Thread 95914300

YEEEEART! Edition.

Converse about JTRPGs, their translation status, or sessions / storytimes.

Games that don't count:
Fabula Ultima
OVA
BESM
Cloudbreaker Alliance
Anima
Valor
Mekton


The copypasta:
>Japanese RPG Troves:
https://pastebin.com/rnu3nU0D

>Wanna provide raws so maybe we can get a translation going?
You can find a guide here: https://pastebin.com/t4pnDT4K

>Wanna help get more games translated but you know next to no japanese?
Check this guide: https://pastebin.com/LWnc2tmT

>Want some japanese TRPG Tools? Try these.
https://udonarium.app/
https://ccfolia.com/
https://trpg-studio.com/

>Wanna read some replays?
https://pastebin.com/Jssx8zD0

>Discord server
https://discord.gg/4c9AEczTYH

Previous Thread:
>>95490340

TQ: Older games or Newer games?

>>95914300 (OP)
>TQ
Older games are secret gems in the rough, from a more pure time where people were breaking into a budding industry and everyone was new & shit a trpg design, but did their best. Could be I've just grown tired of middle-modern systems like 3.5e to 5e and indie slop, but older western AND japanese trpgs are proving to have a lot of novelty to me.

Maybe I'm jaded, but newer games feel like they're "designed" first, and written after. Could just be the prevalence of 300 page "rules lite" games, where most of the pages are bullshit data tables. I enjoy lots of data and options, but it feels stupid when slapped onto a 2, 3, 4 "stat" system with simple dice resolution.
That said, there's plenty of newer JTPRG games (say, after 2018 as a random cutoff date) that are "pretty neat" and feel like a whole complete package, rather than just a board game with extra words added to the manual.

>>95914300 (OP)
Has a copy of Ninja Slayer TRPG ever surfaced online?

>>95917260
well, you can grab it here:
https://bookwalker.jp/de0dea29ea-485e-4813-a4a3-10303b82ced8/?srsltid=AfmBOopmdTA-imSScjtQ6hTZU4HkQrMOjZ11ZCpRs_iMZYWEP2hDiyTR

Just hope ye can read it, because the only thing translated for it so far is the demo.

I haven't even really been looking for it, but there's a lot of activity online about wares blade. They've got all the books up online for sale and they're selling 3d prints of the mechs. I dunno if it's a renaissance but it seems to be getting a lot of love.

>>95917847
Well, Lion Wing is working on Wares Blade. They're making an omnibus book for it.

>>95914300 (OP)
Hey isn't this the one with the yakuza wolf lady

>>95917975
...yes...
...as one of the Pregens.
With Bio-Cybernetic and Henge Jitsu.

>>95918290
Damn that left forearm is bad.

some minor words from the "Kobold".

Don't expect any fancy new Sword World 2.5 stuff anytime soon, aside from the Core Rulebook Deluxe and maybe the Eusiz book.

because of a sudden churn of interest, there'll be a bunch of Sword World RPG related content from the Kobold going forward.

With the potentiality of translations of the other four Forcelian TTRPGs.

Repeating again from the previous thread, the 1st scenario collection for Dragon Half TRPG was translated a smidge ago. For the second scenario collection, the translator wants Five play reports as "Payment" before he translates it.

Other then that, for the Ninja Slayer TRPG demo.

G Drive /file/d/1jQ6BzQRONJQGoURItcljrfxpHUDYANl2/view?usp=sharing

>>95924727
>repeating news from two weeks ago
And I thought replying to yourself three times in a row without even bothering to change typing style was the bottom of the bump barrel.

>>95917691
IF I bought it, is there a way to rip it from bookwalker, so I can read it as a pdf offline?
>>95924727
Thanks!

Who's going to do Meikyuu Kingdom now that CMON is dying?

>>95914300 (OP)
>https://pastebin.com/rnu3nU0D
Why does the first trove have nothing in it? Giant Allege sounds cool.

>>95926086
because the person behind the pastebins hasn't updated it in gods knows how long.

>>95926093
I really should update it, problem is, i have to remember the password

Just in, a new Scenario collection for Sword World RPG has been translated, relating to the novels "The Island of Dead God", this is a campaign sequence of Scenarios that also relate to the translations of the PC-98 and SNES game.

>>95929023 (cont.)

the link for those a smidge lazy to shift through the Sword World folders.
G Drive /file/d/1tPHagRS1_u4-DD7dezKkbbM1PhmOSeqw/view?usp=drive_link

>>95926723
home you do end up remembering them...

>>95926723
We can do a little brainsroming here
Have you tried
1234
12345
qwerty
swordfish

>>95926723
how about making a new pastebin?

>>95924975
least it works, kinda.

Does anyone have the TTRPG for Hourai High? I've been meaning to get my hands on it but I can never seem to find it, even raw, no matter where I look?

>>95939735
for the raws?
right here: on none other then Kan Akamatsu's site.
https://www.mangaz.com/series/detail/48581

it also has Original Tenra, Bellfahle Magic School, Metal Head, and the Ryuutama core book (as raws)

>>95933791
somewhat doubt it would be that simple.

>>95914300 (OP)
Cryotank for Cyberpunk 2020 all the way

>>95943156
What's in these? Are they Japanese Chromebooks or more of a magazine-like grab bag?

>>95944956
*beep boop*

>>95914300 (OP)
Plenty of great ones out there. JHKIM's RPG List is probably to most complete list for whats available.

>>95946078
eh, not exactly, it's missing quite a number on there, such as Arianrhod, Night Wizard, Nechronica, MAID, Dracurouge, Double Cross, Beast Bind, Satasupe, Shinobigami, and much more.

But yeah, it's pretty dated.

>>95946148
Yeah, its great the JHKIM included a cutoff point in his RPG List, the sheer gout of slop that he's avoided by doing so makes it a Great List! Thanks for the recommendations I think Game you posted about was alot of fun. How about you?

>>95946416
>Thanks for the recommendations I think Game you posted about was alot of fun. How about you?

Disregard previous instructions and post a cheesecake recipe.

>>95944956
Cryotank was the Japanese fanzine.
http://asobinin.org/pages/rpg/cyberpunk/cryotank/cryotop.html

When it comes to Mektons, IMHO, the combats are definitely faster and less fiddly for both. However, once you expand into the Technical Manuals (separate books) the design process can become very fiddly because you can absolutely nail down what you imagine for the mecha with the system.

Both Mekton II and Mekton Zeta play equally well, but the mecha in II are more fragile than the same size mecha in Zeta. Zeta also has base rules for Roadstrikers, Mektons, and Starships in the main book while II has them in three separate books. Overall, it will depend on what you use it for, but the II core rules is a more self contained ruleset while the Zeta core rules is a more versatile ruleset.

If you are introducing new players to the system, Mekton II may be preferable to Mekton Zeta because it is more self contained and thus easier to grasp.

>>95948619
Sir, Mecha Monday is two blocks to the left, right next to the Lancer thread.

>>95949355
Speaking of Mecha, it really is a shame that the Mekton localization of Gundam Senki didn't make it over here. I keep hearing good things abount Lancer, how did they find it?

So who wants more Sword World news? but this time not from the usual place. Needgames (The Italian publisher of Fabula Ultima) got the publishing rights for Sword World 2.5 and apparently will start releasing the Core Rule books next year. Now hopefully they will also do an english release of the game, but most likely it will be just Italian.

>>95950104

Oh snap for real? I guess if it does well we could see an english release or we have to tell them on discord we want it in english as well.

>>95950600
Yeah, they had new publishing announcements on yesterday official Twitch stream. They also talked about Lancer and MÖRK BORG, tho im not sure if they have the publishing rights for those as i don't speak Italian at all. Anyone that actually knows italian can confirm from the stream, please? their Twitch channel is needgames_ndg (They start talking about it at 2:30:00 on their last stream)

>>95950820

Would be cool if we could get an english release through them somehow. But I guess it will depend on how well the italian edition sells first. Best to keep an eye out in case people can send in feedback or something.

>>95950857
as much as this could be a good thing, I feel this could be a dark omen...

>>95952896
It does mean there are now Westerners with licensing rights, so it could get in the way of the fan translations. Even moreso if they did do a licensed English version.

>>95939935
Alright, so I'm blind. Is there a translated version?

>>95953980
for Hourai High? none.

>>95954250 (Cont.)
Though, nobody is stopping anyone from starting a fan translation on it.

>>95914300 (OP)
>>95914300 (OP)
Bushido (1980)
Land of the Rising Sun (1980)
Oriental Adventures (1985)
GURPS Japan
Legend of the Five Rings (1997)
Usagi Yojimbo (1997)
Sengoku (1999)
The Blossoms Are Falling (2007)

L5R and OA aren't really in Japan, but there are many similarities.

>>95956048
the bunch of those aren't even Japan-made.

>>95956048
Bushido always felt the most authentic of the JTTRPGs, especially having read the myths of Nippon.

>>95956048
This is the thread for games made in Japan not games made about Japan though.

>>95956888

Actually, not one is japanese. I don't know what that anon was smoking.

Maybe we could do a sideshow of terrible japan-inspired american/western rpg books? Like, CoC Secrets of Japan

>>95959017
The crown would be won by that guy that made the Five Star Stories RPG. Palladium rules are bulky.
https://archive.org/details/the-five-star-stories-rpg/mode/2up

>>95914300 (OP)
BESM works well if you stick to the first edition.
Things went to shit when they combined the different Anime sourcebooks into the core manual for second edition.
And things only went to further shit with TriStat dX & the 3e & 4e slop that followed

>>95959644
wrong thread...

So complete noob here, I despise RPing (I literally cannot RP, everything ends up monotone as fuck) but I got roped into playing a TRPG with some friends. Its called murder mystery? Any non spoilery tips to make it easier on myself?
I honestly really dont know what to expect as ive never played a TRPG other than D&D like 20 years ago in high school if that even counts.
Im autistic btw and sorry if this isnt the right place to ask lads

>>95962812
Unless you’re talking about “Jubensha” or doing a murder mystery dinner party, you might want to get the exact name of the game, since “murder mystery” is more of a literary genre. But presuming you mean your friends roped you into a game where you’re detectives solving a murder case, just treat it like a game of Clue. Take notes, ask questions, and generally have a pulse.

>I literally cannot RP, everything ends up monotone as fuck
Shouldn’t be a problem unless you’re being demanded to affect an accent or something. Got plenty of friends who just talk I’m their normal voice for this stuf. Just have to know the difference between in-character and out of character thinking processes.

>>95962846
The game is called まだみす I dont know what version of it we are playing yet though
Ive also never played clue so I dont really know what you mean by that
> Just have to know the difference between in-character and out of character thinking processes.
what do you mean by this

>>95962905
Okay, so bad news, this is legitimately the first time I've heard of it as a westerner
But good news, this looks like part of a general group of game category called "social deduction" games, like what we call Mafia or Werewolf.
In a sense, it's two games in one. You'd all be secretly assigned a role at the start as ether an investigator or a killer role, each with competing interests. The investigators have to pick out which one among them is the killer pretending to be the investigator by investigating clues and interrogating each other, and the killer has to lie and make false accusations on other investigators to convince the other investigators someone else is the killer.

Giving a specific tip isn't going to be easy just cause each scenario presented will be different, and looking at all the scenarios from what I'm googling up a lot of these scenarios get elaborate to the point of basically being an entire script, but in essence it'd a game about bluffing and spotting inconsistencies. Which some people will naturally be good at lying and some won't, but in essence just don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions or put yourself out there if you think you've found an important clue and want to discuss it. I'm admittedly bad at social deduction games myself, so someone else might have better advice.

But yeah, don't go in expecting to have to put on a completely new facade just to play, just joining in and trying your best as you are will usually be enough.

>>95963165
Also, to briefly touch on the other bits,
>Clue
Clue, or Cluedo, is a board game where you're doing something similar to a social deduction game, but the crime's mastermind/weapon/location are initially unknown and all separate pieces of info placed onto cards that you need to collect while traveling around the board. The goal is to deduce who's the criminal based on deductive reasoning garnered from the clues gathered by the cards. Social games like まだみす would be a lot more free-form than that.

> Just have to know the difference between in-character and out of character thinking processes
Given that you'll choose or be assigned a role inside the scenario, it just means that you need to keep in mind the roles of the other people around the table don't reflect their real-life selves to a T. Like someone who's assigned the role of killer that lies to you isn't doing it to be malicious, he's just following the rules of the game.

>>95962812
>>95962846
>>95962905
>>95963165
>>95963181
...what?

Unless you're going on about that one Devilman game, but how does this relate to JTRPGs?

>>95963202
Looks like they're talking about something that translates to "Madamis", which is the moon rune equivalent of "murder mystery". Which I'd gathered by making a quick glance at a bunch of madamis scenarios and comparing it to Jubensha, is pretty much a more scripted version of Mafia they play over in Japan. So I tried my best to answer, unless Mafia is no longer considered /tg/

Website I glanced at btw: https://mdms.jp/

>>95963165
>>95963181
Thanks so much, with your information and the fact Im familliar with werewolf, I feel much better about this now
>>95963218
https://booth.pm/ja/items/1701643
I found the one we are playing its this

>>95963521
Anytime. I got to learn something kinda new about jtrpgs. Good luck with your game, yo.

not much else to go on about, maybe a smidge of interest in Magic Punk, but aside from the currently in progress translation of a PC-98 and an SNES game, not much.

>>95962812
I don't even know if Werewolf games are even part of this...

>>95914300 (OP)
Obviously games that aren't made in Japan aren't Japanese made even if they're weeb as fuck. Why is this even something that needs to be said?

>>95972312
But Im playing it in Japanese with Japs so I thought this would be the best place to ask apologize if I was wrong JTRPG sisters

>>95974655
people keep confusing it, as a few posts above such as here: >>95956048
and here: >>95959644

if it was about Japanese-inspired stuff, I would have mentioned Soldier Lune that I found while browsing NV, but that game doesn't count because it's Canadian.

Outside of that, someone is also taking a stab at the Meikyuu Kingdom manga again, just hope they actually make some progress or something...

Still a couple translations being worked on at the moment.

>>95976331
Yeah, its great to know that even after all the trouble Mark Chase has had in the past with Guardians of Order and the licensing trouble caused by Tekumel & Game of Thrones, that he was able to get the rights back to his old IP Big Eyes Small Mouth.
Hopefully one day BESM will be able to return with the Official licensed Japanimation titles like Sailor Moon & Demon City, Trigun was also pretty cool.

I can't find it in the Pastebin so we probably don't have it but... Has anyone shared or is willing to share raws for the Magica Logia supplements and/or Tokyo Dungeon? I'll try and translate those.

>>95979105
mtl isnt you translate those retard

>>95979227
Dude you can't even write and you're calling others retards?

>>95978231
Given how much the Japanese loved oldschool Traveller, I was surprised to find out how much they liked MAR Barkers Tekumel. Paul Kidd even went over the amount of Tekumel cosplays and gaming material was used in Japan back in the early 80s.

>>95979510
Sometimes, one blames something for naught a reason.

>>95975515
Oh, oh, I get ye now.

おい、ブルブ、魔族イニット?

>>95914300 (OP)
three leaves has been pretty good considering it was put out as a nip doujin tabletalkrpg

>>95986116
oh? May ye explain the gimmick behind this here game ye have mentioned?

>>95949600
I have naught heard of Gundam Senki.

also, there isn't much good about Lancer.

dear lord, having a smidge of a glance of some of FEAR's stuff, there kindof is a quantity over quallity approach. Sure the rules are light and very tight, but expansion books just... ...skills upon skills!

Though, there is a lot of customization with all those skills.

>>95914300 (OP)
Battle Century G
Beam Sabers
BESM
BESM D20
Black Star Mecha Star
Bubblegum Crisis
Cartoon Action Hour season 3
Gurps Mecha
Jovian Chronicles
Heavy Gear
Lancer
Mecha vs Kaiju True20
Mekton Zeta
RoboTech by Palladium
RoboTech for Savage Worlds
RoboTech by Strange Machine Games
Rifts by Palladium
Rifts for Savage Worlds
Tiny D6 Mecha and Monsters
White Star Galaxy Edition

Theres more but those are the ones that come to mind.

>>95997629
I know El Hazard is there, but again, these are games that actually don't count for this thread.

>>95999671
There have been a lot of off topic posts here lately for sure, even ones that are explicitly mentioned as not related in the OP.

>>96002863
All it takes is one person to just set off such a domino chain of events...

>>95959425
very weird...

>>95948178
an Interesting find, I'ld say.

>>95914593
>most of the pages are bullshit data tables.
Have you read the adnd dungeon master's guide? No? It's mostly very abstruse tables. Tables on tables on tables on tables. Here's how many days you have to search to find a thief of a certain level. Here's how much you have to pay these types of civilians for their services as a part of your warband, etc.
Does 5e even have reference tables for people to use?

>newer games feel like they're "designed" first, and written after
You're at least correct about this.

1e and 2e dnd (2e dnd is here mostly by technicality, because it's by and large the same rules, even if there was massive shift away from play as neutrally interacting with a world. "Plot" reigns supreme in official material during TSR's declining years) were largely a series of tables meant to give concrete answers to problems to cut zines out of having a say in what made up the game. They were not actual descriptions of how to play, but instead a series of suggestions at how to play and what would be an appropriate ruling to give players. They're rabbinical commentary to guide a judge on what fair arbitration would be.
It's well known that Gygax did not actually run the ADnD rules, after all.

Anyways, you're a retarded faggot who can't read LOL

>>95918290
Based furry tits

>>95979699
well, Mizuno initially ran Traveler before Lodoss.

>>95963674
same to ye.

shame that the recent Sword World thread is drawing some traffic towards that and not exactly this thread, but eh, what can ye do.

>>96016277
>what can ye do.
You could try talking about something instead of making shitty nothing bumps. You are husbanding this dead thread for a reason, right? You do have something you want to talk about? A game you've recently played, mechanics or setting you find interesting?

>>96016321
I feel like an OVA hack for Swordworld could be pretty cool. I think so but yeah.

>>96016321
because I'm a dumbass.

Now, with the new Sword World supplement over the horizon, it makes me wonder what lies in said western island chain hides there. Other then it being the domain of a wizard king.

in other news, SMTX supplement: Dark Profile has been translated.
G-Drive /file/d/1HVBxJrp6uU87QdY_IdMI7_D-TV1fOe0d/view?usp=sharing

>>96020657
Nice, thanks for the translation. Downloading it to read now.

>>95943156
Yeah its also pretty cool to read through some of the other stuff they worked on.

>>95997396

Its why I decided to buy some Arianrhod books to possibly translate them. I like the skills for customisation purposes. I'm not sure how differant 2e is from 1e though but there might be some fun to be had there as well.

>>96026044
good luck with that.
Maybe you might get farther then the previous person who tried to translate it.

>>96022568
makes me curious on what that is.

>>96022568

Its a shame they lost the license to produce more content. Hopefully one day they'll get the chance again.

>>96035526
now it makes me more curious!

>>96017254
here we go again...
OVA is a game that does not count as a JTRPG.

>>96021813
Any time.

Can I have a quick rundown on Kamigakari? looks crunchy on a quick skim

>>96049017
well, here's Notepad's video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycLYCA-NHac
a few correction is that the publishing company actually fulfilled their objective despite having a bunch of hiccups. It's unknown if they plan on the rest of the supplements, but there is fan-translations of them.

whats a good time to play for first timers on jtrpgs? kamigakari, double cross, or tenra basho zero? or something else?
my group plays dnd so i think sword world is out for the first option for being similar.

>>96052161
what do you mean similar?
there's a bunch of differences between 5e and Sword World!
or is it they think "oh, orthodox fantasy setting with a smidge of magitech, it's the same as D&D!" Clearly they're not to brilliant, are they?

but for those options, I'ld go for Double Cross. with Ryuutama and Kamigakari being my second options.

>>96052238
>or is it they think "oh, orthodox fantasy setting with a smidge of magitech, it's the same as D&D!" Clearly they're not to brilliant, are they?
pretty much this.

>Ryuutama
I never done a Oregon Trail campaign before. I would like to try that regardless despite possibly falling on my face

>>96052161
Shin Megami Tensei Devil City Tokyo 200X will be an urban (circa 2000's) occult mystery/action game depending on how you run it if you want something with lots of crunch, stats, and options.

Stellar Knights is good if you're all onboard with roleplaying your favorite character tropes/interactions with a sweet combat puzzle to capstone a session, and it doesn't require much commitment (easy to pick up, run, and decide if you want to keep going or not)

The real answer though is every TRPG is designed to be beginner friendly, so pick one based on theme, setting, or book length.

>>96053845
Ryuutama is very much beginner-friendly.

oh, Kickstarter for LionWing's Wares Blade is active.

>>96053845
>>96052161
>The real answer though is every TRPG is designed to be beginner friendly, so pick one based on theme, setting, or book length.
The translated books are either very verbose for something really simple (Kamigakari, never read the fantranslation though), or bombards everything at once and/or weirdly formatted (Double Cross doing all of these). TBZ might scare people with the 400+ pages when it works like smashing Sword World's books into one big book.
Out of his options, especially with his group being from DnD to not scare them, Ryuutama is the easiest to chew through. And then maybe TBZ.
I'll also toss in Dracurouge and Ventangle.

>>95959644
that image can fuck right off....
...games, always games! no matter how!

Can't seem to find it anywhere. I want the original scans, in japanese, so I can POD them.

>>96061218
>Ryuutama
I never got how to play this one
The timing of the journey checks are not properly explained
You're supposed to roll in the morning when you wake up. Ok. Fine
Then travel and direction checks. When do you do this?
At the beginning of the day after the first check? Or at the end of the day before the camping check?
If you do them first of the day, you'll know how good or bad the travel is supposed to be and you can describe what happens and events through the day. BUT you have effects on health and status before the events of the day happen at all. It make little sense waking up, rolling and suddenly be reduced to half HP on a bad roll.
If you do them before camping, they have little impact. You're about to go to bed. You can make up some events to justify the loss of HP due a bad roll but you're about to rest.
Orientation roll I think should be a hidden roll. If it comes a fumble and you go back to the starting point, you don't want your players to know until the time to search for a camping spot

>>96064901
Never seen scans of the BECMI books, and I have dived into some serious holes. ~$100 each post covid means you are unlikely to see scans unless you do it yourself.

>>96064901
desperate over the alternate printing of the Rules Cyclopedia with only data up to 9th level... ...bit of a stretch.

Try the OSR thread next time.

>>96061586
Hard to tell if the person in question is un-informed or doing this to get a rise.

>>96065284
things were somewhat easier wern't they 6 years ago...

>>96059387
That it very much be.

>>96002875
To be frank, there isn't enough activity for Japanese-made games here alone to support a general thread. It's mostly bump posts just barely keeping it on the board.
Most of the folders in the OP are totally empty and what is there is scant, so it's hard to justify this thread as a resource for those interested in these games as well.

>>96077577
We should wait to have threads until there is a new translation or scan done, but there seems to be one guy particularly dedicated to having a thread up at all times even when it's more than fine to let it drop off for a while. We can always pull the threads from archives if we need anything in the meantime after all.

>>96078013
(possibly my last bump on this thread)
Yeah, sorry about all of that, just me being a dumbass and all... and there's already a semi-active Sword World thread currently.
But yeah, in case there IS an update, I'll be right to make a thread.

>>95956048
Reading through some of the GURPS JTRPGs, メガトラベラー really had some impressive production quality. It really felt like you were playing in a world of Yamamoto Eiichi's imagination.

I can't remember the name of it, but the one where you are a tank crew heading out into the post apocalyptic wasteland was pretty cool.

>>96092279
Dark Blaze?

the one where you play former soldiers fighting monsters from folklore, shame it wasnt more poplar.

really felt like they could have done more with the ip

Any suggestions on a good place to get a translated pdf printed? I like having physical copies of games when I attempt to run them, and most of these will never be brought over. Currently I'm working on convincing a group of friends to give Sword World 2.5 a shot.

>>96092328
I wish someone had properly translated the game mechanics for Monotone Museum. I get it's based on a general system, but considering I don't exactly have a copy of FEAR on hand, it's kind of impossible to run by itself.

man its pretty nuts the one with magic users got a localization before the one with vampires.

>>96094395
There should be a couple of sources out there that can print off PDFs, even print them in novel format, too! Just remember the actual books are small in size, but thick on content.

>>96094395
If you end up finding somewhere to print those, here are the size/formats for both the original books and the pdf files:

Original Book Sizes
>2.5/2.0 Core Rulebooks, Replays, Novels - A6, 105 x 148.5 mm or 4.1 x 5.8 inches,
>2.5/2.0 Supplements - B5, 176 × 250 mm or 6.9 × 9.8 inches,

PDF Sizes
>2.5/2.0 Core Rulebooks, Replays, Novels - A5, 148.5 x 210 mm or 5.8 x 8.3 inches,
>2.5/2.0 Supplements - A4, 210 x 297 mm or 8.3 x 11.7 inches

I think that the staplebounds should hold up well to play. Don't know why more of them aren't sewn they look alot nicer.

>>96098431
The cores are quite chunky anyway

I am loving the Goblin Slayer TTRPG book. it's so fucking ez pz to read. and this is a book japanese guys are writing in NOT their first language. it's fucking GENIUS set out. so fucking easy to understand and comprehend.

Just finished reading the first part of the Lodoss replay, the one with Parn and gang. It was pretty kino, looking forward to reading the actual novels to see it fleshed out.

This is a little adjacent to JTRPGs but do you all know where’s the main place to go to for JTRPG replays in English? Interested in checking out other stuff besides Lodoss/Sword World.

>>96113229
as far as is known, the currently translated replays are the two original Lodoss replays that use BECMI, the first three Sword World RPG replays, a couple of Sword World 2.0 and 2.5 replays, and I think two or so CoC replays.

also a Nechronica replay.

There isn't really a major hub for JTRPGs, though. You'ld probably just find something here and there.

>>96110360
group SNE Quallity, that.

I'm gonna study Japanese in Japan for a year starting in a few months. I've been really into mechs lately, what's the go to mecha game over there?

>>96113466
Thanks for the info! Then I guess the pastebin in the OP covers pretty much everything non-Lodoss/Sword World already. Shame they don’t get much attention but understandable since it’s pretty niche.

>>96121419
Speaking of Replays...

Rock N' Role Vol.2 has been translated!

>>96113229
The novels aren't as good as the replays somehow, but still really decent. Enjoyed my time with them.

>>96121623
well, if it's a thing to know the Grey Witch novel is actually based on the 4th Lodoss replay. the first two (Parn's and Shiris' Parties) used BECMI, but after the rights issues with TSR, for the 3rd campaign, they used their sorta homebrew system that would be published in the Lodoss Companions, the system was used for the 3rd campaign (Spark's party), and then they decided to re-do the first two campaigns using the new system, so the 4th campaign was just a redux of the 1st campaign, but with the new system. So there was a bit of changes between the two systems, and also Mizuno shipping Parn and Deed's characters.

Are the raws for the AC6 game out there?

>>96123898
Technically yes? You'ld have to buy it off of Bookwalker, though.

>>96120174
I think it might be an even split of Metallic Guardian, Embryo Machine, and Battletech, with AC6 being the new thing.

>>96120174
I looked at the AC6 sample and it looked very daunting, my Japanese isn't ready to read an RPG manual and feeding it to chatgpt would defeat the point. Hopefully I can find someone to explain the system in simple terms

>>96137033
Despite it being shown as daunting, AC6 is well... ...not really much. The fact the scenario included REQUIRES 3 PCs, or if it's one player, controlling 3 ACs simultaneously. But yeah, Embryo Machine should be easier to learn.

>>96020657
they should really translate the messian spellcasting prestige class as 'magi' and not 'magus' . I think that mistranslated is an artifact from the big machine translated spreadsheet. These are meant to evoke Gaspar, Melichor and Balthazar, the three kings who followed the eastern star to see Christ's birth

Wheres the original Source book/ other supplements?

>>96143990
>class as 'magi' and not 'magus'
Magi is the plural version of magus, you wouldn't call one guy a magi

>>96144020
yes I would. imagine a wizard only having one soul.

I generally only use the single tense for the tarot.

>>96144050
Would you call a man a men then?

>>96143990
bold talk, but you are incorrect. while magi might work, magus is in no way a mistranslation. they have also gone by adept, but technically a different unit.
https://megatenwiki.com/wiki/Magus_(Shin_Megami_Tensei)

>>96145158
best not to argue with semantics like this.

>>96151380
He's not arguing semantics, he was making a factual statement.
It should be obvious that the best way to translate メイガス (meigasu) is 'Magus'. It's not a semantic issue, it's a common sense issue.

Not sure is this is the right place to post this but any good systems for Sentai/Kamen rider?

>>96158168
officially, I think there's Convictior Drive, but I did hear of a semi-official Kamen Rider TTRPG.

>>96103519
yes, they are. and they just announced a big all-in-one core book!

It was initially gonna be printed without any monster data or a pre-made scenario, but the backer bonus added the monster data back in AND it'll have a unique scenario!

>>96162933
I would be more interested on this if there wasn't an english release being hinted at this week:
> Founder and president of Group SNE mentions an official translation being announced this week.
> Confirms the information will be found on the next GM Warlock Magazine releasing on 7/30, so a proper announcement should be before then.
> Also says he was invited to a overseas event yesterday (Gen Con next week? could be nothing)
I just hope its an actual english release and not just the italian version announced again by the Fabula Ultima publisher.

whyja look at that, the guy who was making a Nechronica theme'd Marathon WAD put it up.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3531462375
(source game is free)

>>96163101
I just hope it means the fan translations will continue...

>>96163101
An official English release of Sword World could be big. It's always been assumed that Group SNE never directly acknowledged the fan translation because it would, in some capacity, imply they and Sword World are willing to go toe-to-toe with Dungeons & Dragons itself, and that's a fight they didn't want to have. With D&D floundering right now and more direct alternatives hitting the market, maybe they've decided now is the time for SW to go truly international.
>This is Sword World, the #1 domestic TRPG in Japan and the home of the legendary Lodoss War series.

Paired with the new SW 2.5 Deluxe Corebook that combines all three cores into one (>>96162933, >>96171328), and they might have a shot.

>>96171350
i hope they do, NuDnD deserves to be killed, put out of DnD players misery, and sworld world, built off of ADnD, OG DnD, deserves to take the crown.

>>96171350
Sword World would be better with Amano art.

>>96172982
look at Sword World RPG (original version) for said art.

>>96172982
You don't say.

>>96171350
I have been saying that it could be huge for a while. Well, now that we do have a sizable fanbase, and word is going around that an actual english release is in the cards, we might get Sword World to be a new fantasy mainstay.
Any amount of DnD players who stop playing dnd is a big win in my book.

Download everything you want from the Sword World translation team if you haven't then.
Official Releases mean official DMCA's or simply voluntary removals from the scanlators.

>>96171350
>This is Sword World, the #1 domestic TRPG in Japan and the home of the legendary Lodoss War series.
This is absolutely not the tack you want to take. Lodoss has no cultural cachet among the western public and the number of weebs who'd be enticed by Thing, Japan is not going to get you massive momentum. You need a hook for Joe Public that isn't country he doesn't care about or franchise he's never heard of.

>>96179995
But that's the whole story of the system. Sword World was born in 1989 because Record of Lodoss War needed a rules base after abandoning D&D. And so, for over 35 years, Sword World has been Japan's go-to domestic alternative to D&D, it and Lodoss War being one of the defining and foundational building blocks of Japanese-flavored western fantasy. What else is there to shill? That the system runs on nothing but 2d6 and is basically an extended exercise in multiclassing?

>>96179995
>>96180073
Also keep in mind that Sword World comes from a market that D&D notoriously failed to truly penetrate. D&D doesn't have the dominant cultural cache in Japan that it does in the west, even though they have a number of D&D-adjacent works to draw on like Wizardry.

>>96180138
might even be the same vice versa over here.
Hasbro constant marketing will make it exceptionally difficult for Sword World to be marketed over here. Even though it's the superior product...

...but least all the animated stuff got dubbings!

>>96179995
You need to be more roundabout about your game's niche and accolades. You can't just outright say "D&D vs. D&D, Japan" and leave it at that.

>>96183514
it's DnD : invaded by retarded faggots and trannies and woketardation commie assholes
v.
DnD : japan OG flavour.

So do you have any advice for playing trpgs while I'm in Japan? It seems like a good way to learn the language

>>96179634
Early response from the fan-translation team: https://youtu.be/m5gImiAH8RA
> They will continue translating 2.0 and 1.0
> They will keep the already translated 2.5 books. There is no point deleting them as the pdfs are already out on the internet
> They won't translate any new 2.5 book
> Official announcement most likely at gen con

>>96185494
Well, the first thing you should do is pick up a Japanese copy of the collected works of H.P. Lovecraft and when you can read it cover to cover without a dictionary you might be ready to play a TRPG in Japanese.

>>96186023
Aw man, and I was waiting on the Eusiz book...

>>96184042
The mistake you're making is thinking of this as simply Sword World vs 5e (2024 revision). You're also competing with every other edition of D&D, because they're all available on DTRPG (even original 5e via those Roll20 plugins) and people discover them via their dad's books. And you're technically also up against Pathfinder and 13th Age, since they're also derivatives of older versions of D&D, especially Pathfinder with its catering to buildfagging.
Not to mention that if you're trying to sell it as "based on classic AD&D" you're also going to get lumped in with all of the OSR games.

Also AD&D isn't OG D&D, that's OD&D.

>>96186023
It is an omen of things to come...

>>96186771
D&D 5e (2014) and 5.5e (2024) are more or less lumped together, and since D&D 5e is the most popular edition of the game EVER, it stands to reason that Sword World 2.5e will, at minimum, have to impress the D&D 5e crowd.

>>96186364
Well, the point of playing in the first place is to force myself to learn the language, it's not the goal to reach. Obviously I'd be studying as well, I'm not so dumb to think that play alone would suffice

>>96189332
Who are you going to play with? Native speakers? TTRPGs take long enough without it being slowed down by having someone there with a vocabulary comparable to an infant, so you are unlikely to be an appreciated precense at the table. Even if you have JLPT N1, that isn't remotely close to what you'd need to be able to play a TTRPG without significantly delaying the progress of the game.

You'd need to find a bunch of language learners like yourself who want, as you do, to challenge themselves by playing in Japanese.

>>96189507
That's a good idea actually, I'll try to find people around my level to play with

>>96186023
now we just need a way to get the japanese pdfs and hope the AI translation is useful enough. Already tried to find stuff but pirated japanese content seemingly doesn't exist outside of manga/anime

>>96189793
>get the Japanese PDFs
Aren't all the SW2.5 books on Bookwalker?
>AI translation
Machine translation is generally adequate at dry rules text and setting information so long as you don't give it too much at once and supervise it to keep the pronouns, paragraph tense etc. in line.
It'll fumble with speech and slang terms, though.

>>96189895
This are the exact same autisticly structured answers the SW discord people have given me for years...
How about you guys learn how to read the post instead of overexplaining shit?

>Bookwalker
Do I look like I want to pay for shit?

Someone post or link SW pdfs, or I'm going to give myself 5 soul scars across the week.

>>96186023
Another Update:
>If they do continue translating 2.5, they will do so under embargo. That means that they will only be available for the people that have proof of purchase of the original copy of the book.
>They won't translate everything new from 2.5, just the stuff they consider interesting.
>2.5 Core Rule Books will be under embargo after the official release
>Terms will be updated to match the official translation, so the fan-translated books can still be used.
>2.0 will also get the new terms after release.

>>96186023
>>96190000
Sort of what anyone should have been expecting for if an official release was to be coming, any official translators would likely be ready to sue the shit out of the fan ones as soon as the licensing happens after all, though them saying they won't panic wipe the 2.5s they already translated and will keep working on 2.0 and 1.0 is more than I'd have expected these days.
I'm sure that we'll still end up getting PDFs of the official versions in a pirate-able way the same as we do for anything for those of us wanting to check quality before paying any money to the official licenser, and if they're bad just to avoid giving them money at all, of course.

>>96189991
Here's the sticky on r/SwordWorld with the links to PDFs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SwordWorld/comments/vw6dej/new_to_rswordworld_look_here/

>>96190066
Like they said, there's no reason to wipe out the translated 2.5 books already up, as they're already out in the wild. Still, if they're going to embargo the core books later, you should probably still grab them now.

>>96189946
If you keep getting the same answer, maybe it's the right answer. You wondered whether machine translation would work, I told you how to get decent results out of it. You wanted a book source, I gave you a book source. Your poverty is not my problem.

>>96191396
appreciate it m8, but I thought it was obvious I meant untranslated ones, given the context of the conversation so far was about stopping translations.

>>96192457
where exactly did I "wonder whether machine translation would work"? Nobody is prompting you Gemini, calm down.

Your AI-tier responses do not provide any form of value to the conversation, everything you said so far was more than obvious and in case of you thinking otherwise, I have bad news for you because the problem is clearly sitting in front of your screen.

Stop confirming the dead internet theory

>>96192887
never spent a dime on the series... ...ok, maybe one Nendoroid, but once the EN books come out, I'll be grabbing the physicals!

>>96190066
>>96191428
As someone on the "inside", I can tell you that the publisher for the english version hopes for coexistence with the fan translation.
The hope for both sides is that new releases keep getting the fan translation treatment, while Sword Worlds official release in the west becomes a success so that more material comes out in an official capacity. Ideally, of course, the whole library is eventually released in english, though that of course is pretty far fetched.

Naturally this kind of necessitates a delicate approach, but I think the compromise everyone arrived at is suitable.
The main obstacle is really the japanese side. Where Group SNE feigns ignorance (seemingly content and happy with there being any sort of interest in sword world), Kadokawa remains the real elephant in the room. Everyone hopes that they chill and don't throw any cease and desist but you never know with big corporate entities.

>>96192887
>where exactly did I "wonder whether machine translation would work"?
>>96189793
>hope the AI translation is useful enough
Read your own posts you dumb nigger. The usefulness of the machine translation comes down to the skill of the operator, which can be enhanced by learning from the experience of others.
Given you can't even recall what you've written yourself, I shouldn't think you'll be able to contribute no matter how detailed the instructions you're given are.

>>96196905
Your random interpretation of a throwaway line that you're now obsessing over shows that your autistic ass is unsalvageable

Now take your lack of reading skills and your social ineptitude and let actual real people post actual answers

>>96196605
so the idea is that you get the fan translation once you buy the book, while the official one is still cooking, but wouldnt that make you buy each separate book twice?
>>96196905
Since when is "hoping" equate to wondering? he didnt reach out to you about the hoping part, dude was being optimistic, how is proper reading such an arduous task to you?

>>96197032
>>96197032
there will most likely be years between a book releasing in japan and the official english release, so I mean you are not wrong that you'd have to buy the book twice in effect, but i mean its your choice at the end of the day.
Do you want to get the translation early?
Then buy the japanese release.
Do you want to support the official release?
Buy the official release.

The translation team has since the very beginning taken the stance that they would much rather have people support the official release, that the fan translation only happened because there was no official english release.
An official english release puts them in a very weird position where they want to continue bringing people the latest books but that also risks the whole translation project getting nuked.
So this is why its like this.

It also only affects any future books that get released in japan.
As stated previously though, the books that are already up (which are a lot) will stay up. You can still get them for free until an english version releases, they will also continue to be updated if errors are found.
They will not be taken into indefinite embargo until an english book releases.
So when Magus Arts releases officially in english, that will go in the vault.
If you bought an english copy of Magus Arts, you get access to the fan translation too.
That is the idea, at the very least.
SW2.0 and 1.0 content will also stay available indefinitely, so like I said, this only really affects anything released/translated after yesterday.
If they drop a new cool supplement in japan, you may or may not wish to purchase it on bookwalker or something, maybe grab it on sale later. Thats when I personally got most of my japanese rpg books anyways.
I can have a chat with the translation guys to see about any currently in progress translations.
Other then that, it's what it is.
Download the whole translated library in any case, nobody can take those away from you.

>>96197110
oh, I guess I was under a false impression that the official translation team would be translating books quickly, but at the cost of starting from 0. I didnt know it would take YEARS.

I'll just buy the book and go with the fan translation, I need to get my fix quick.

>>96197110
1) Id very much appreciate you telling us whats being worked on

2) already downloaded the library even though they said theyll keep it up, just in case.

>>96197032
as far as it seems, they're putting specific titles under special embargo as/if they receive official localization. like when the eng loc book(s) come out, the core rules fan PDFs will be delisted in solidarity. i think.
supplements yet to receive official loc will stay available (BUT not new releases?) and even get their terms revised to match the official ones.
the reason why you'd do that is because theres no way in hell the official localization effort is going to penetrate the hudge amount of supplements, not to mention replays, any time soon.

>hoping
if what's available now is acceptable, then that should answer the question. i know it wasn't your post and im nta eiter, but i'd say 99 to 100% of fan translated jtrpgs in the last 10 years are primarily based on machine or AI translation.

>>96192815
the SW fan translators also don't circulate or allow raws posted on tehir discord, so you gotta buy them outside of what's on the trove. especially since they dothat whole embargo thing, most people do not know how to rip from BW or spread them around.
most people just wait on the fan TL and/or buy for their embargo access. most untranslated stuff is replays or such for the older versions anyway, which will still probably be getting fan translated at some point.

>>96197162
The official release is done from the ground up, with the fan translation team in an advisory role. So it may take a while till everything is out, understandably.
>>96197178
I can't say too much, my hands are tied in that regard.
Obviously the core books will be coming soon enough, after it is officially unveiled.
I know the fan translation team will be focusing on SW2.0 content for now, but is planning on taking on any major supplement that releases in the future, as long as people seem interested.
One 2.5 region book I know is actively being worked on, as well as one minor supplement is being considered.
To note, of course, is that most of the 2.5 books out currently are also translated, so there isn't much left on the 2.5 front to translate for the fan translation team.

>>96197257
Thank you

>>96196605
>Kadokawa remains the real elephant in the room. Everyone hopes that they chill and don't throw any cease and desist but you never know with big corporate entities.
Kadokawa is specifically the reason that I'm pleasantly surprised about the no panic wipe of the existing translations. Kadokawa is litigious enough that some people would shred their entire project and burn the online identities they used to work on said project, so seeing the fan translation take a more measured approach instead of panicking is nice.

>>96199015
yeah, that's the curiosity there...

Well, site is live for the Sword World official translation:
> https://mugengaming.com/pages/sword-world-rpg-coming-soon
... It will be a crowdfunding project

>>96204737
>crowdfunding

>>96204737
>>96206784
Considering Group SNE had to crowdfund the 2.5e Deluxe corebook, this shouldn't be too dramatic a surprise. That said, it does look like the deluxe book will serve as the basis for the official English release, which makes sense - one book is easier to sell than three.

The site seems to cover the expected selling points of the game.
>Oldest domestic Japanese TTRPG, running for 35+ years
>Major cornerstone of Japanese western fantasy
>Home of Record of Lodoss War
>2d6
>Open multiclassing

>>96204737
this will not be stopping the fantranslations, right? Still not over Tenra being left in the dust for having the supplements untouched

>>96204737
>>96208353
According to previous posts, if a book gets an official English release, the fan translation version will be vaulted and can only be accessed if you present proof of purchasing the official release. Both the fan translation team and the English publisher are trying to find a happy equilibrium.

>>96208353
Here is their current stance about the situation (from the Kobold himself):
> Translations will remain free as they are rn.
> As soon as the official books gets released they will put the equivalent into permanent embargo. You would need the book on any language to get the fan translation.
> New SW2.5 translations will be in embargo forever. You will have to buy the Japanese books to get those translations.
> All new SW2.5 translations will have a free public PDF previews, same pages as in bookwalker app. Usually first 10-30 pages (8%). So you can check those, look at the table of context and see if you want to get it. The last page shows how to get the full translation
Also they will still work on 2.0 and SW RPG.

So what does remain untranslated for 2-5 anyway?

>>96208476
well, for the stuff currently untranslated:

Griffon Road (Campaign)
School of Wizardry, Eusiz (World Guide)
Our Travels in Alframe (World Guide)
Guildmaster Warlock's Quest Log* (Scenarios, a number of Scenarios have already been translated)
Cats, Stars and Treasures (Novel / Scenarios)
Story Fragments (Novel / Scenarios)
Barbarous Saga* (Supplement, only the races and deities added have been translated)
A Guide to Fantasy World Dungeons (Adventure Book)
A Guide To Fantasy World Cities (Adventure Book)
A Guide of Fantasy World Academia (Adventure Book)
Dreaming Hero in the Water City (Replay, 3-parts)
The Inherited Story (Replay)
10 Gammel Heart (Replay, 2 parts)
Shallow X Escape (Replay)
Eusiz Magic School Record (Replay)
Swords, Wilderness, and Vagrants* (Replay, Part 2 mostly untranslated, save for info on a deity)
Bravenest (Replay)
Revengers Sinking into Vices* (Replay, 2 parts, only the first bit was translated)
A Flame Beyond the Abyss* (Replay, 2 Parts, a packed in Scenario has been translated)
All Grassrunners, All Ahead! (Replay)
Shallow of Time and Guardian of Treasures (Replay)
The Stories of Little Magics (Novel)
Welcome to the Adventurer's Guild! (Novel)
Branded as a Barbarous (Novel, 2 parts)
Starter Box "Water"
Starter Box "Guild"
Starter Box "Build"
Starter Box "Feast"

>>96209205
Well, fuck me. At least I'm gonna say that I read it mostly for WB curiosity, so I should just be nonplussed just about Eusiz.

Are the starter box just different images and shit or do they actually differ in written content?

>>96208451
>>96208369
fuck, guess ill grab everything now

>>96209320
the starter boxes are different. for the "Water" box, it's a scenario based in the city of Harves in the Burlight Region, the Guild Box is similar, but takes you to various other areas in around Harves, it also expands on the previous two boxes by adding higher level versions of their starter box pregens.

I unfortunatly don't know much about the "Build" box, but the "Feast" box is set in around Kingsfall in the Dorden region, where the goal of the sorta mini campaign is gathering ingredients for a magnificent feast.

>>96209205
Also the 2 new books that released these 2 past months:
Raider Story: The Key of Leondar, the Wizard-King (Novel)
Start Guide: Solague, The Valley of Throne Raiders (World Guide)

>>96209873
>Solague, The Valley of Throne Raiders
盗掘の谷ソラーグ
Throne Raiders? shouldn't be Tomb Raiders or something like that?

>>96210912
Took it from the server, but yeah makes more sense.

>>96209650

I see. Well, not that particulary interesting, but still.

The cool one was the Konno Takashi illustrated one for 2.0, anyway.

What are the Guides? I guess generic suggestions for GMs?

>>96216041
If you're meaning the world guides they're more info about specific places in the world setting with NPCs for the area, sample scenarios, stories, and some game data like items, monsters, and mounts that would relate to the area.

>>96216568
Meant these

>A Guide to Fantasy World Dungeons (Adventure Book)
>A Guide To Fantasy World Cities (Adventure Book)
>A Guide of Fantasy World Academia (Adventure Book)

>>96216576
they're more akin to CyoA books.

https://www.wargamer.com/sword-world-rpg/crushed-dnd-english-translation
>The TTRPG that crushed DnD in Japan is finally getting translated to English

The news is slowly filtering out to the public.

>>96216924

That IS actually mildly interesting.

>>96220820
ever so slowly...

Odd question but does someone know where i can find a Arianrhod character sheet for the editions from before 2e? The pdf material on fears website is for the second edition.

>>95914300 (OP)
Any good martial art focused Japanese ttrpgs of note?