Robert N. Charrette (born 1953) is an award-winning graphic artist, game designer, sculptor and author. Charrette has authored more than a dozen novels. His gaming materials have received many Origins Awards. Charrette was inducted in the Origins Hall of Fame in 2003. His work is known for a clean, realistic style that invokes themes from
Feudal Japan and
Chanbara films and in particular, historical and fantastic representations of
Samurai culture. His early work in game design and miniature sculpting set the tone for depictions of Japanese mythology in American fantasy and science fiction. His 1979 role-playing game
Bushido was one of the first role-playing games with a non-Western theme and remained in print for more than three decades. Charrette produced gaming products for
Fantasy Games Unlimited,
Grenadier Models Inc. and
Ral Partha Enterprises,
FASA and currently operates Parroom Enterprises, LLC, a boutique miniatures game company.