Shinobigami: Modern Ninja Battle Rpg (GDR)

Shinobigami: Modern Ninja Battle RPG is a role-playing game originally developed and published in Japan by legendary designer Toichiro Kawashima and gorgeously illustrated by the talented Shie Nanahara. Shinobigami is a fast one-session RPG focusing on character drama, stories of conflict and cooperation, and light tactical strategy in a dark modern "World of Shadows" setting where mysterious ninja exist and engage in inter-clan conflict in an ongoing hidden cold war. The overall effect is a very easy-to-learn game that is equal parts story-driven RPG, German-style board game, and secret identity/role game (like Werewolf or Coup): With a few friends, you together create a dramatic story that starts and ends in the course of just a few hours (one evening). From there, you can revisit the same characters or make new characters, and create another tale set in the Ninja Cold War. Shinobigami is a game for 3-7 players, with one player acting as the Game Master (GM), who prepares the scenario and helps facilitate the game. Each player creates a character from one of the six warring ninja clans and introduces them to the other players. The GM then hands each player a "Secret", which is a piece of information or a true goal specific to that character. The game plays in three Cycles: Each cycle, every player has one scene where their character is the focus. After three cycles, there is a no-holds-barred free-for-all battle called the Climax Phase. Shinobigami has a very different form factor and design from common Western RPG books. The first half of the book contains a Japanese-style Replay, or an entire session of play - from character creation to epilogue - written out in screenplay format. The second half of the book contains all the rules you need to play the game. Shinobigami is a tabletop role-playing game: To play this game, you will need some friends, a few hours, and some six-sided dice.