Japanese Samurai Skirmisher Rules

[DoctorDuckButter]

Hello All,

I am looking for a Samurai Skirmisher Rule Set, does anyone know of one?

[Thorlongus]

I seem to remember an old box set by same people who did cry havoc, manto man skirmish

[Lowtardog]

Bushi No Yume, using similar mechanisms to Flying lead and Songs of Blades and heroes

[Emir of Askaristan]

Katana - sold thru Old Glory. It's got skirmish rules and small scale unit rules and seems to capture the feel of the period.

[Thorlongus]

There is a fubar variant for kurosawa style seven samurai
I believe it is for skirmish
http://thegamesshed.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/fubar-the-seven-samurai-2nd-edition.pdf

[Henrix]

I am, of course, a fan of Bushido - though it's japanese fantasy, not historical.

[Faust23]

If you are up for handling the historical part, you could give Brink of Battle a go.  You can read more about it at our website www.brinkofbattle.com

[Lovejoy]

There's a Samurai version of the LotR SBG at this Yahoo group:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTRvariants/

It works well, and does a good job of getting the flavour right.

[Vern]

Probably not much help , but back in the day really enjoyed a set called Shogun (Samurai Skirmish rules) by Bear Rules - no idea if they're still available though.

Did a quick search for it, & stumbled across this free pfd for consideration (haven't played it though)

http://tynesidewargames.co.uk/download/SamuraiSkirmishRules.pdf

[DoctorDuckButter]

If you are up for handling the historical part, you could give Brink of Battle a go.  You can read more about it at our website www.brinkofbattle.com

Have you used this rule set before? Is it good? Anyone else use this set want to chime in? It seems like a great deal if it does what it claims to do. Plus, it appears that they have some Sci-Fi rules too.

[Faust23]

Have you used this rule set before? Is it good? Anyone else use this set want to chime in? It seems like a great deal if it does what it claims to do. Plus, it appears that they have some Sci-Fi rules too.

Yes, I have used it. I wrote it. 

You can read Anatoli's review here http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2012/03/brink-of-battle-wargaming-through-ages.html

You can read Terrement's review here http://terrement.6sided.net/brink-of-battle-skirmish-gaming-through-the-ages-review-a-different-look-with-emphasis-on-the-solo-gamer%e2%80%99s-perspective/

And you can go to the Official Forum here to read comments from customers http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=39468.0

And there is a new review from Baron VonJ here http://baronvonj.blogspot.com/2012/05/brink-of-battle-and-pike-shotte.html

That should give you a pretty good idea on the system.  I can answer any other questions you might have. 

[Rich J]

Pm me your email and I'll send you something to use

[Faust23]

We're having a sale from June 1st through June 6th on Brink of Battle pdf's from Wargame Vault.

Go to our blog site for the link here http://brinkofbattle.blogspot.com/

[Rich J]

I got BoB the other week, while I must say they look like a solid set of rules (good mix of detail and playability) but putting them forward everytime someone wants a specific rules set for a specific genre is a bit desperate. I may as well say - Flying Lead would work a treat - the person will have to do so much work to make them feel right.

To make BOB into a set of samurai skirmish rules that feel like samurai skirmish would be a big job.

Not really a moan, good luck with the rules, more of an observation as every where I go you are putting them forward when people want a specific period feel.

Rich J

[Lowtardog]

Pm me your email and I'll send you something to use

Hi Rich you need to give more details on the SAGA version as not a lot on the forum recently