Japanese Tabletop RPG Blog

This is a followup to the “May I play…” article linked to two posts ago. Mendez’ article is great, and I wanted to follow up on my end with some practical table advice for using Japan spe...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=145

So, did you charitably read the previous linked article where my friend Mendez talks about gaming-as-other? I love this article, and I love sharing it with my communities of gamers over here in J...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=146

TL;DR: Read this post by Mendez on playing characters from other backgrounds. So, a blog post series I’ve been sitting on/mulling about for quite some time is about portraying Japan in non-Japa...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=141

Hey world! Originally this blog was meant to capture some bits and pieces of things related to Japan and Tabletop RPGs. Over the last two decades I’ve sponged up a lot of “useless knowledge�...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=136

TL;DR: Search for “Tokyo Roleplaying Games” in Facebook or Meetup.com: Very active and growing! Hey everyone! When I began this blog (or posted articles online like it) many, many moons ago, ...

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On Japanese Netflix, there’s this show starring Yamada Takayuki (Yoshihiko, from the “Yuusha Yoshihiko” series) that caught my attention, called “Replay & Destroy“. It’s basically a c...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=124

Shinobigami Kickstater Link Here Shinobigami – God of the Shinobi – is a tabletop Role-Playing game originally developed and published in Japan by Adventure Planning Service. Originally writt...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=118

After Rikizo-san left Group SNE, I was wondering what he’d do: He’s extremely passionate about Role-playing games and Japanese culture, as evidenced by his work on the Japan-mythic supplement...

https://j-rpg.com/?p=112

So, Matt and I (Andy) have partnered up with the Geeky and Genki network to deliver media (postcasts, videocasts) through their website! We’ll be posting more info here when there is content ov...

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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 upd...

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