tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post1174050344887591201..comments2024-03-22T02:46:36.248-07:00Comments on Playing at the World: The Samurai in D&D, via Bruce SterlingJon Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824427209908111302noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-72912822321345536132020-08-20T22:09:39.141-07:002020-08-20T22:09:39.141-07:00That's correct, I'm the guilty party for t...That's correct, I'm the guilty party for the samurai and Ben and I both worked on ninja and the monk? I can't remember. Inspired by the Caltech thief rules.Jim Eckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05235815480452606666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-55670854371808946162017-05-01T00:41:35.117-07:002017-05-01T00:41:35.117-07:00Fascinating stuff! Especially since after my own ...Fascinating stuff! Especially since after my own employment at TSR Hobbies (1980-81) I worked for a Texas state agency with Bruce's then-wife Nancy for years and played games with Sean Summers also for years until he left Austin (?) and fell out of contact. Yet I don't remember hearing about this angle. piper909https://www.blogger.com/profile/07349020255841948428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-9134682156261669942016-01-31T17:02:07.284-08:002016-01-31T17:02:07.284-08:00Adding to the pile: Spartan Simulation Gaming Jour...Adding to the pile: Spartan Simulation Gaming Journal #14 (1978 Sep/Oct) has Samurai, Ninja and Monk classes by James Eckman and Ben Carlon. (I suspect James Eckman is the same as Jim Eckman, author of The Monkey God's Curse by Balboa Games.)Guy Fullertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034114718540912559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-42556986843860139682016-01-12T14:19:02.731-08:002016-01-12T14:19:02.731-08:00There's also a brief mention of Samurai in an ...There's also a brief mention of Samurai in an early issue of White Dwarf, the UK RPG magazine. Issue 20 (Aug/Sep 1980) contains the article Dungeons & Dragoons, which lists various historical troop types for use in D&D. Samurai are briefly covered, alongside others such as Egyptians, Celts, Mongols, Aztecs, etc.Daily Dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250837835530584369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-49349868609050283722016-01-11T22:00:55.568-08:002016-01-11T22:00:55.568-08:00I would have thought that, given their ability to ...I would have thought that, given their ability to use bows, fighters are more like samurai than like knights.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-71268942286388348662016-01-04T10:30:59.837-08:002016-01-04T10:30:59.837-08:00The MIT gaming scene had a significant interest al...The MIT gaming scene had a significant interest also. Sheldon Price who has the following Dragon credits<br /><br />"New Improved Ninja, The" 30(13)<br />"Ultimate NPC: Ninja - the DM's Hit Man, The" 16(7)<br /><br />had a samurai class also as I recall.<br /><br />Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-89591524842975545222015-12-31T17:50:00.789-08:002015-12-31T17:50:00.789-08:00Thanks for the pointer. Having both re-watched and...Thanks for the pointer. Having both re-watched and re-read Shogun in the last month, this post inspired my own question - what would it take to create a cinematic samurai, suitable for RPGs, using the *latest* D&D rules.<br /><br />Results here: http://gamingballistic.blogspot.com/2015/12/samurai-in-d.html<br /><br />Basically, the game's evolved enough to easily, seamlessly incorporate such concepts as samurai right from the basic core rules.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688079707543352822.post-84260993834673248822015-12-29T19:51:32.452-08:002015-12-29T19:51:32.452-08:00One of Bruce Sterling's early unpublished work...One of Bruce Sterling's early unpublished works is "The Rat Gang's Sacred Quest," a sort of fanfic account of his D&D campaign. Warren Spector, who played in Bruce's campaign along with Sean Summers, had a copy of the manuscript; I saw it but never read it, more's the pity.Allen Varneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693785863649469noreply@blogger.com