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Plots/plot seeds for samurai/bushi adventures in Fantasy Nippon?

Started by Matt, March 23, 2016, 04:31:57 PM

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Derabar

#30
April 06, 2016, 07:49:45 AM
The Water Margin TV series (although tricky to find)  might give you some inspiration.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Margin_(1973_TV_series).

There was a guy working on an rpg but it was never published as far as I know.

http://celestialempire.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/outlaws-of-water-margin.html?m=1
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Elfdart

#31
August 26, 2017, 09:08:16 PM
Quote from: Matt;887075Yeah, that was Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett. One of the Continental Op stories. So borrowed from him and then passed around quite a lot.

I always thought Yojimbo had more in common with Buchanan Rides Alone -a much better movie than either Kurosawa's or Leone's versions.
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace

DiscoSoup

#32
August 26, 2017, 11:26:23 PM
The novel Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka, and it's sequel, Autumn Bridge. They're set in the Meiji Era and have an equal focus on Japanese and American characters. I asked the author about them and he said that he wanted to do a samurai book and a Western book, so he put both into one story. It works very well. Slight fantasy elements that are kind of time-travelly. Like the "ghost" in the second book isn't a ghost at all, as Matsuoka explains in the first few pages, but someone from the past, long-dead, who is having a real-time conversation with someone in the novel's present.
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Voros

#33
August 27, 2017, 03:16:11 AM
Check out the great samurai and swordplay films like Samurai Rebellion, Samurai Spy, Lady Snowblood and Sword of Doom.

DiscoSoup

#34
August 27, 2017, 05:25:15 PM
Oh, and there is Kaigaku, a game that I wrote. The clan daimyo and almost all of the PCs have problems that need solving, or secrets. Plus there are encounter generators. Each issue of the Kaigaku Chronicle (Henjinmura Village, Chronicles of the Geisha and Chronicles of the Ninja) has lots of adventure hooks, including some solo replayable stories. And I've got more issues coming out.
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El cuervo

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August 28, 2017, 12:14:14 PM
usagi yojimbo rpg, based in the comic with antropomorph samurais, has a suplement that works as a monster compendium, with a adventure seed, or a complete adventure, in each entry. a lot of the creatures are supernatural (ghosts, etc...)

RPGPundit

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September 01, 2017, 09:56:26 PM
Quote from: El cuervo;987337usagi yojimbo rpg, based in the comic with antropomorph samurais, has a suplement that works as a monster compendium, with a adventure seed, or a complete adventure, in each entry. a lot of the creatures are supernatural (ghosts, etc...)

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