Ride the SAVAGE Motorcycle-Samurai Highway!
Hello fellow Savages! A number of you have been routed this way from the Pinnacle Website, and I want to introduce myself and the new game. I’m N. Phillip Cole, creator of Motobushido, the Motorcycle-Samurai Roleplaying game. Back in 2014 I had the pleasure of sitting with Shane Hensley on a design panel at a local convention here in Portland, OR, where he was attending as one of our guests of honor. I managed to fanboyishly slip a copy of my original Motobushido game book into his hands, and shortly after he approached me about the possibility of writing a brand new Savage Worlds version of that game. Cue my head exploding of awesome!
Thus was born Motobushido: Crimson Blossoms, a 100% Savaged reimagining of those motorcycle-riding samurai adventures, now with a fully-detailed setting. The Crimson Isles are lands steeped in ancestral conquest and inner turmoil, inspired by history and folktalkes of Japan and the nearby mainlands. Following the honorable Old Ways of a fallen empire, the samurai-biker motobushi have been pushed into the far Fringes of the Isles by the new Dominion that rules over all with an oppressive steel gauntlet. It’s Seven Samurai meets Sons of Anarchy with an entirely new take on samurai heroics.
Motobushido: Crimson Blossoms currently exists as three fully-written books that now need a final round of end-stage playtesting. Initially conceived as an official Pinnacle product, we’ve decided to skip ahead of the release cycle by returning it to my own domain as an officially-licensed Savage Worlds setting. Over 100k+ words have been written, including a Player’s Guide, a Companion book and Plot Point Campaign, and a new illustrated GM screen and accompanying adventure.
The best part is that the books are 100% written. The cover art is complete, the internal art mostly done, and the layout templates are nearing finalization. The fabulous team at Pinnacle has gone above and beyond so far, and now it’s time to bring in the community. I’ve been playtesting this setting for three years now, and I’m hoping to bring other groups into the mix for your valuable input – and some sweet playtester credits in print!
If you’re interested and want to know more about the setting and its current draft, drop a comment here, and we’ll get you in on that playtesting action. You can also join the official Alliterated Game Discord server and chat me and others up at any time. And my deepest thanks for your interest and support!
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“MotoBushido struck me as something clever and original right from the start. After meeting Nathanael I knew he and the game itself would make a great addition to our family and we quickly struck a deal. The problem is Pinnacle’s growing pains. We’ve got too many projects on the plate now and I couldn’t in good conscience make Nathanael wait for a slot in our packed production schedule any longer. And to be honest, I just want to play it. The best way to do right by Nathanael and get the game out there is to put it back in his capable hands with the full support of our staff to get it done and out in the world… where I can play it!”
Shane Hensley, 2017