Games that currently intrigue me: Bushido

This will be the third game in the series I'm doing on games that intrigue me. Yet again the aesthetic influences behind this product can be traced back to the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. Maybe the wider orient in general including China, Korea etc. It isn't inspired by the usual sorts of anime I like to watch though, you know, things like Akira, Appleseed and all that sort of stuff. Although you could, I suppose argue it has been influenced by anime such as Ninja Scroll, with its Demons and Undead samurai vibe. Oh come on, give me a break it's not totally anime influenced! No, it was another sort of Japanese export that first sprang to mind when I saw this game. In particular a specific computer game series I loved on my PS2 called Onimusha. God I loved those games... I'm going to have to make a confession here. When I started writing this series late last year I got really deep into the details of some the games on my list, and GCTs (the company behind Bushido) openness and honesty won me over. Free rules? Check. Friendly employees? Check. Willingness to help me out and answer questions? Check. Some of their stuff may have found it's way onto my Christmas list I sent to Santa, and the spiffing chap that he is, he brought me some Bushido goodies... so this game more than intrigued me. It snared me.

Look it's an old dud on a giant turtle!!!

Company: The company behind Bushido, GCT, were founded in 2010, so they're a little over a year old now. So compared to some other companies in the list, like Dream Pod 9, they are mere pups taking their first fledgling steps. They're a British company that as far as I'm aware has four full time members of staff. Like all new companies they're obviously ambitious and want to succeed, because who sets up a new business with the hope to fail? But I may as well let them tell you their business aims in their own words:

'We are a group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds with a common love of table top gaming. We aim to design and produce games, that are both challenging for the strategist, fun for the casual gamer and provide exciting and dynamic sculpts to bring our worlds to life.'

Website: Bushido the Game
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