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Updates for DoubleCross (English Edition) 24 Jun 2013 | 08:56 pm
DoubleCross is now out and available at Amazon (see two updates ago). The publisher (Ver Blue/KH Shu) heard some customer issues and saw some editing misses, so he sent out this informational update:...
Japanese Occultism 23 Jun 2013 | 12:10 am
When I was majoring in Japanese in college, I excitedly signed up for as many Japanese religion classes as they offered. For years I was looking for the sources of the ideas I’d seen several times in ...
Doublecross in English: Preorder Now! 19 Jun 2013 | 07:01 am
Doublecross, one of my favorite Japanese RPGs of all times, is now available in English, through Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/Double-Cross-Role-playing-Game-Rulebook/dp/0615708110/ A note from the pu...
J-RPG Podcast 2: Tokyo Nova, RPG-Themed Manga, and more! 7 Dec 2012 | 07:41 am
J-RPG Podcast #2 is up! Download it here! http://www.j-rpg.com/podcast/j_rpg_podcast_2.mp3 00:00 Introduction (First Crush by Sabrepulse) 00:31 What we’re listening to: - Chiptunes 01:31 What we’re pl...
J-RPG Podcast? J-RPG Podcast! 10 Nov 2012 | 11:46 am
Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1uVoci2ePQKYnhiSmNMdGppMzA Direct Link: http://www.j-rpg.com/podcast/j_rpg_podcast_1.mp3 Hey all! Last month Matt Sanchez and I–partners in crime at Ko...
A followup to the GenCon Talk on International Gaming! 17 Aug 2012 | 05:09 am
Heya all! Jason Morningstar from Bully Pulpit is giving a talk on International Gaming at GenCon, and in the process he’ll be talking a little about Japan. Probably Ken Hite as well (the co-host), as ...
Dead? Not Quite! 5 Aug 2012 | 11:42 pm
Hey all! Sorry that we’ve been fallow for like half a year. A lot of craziness this year, including working in Tokyo for a month, securing the rights to translate and produce two more Japanese RPGs, a...
Well Played, Role and Role Station, Well Played! 14 Feb 2012 | 05:07 am
The above pic was borrowed from the latest blog post by the owner of Role and Roll Station. “Role and Roll” is an imprint, a company that makes various tabletop games and RPG-related media items. Thei...
An Extremely Brief History of Japanese RPGs 9 Jan 2012 | 08:50 pm
Late 70s/early 80s: The Lord of the Rings books are translated into Japanese and enjoy some minor success. 1983: Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) released 1984/85: Traveller and Dungeons and ...
Western Gaming: “Why Japan?” 22 Nov 2011 | 08:01 pm
(from Naisu na Mori aka “Funky Forest”, which is equal parts excruciatingly boring and excruciatingly “WTF???”) Hey all, sorry about the wait for a full “up to speed” site. I’m taking some pics to us...
