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Your Favorite Asian-Themed RPG?

Started by RPGPundit, October 12, 2017, 08:14:09 PM

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October 12, 2017, 08:14:09 PM
What's your favorite Asian-themed RPG or Asian-themed RPG setting/supplement?

Note: this can be literally focused on historical/modern Asia, or a fantasy setting with very obvious Asian overtones.
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October 12, 2017, 09:02:29 PM
Bushido from FGU,  of course! It's great.

Krimson

#2
October 12, 2017, 09:03:58 PM
Oriental Adventures. The first AD&D book I bought for myself with money I made myself.
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#3
October 12, 2017, 09:07:16 PM
Quote from: Krimson;1000197Oriental Adventures. The first AD&D book I bought for myself with money I made myself.

I use that for some background information and ideas, but have never actually used it to play D&D. It's pretty good aside from being D&D, though; I'd sooner play it than regular D&D.

TrippyHippy

#4
October 12, 2017, 09:07:38 PM
Qin or maybe Feng Shui*.

* If you can call it Asian-themed. It's not exclusively Asian - more general action movie inspired - and that which is, isn't really Asian (Hong Kong) through a very American lens. It's really about as Asian as Big Trouble in Little China (which is probably a main source of inspiration, even though it's not credited much).

But, yeah, Qin is the best I've seen.
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#5
October 12, 2017, 10:00:25 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1000177What's your favorite Asian-themed RPG or Asian-themed RPG setting/supplement?

Note: this can be literally focused on historical/modern Asia, or a fantasy setting with very obvious Asian overtones.

Mekton, because giant robot anime and manga are an Asian (Japanese) invention.
"Meh."

Krimson

#6
October 12, 2017, 10:08:06 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1000199I use that for some background information and ideas, but have never actually used it to play D&D. It's pretty good aside from being D&D, though; I'd sooner play it than regular D&D.

I realize that it's not an RPG per se, but it was self contained and could be run without any other books. I was probably 13 when I got it, and it had a major impact on my gaming.
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Risotto

#7
October 12, 2017, 10:11:43 PM
Tenra Bansho Zero. It's Sengoku-era Japan but with giant robots.

Dumarest

#8
October 12, 2017, 10:41:43 PM
Quote from: Krimson;1000223I realize that it's not an RPG per se, but it was self contained and could be run without any other books. I was probably 13 when I got it, and it had a major impact on my gaming.

I consider it an RPG as I seem to recall no need to own any other D&D rulebooks to play it.

Christopher Brady

#9
October 12, 2017, 10:55:57 PM
Right now?  I like the Scarlet Heroes setting.  It's Fantasy Asian, without being slavishly loyal to real world societies.
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#10
October 12, 2017, 11:09:12 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;1000219Mekton, because giant robot anime and manga are an Asian (Japanese) invention.
If that counts, I'd say Jovian Chronicles.

Simlasa

#11
October 12, 2017, 11:13:43 PM
Bushido and Dragon Lines

jeff37923

#12
October 12, 2017, 11:26:31 PM
Quote from: K Peterson;1000244If that counts, I'd say Jovian Chronicles.

I'd say that it does, mainly since Jovian Chronicles started out as a setting for Mekton II.
"Meh."

Dave 2

#13
October 13, 2017, 12:16:28 AM
L5R!

I want to like Oriental Adventures, and it's useful as a supplement, but as I learned trying to prep an all-OA game, it's nigh unplayable out of the box.

Omega

#14
October 13, 2017, 12:36:24 AM
TSR's Oriental Adventures.
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