Once Upon a Time in Old Japan… す べ Houses of the Blooded て の 人 妻 は 妻 で は あ り ま せ ん 。 A Game of Samurai Tragedy Written and Designed by John Wick Art, Cover & Layout す Jessica Kauspedas べ て Editing の Jason Lewis 人 Ben & Emily Woerner 妻 は Project Lead 妻 Jessie Foster で は Japanese Cultural Advisors あ Neal Fischer り Dan Waszkiewcz ま Ben Woerner せ (who wrote the “Seven Daimyos” section in the Narrator chapter) ん 。 Kanji Assistance Daniel Stolp Playtesting & Feedback Fabien Badilla Dan Waszkiewicz Neal Fischer Nick Watts Jessie Foster Ro Wick Jess Heinig Ben Woerner Jessica Kauspedas Ken Long Surena Pridgeon Kelly Th irkhill Erik Stant Aspects From the Fate System Fred Hicks and Rob Donoghue © and TM 2010 by John Wick. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced without the author’s permission. None of the characters or situations in this book are real except for the Japanese. Th ey’re real. So are the folks who get mentions in this book. Th ose folks rock. Th is game would not be the same without them so they deserve all the credit the author can give. す べ Contents て BUYER BEWARE . 1 の 人 CLAN & CHARACTER . 3 Making a Clan . 3 妻 Th e Mad Daimyo . 5 は But I Want to Play a Ronin! . 7 妻 Bigger Holdings . 8 で Traditional Meibutsu . 13 は Sample Clan . 14 Making a Character . 16 あ Sample Character . 23 り ま RISK . 27 せ Privilege . 27 Contested Risks . 31 ん Cooperative Risks . 34 。 Cooperative Risk Example . 35 ASPECTS . 37 Tags . 38 HONOR AND GLORY . 39 Beauty . 39 Courage . 40 Cunning . 40 Prowess . 41 Strength . 41 Wisdom . 42 Th e Honor Pool . 43 Bonus Dice . 43 Adding Details . 43 Adding Honor to the Pool . 44 Losing Honor from the Pool . 44 At the End of the Game . 45 Glory . 45 Damaging Your Reputation . 46 す VIOLENCE . 47 Strike . 47 べ Duel . 49 て Historical Accuracy . 49 の Th e Yowamushi Rule . 51 人 Firearms . 52 妻 Mass Murder . 52 は MAGIC & RELIGION . 55 妻 Syncretism . 55 で Where are the Shugenja? . 56 は Shinto . 56 あ Onmyodo . 58 り Buddhism. 58 ま Using Magic . 59 Sidebar: Controversy . 59 せ Miko . 61 ん 。 SEASONS . 65 Th e Passage of Time . 65 Season Actions . 65 Provinces . 66 Th e Season . 67 Actions . 67 Swords . 72 Koku . 74 Espionage . 77 Local Spies . 79 End of the Year . 82 Phase to Phase . 83 WAR . 85 Th e War Rank . 85 Escalation . 85 War Before 10 . 85 Declaring War . 87 Calculations . 87 Waging War . 89 Winning the War . 90 PLAYER . 91 す Bushido . 93 べ Castes . 94 て Devil and the Details . 97 の Th e Eastern Hero . 99 Etiquette (Th at Matters) . 102 人 Makoto (Sincerity) . 104 妻 Th e Colville Rule . 105 は Narrative Control . 108 妻 Talk to the Narrator . 110 で Failing Forward . 110 は Th e Morley-Wick Method of Gaming . 112 あ Women . 121 Musha Shugyo in the Game . 122 り Musha Shugyo . 122 ま A Final Note. 123 せ ん NARRATOR . ..