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 specifically (or “AsiaLand”, as … Continue reading →

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 Japan: I play online with native Taiwanese, … Continue reading →

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-Japanese-language tabletop RPGs. Everything from contemporary settings with Japanese … Continue reading →

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” of the games and gaming scene … Continue reading →

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 written by legendary designer Toichiro Kawashima and gorgeously illustrated by Shie Nanahara, Shinobigami … Continue reading →

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 over there, so for now go ahead and … Continue reading →

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: An ongoing Errata, Document links, and other … Continue reading →

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 anime up to … Continue reading →