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This game is 18+

‘Shogun’ is a weekend-long freeform, for approximately 72 players, loosely set in the late 16th century in Japan. However, the game is not an historical re-enactment:

The society and culture that underpin the game are a fusion of concepts from Japan, China and the Legend of the Five Rings fantasy game setting, which have been selected for their dramatic roleplaying potential and transplanted into the game setting.
We have expanded the roles of female characters beyond typical historical stereotypes to support more active roles in society and greater political power and license.
The game incorporates elements from novels, cinema and roleplaying games to take advantage the more dynamic approach present in the fantasy action genre.
Liberties have been taken with the timing of certain events, principally the dates of the introduction of firearms into Japan and the arrival of Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch missionaries and traders, in order to enhance the capacity for conflict amongst the principal factions vying for power.
Elements of the supernatural and/or magic have been gently incorporated into the game, subject to maintaining an appropriate game balance.

Character Gender

In the broad historical setting that the game is set in, the concepts of non cis-binary gender identities were not really recognized by society.
It is the intention of the writers that players are free to express the characters internal sense of gender identity in whatever way they choose to. The assigned gender of a character is simply the perception of that character by society at large.

Influences

Books	Manga	Films/TV
Shogun by James Clavell The novels of Robert van Gulik about Judge Dee The novels of Laurah Joh Rowland about Sano Ichiro The novels of Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler about Samurai Samurai William by Giles Milton Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton Servant of the Empire by Janny Wurts / Raymond E Feist	Lone Wolf and Cub Samurai Executioner Path of the Assassin Lady Snowblood	Shogun mini-series (1975) Hidden Fortress Rashomon Ran Yojimbo The Seven Samurai Throne of Blood Hong Kong Shuffle Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 13 Assassins Sanjuro The Hidden Blade Zatoichi Hero House of Flying Daggers

If you're only going to read or watch one thing, we would recommend that you either read the Shogun novel by James Clavell, or watch the TV mini series of the book. Whilst the plots in the game are drawn from a wide variety of sources, reading the book or watching the series is the best way to grasp the time and culture we are attempting to portray.

Costuming

The following are sources for ideas on costuming (note these are for information purposes only and have not been vetted per se):

www.pinterest.com/empresskimiko/japanese-historical-costuming
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/queenortart/shogun/
www.pinterest.com/AngelaMombers/1500-1600-spanish-renaissance

factsanddetails.com/japan/cat20/sub136/item746.html
reconstructinghistory.com/?s=japanese&post_type=product
www.sengokudaimyo.com/garb/garb.ch02.html
www.wodefordhall.com/kosode.htm
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/graphics/patterns/hitatare.PDF?43,13
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/graphics/patterns/hakama1.PDF?58,15
http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/busou/index.htm
http://www.yamakaminari.com/uploads/3/5/0/1/3501967/roxanneshakamainstructions.pdf
http://mokurai.destinyslobster.com/Jap_Buddhist_Monk.PDF
http://www.japanya.co.uk/Kimono-Yukata/Japanese-Clothing/Kimono-women.aspx
http://japancraft.co.uk/kimono-yukata.html
https://www.thejapaneseshop.co.uk/kimono/
https://www.kimono-yukata-market.com/
https://www.chopa.com/yukatas.html

If you know of any good resources, please send them to us and we will add them here.