Land of the Rising Sun is a fantasy role-playing game set in feudal Japan, designed by Lee Gold and published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1980. Players take the roles of samurai warriors in a class-and-level system with rules covering honor, martial arts, aerial and water combat, the astral plane, spirits, demons and ninjas. It was derived in large part from the company's earlier fantasy game Chivalry & Sorcery and was released as a boxed set with cover art by Ken Pick, a 152-page book and five cardstock reference sheets. Reviewers praised its treatment of Japanese myth and society: Eric Goldberg called the care with which the myth was reproduced amazing, while Rick Swan found the background better than the turgid game mechanics and rated it 2.5 out of 4.
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Land of the Rising Sun is a fantasy role-playing game
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published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1980
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FGU's previously published fantasy role-playing game Chivalry & Sorcery
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