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Bushido - Feudal Japanese Roleplaying - FGU
Bushido, by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) | Other Oriental Game Systems
See Also: GURPS Japan | Land of the Rising Sun | Oriental Adventures / Kara-Tur

Visit Japanese Bushido for an in-depth examination of "The Way of the Warrior."

Bushido, by Fantasy Games Unlimited

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Bushido
Written by Paul Hume and Bob Charette, Bushido is widely considered to have been FGU's finest offering to the gaming community. The Box Set contains 2 books [details to follow], trifold screen of tables, map of Japan/Nippon, and a character sheet.

THE HEROES OF NIPPON: This is the players' book and contains the information needed to run a character. It includes sections on character generation and improvement, skills, combat, magic, and the Professions. It also covers the means of fitting the character into the culture of Nippon. (80 pages)

THE LAND OF NIPPON: This is the Gamemaster's book. It contains all the information needed to get him started in developing his own version of Nippon. Sections cover men to be encountered, beasts, legendary beings, battles, treasure, and campaign building. It also includes an introductory scenario. (60 pages)

The game was later released as a combined paperback.

"Flashing bladework, brave warriors, martial mastery, wise priests, honor, stealthy assassins, demons, magicians, spirits, war -- the stuff of Legends, the Legends of Japan. BUSHIDO is a role playing game that allows you to adventure on the Misty Isles of Nippon.

Players in BUSHIDO design their characters to suit the profession they choose. A skill system is used to determine the character's success in both martial and peaceful endeavors.

Take a break from the Western European and sample the mysterious world of the Far East. Try adventuring in a world where a man's honor and fame are as important as the number of foemen he has slain..."

1981 ... FGU 6801

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Valley of the Mists
"Come visit Hida Province in the land of Nippon. Be wary though, for all is not well. The ruling clan is not as secure as they would wish. Enemies surround them on all sides and, perhaps, even lurk within their domain. Mystery, magic, and menace await the bold adventurers who shall eventually descend into the Valley of the Mists.

VALLEY OF THE MISTS is the first adventure pack for use with BUSHIDO. This is not a complete game. Fantasy Games Unlimited's BUSHIDO is necessary for play. It contains three inter-related adventures which take place in and around Hida Province. Background material concerning the province is presented as well. Special bonuses include several new Legendary Beings and a new form of magical skill: Tea Magic."

1982 ... 32 pages ... FGU 6802

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Takishido's Debt
According to FGU notes, Takishido's Debt "was submitted to 'White Dwarf' magazine (Before it became a one-company publication), but at the time they were not looking for Bushido scenarios. Games of Liverpool agreed to publish TD as a 'mini-adventure'. Not long after that White Dwarf decided that they were interested in TD after all, but they had missed their chance."

"In the players travels they have come to the city of Nara in the province of Kawachi. If they have a usual place of meeting (a tea-house for example) the one among them with apparent status closest to a high ranking Ronin will be approached there. If the players are not in the habit of meeting in such a public place they will be approached individually.
They will be approached by an old Ronin in Average Samurai garb who wears the Dai-sho (symbolic of the Buke) and deports himself in a distinguished way. He holds his right arm awkwardly, as it was once injured in an Iaijutsu duel. He will mysteriously, and without introducing himself, inform the players that to learn of an interesting proposition they should meet him at the House of the Crescent Moon, in the Flower district of the city, at the hour of the lesser dog that evening.
A passer-by, or servant at the tea house, will point out to the party that the old man bore a remarkable resemblance to a famed retainer of the local Daimyo (Suzushi Neko) called Rashomon Kagemusha..."

1983 ... 12 pages ... Author: Steve Bell ... Games of Liverpool 6804(?)

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Other Oriental Game Systems

The Road to Osaka: Samurai Skirmish Rules, 1100-1620
by T.J. Hallam, M.N. Jones & N. Walker, 1995. Wargame rules. Fast, realistic. Numerous tables, diagrams, illustrations. 32 pages.

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