... Well, all skills (combat and otherwise) have teh the usual critical-normal success/failure...
Bushido has tasks game mechanic that you can use for such activities as merchant and you can have poetry contests an the like. A friend's 'egghead' samurai...
... Yes, this is a good summary. It's Qin China as imagined by present-day Chinese, not a historically accurate Qin China. The author of Qin is a big fan of...
Hi, Long running group is in need of some fresh blood. We play various RPGs from DnD to Nobilis to Freeform. Currently we are playing Bushido (run by me) as...
For those who are interested, the Universtiy of Toronto has digital copies of almost the entire 18 vol. set of Henri Dore's "Researches into Chinese...
Hi to everyone! I'm an Italian on line rpg gamer. I play in a game based on a manga by Masami Kurumada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Seiya). I was ...
A much abused copy of LOTRS recently came my way :) However the character generation rules 1.05 and 1.06 seem to be missing and i don't have a copy of 1st ed...
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