Japanese Games  »   Witch Quest

I've been in the process of reading through my new RPG purchases, starting with the Tsugihagi Honbo doujins. Doko ni Demo Aru Fushigi is proving to be surprisingly interesting because it has a transcript of a lengthy dialogue between Kamiya-sensei and South of Majo no Kai, the circle that puts out a print version of a game called Witch Quest. In WQ you play either a 13-year-old witch girl, or a witch's 1-year-old cat familiar, and deal with everyday problems. From the sound of things, it's neat game, and the fact that it's available as a free text file (there's also an HTML version) is a plus too.

Anyway, I'm pretty much swamped right now myself, but I was wondering if anyone was interested in seeing a translation of this game, and if anyone wanted to help with an effort to make it happen?

Yeah, Witch Quest is an underground classic (well, now it's been pretty much aboveground for a while, but still).

It's pretty expansive, though: Three full books, plus dozens of tarot cards. That's a lot of work, but it's a solid "honobono" game with a fanbase far and wide in Japan.

Here's a pic of it: It's the three books to the right of Yuuyake Koyake: It comes in a "plastic heavy container" thing with the three books and one set of cardstock punch-out tarot(ish) cards with themes from the game on them:



The three books are:

1: Replay Book
2: Rule Book
3: GM Book

I find it interesting that Book 1 (replays) comes first, before Book 2 (Rules).

Someone else will have to answer the question of what makes it so neat. I get the impression that it's relatively rules-light, but does use dice. It also has the advantage of there being a free version that (I think) we could translate with impunity. I am curious what's different for the print version, especially since it has three books instead of two.

Hey guys. I just wanted to let you all know that I finished translating Book II and put it up on my blog! It's a very interesting game, very quirky and a bit old-school in certain ways.