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 Daisho is a fantastical Samurai ruleset. Here's a quick run down for those who TLDR, or in my case are too lazy to write proper reviews; Lady Takori and her retainers storm the sake den, whilst the sisters and their archer move to flank > Its what I call a toybox ruleset. Lots of options, very customisable, easy to build your bespoke warband for your toys and create your scenarios. Is anyone in? > It's light on game design, and probably strategy. There are points for the stats and builds of your warband, but little else. The core rules are roll a D10 and add some modifiers. It really is just move and attack, no gimmicky or clever mechanisms. You could min max your warband built, but that's clearly not what this ruleset is for. A troop of aggressive warrior monks storms the Sake House > It really does have a lot of options. About 10 of the 90 page book are rules, the rest is either character/warband creation options or ideas for scenarios A brawl ensues > It is ...

  Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Eidolon-Other-Fantasies/dp/0143107380   For my money Clark Ashton Smith is the best of the 30s and onward pulp writers. He has more variety than his two big Weird Tales contemporaries, Howard and Lovecraft and was more prolific than C.L. Moore. In a world where good fantasy is rare he is well worth your time. Ashton Smith didn’t want to be a story writer as he preferred poetry, but was driven to weird tales to earn a living and we are fortunate that he was. Dark Eidolon is easily available, being published by Penguin, and across 18 stories gives a good cross section of his works. Unlike the more famous Lovecraft, and to some extent Howard Ashton Smith was not tied to one or two genres or settings but his writing does have certain commonalities. He wrote occult horror, weird fantasy, historical fantasy, lost world fiction, science fantasy, ghost stories and psychological stories. The prose is often poetic wi...