Bushido (role-playing game)

This article is about the game. For other uses, see Bushido.
Bushido
Cover of Bushido's 2nd Ed. core rules, Book II
DesignersRobert N. Charrette, Paul R. Hume
PublishersPhoenix Games
Publication1979 (Tyr Games)
1980 (Phoenix Games)
1981 (Fantasy Games Unlimited)
GenresFantasy
SystemsCustom

Bushido is a Samurai role-playing game set in Feudal Japan, originally designed by Robert N. Charrette and Paul R. Hume[1] and published originally by Tyr Games, then Phoenix Games, and subsequently by Fantasy Games Unlimited. The setting for the game is a land called Nippon, and characters adventure in this heroic, mythic, and fantastic analogue of Japan's past.

It is thematically based on Chanbara movies, such as those made by Akira Kurosawa, in which the heroes are modestly superhuman but not extraordinarily so.

  1. ^ Page 1 Bushido Book II The Land of Nippon