Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: kyonshi Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: [dicebreaker] Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation after nearly 40 years Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:15:11 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 18:15:09 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d05feb3e6c726e60c9d348dfc017da61"; logging-data="3179011"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19yPm18kF0FrKHACCgh38wW" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZfKUO2SSDA+l4hT4fhDs62lK2KA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4603 On 3/16/2024 7:13 PM, kyonshi wrote: > https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/wares-blade/news/wares-blade-japanese-rpg-lionwing-revival-project-gundam-meets-dnd > > > Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation > after nearly 40 years > > Sword and sorcery and super big mechs. > > News by Chase Carter Contributor > Published on March 16, 2024 > > > One of the most well-loved tabletop RPGs of ‘80s and ‘90s Japan, Wares > Blade, will be translated into English for the first time in its > history, courtesy of analogue game localiser LionWing Publishing. > > Launching sometime in 2025, new Wares Blade will be part of LionWing’s > ongoing project to revive and reprint some of the most popular and > influential tabletop RPGs in Japan. It was originally released in 1986 > and captivated players with a mix of crunchy wargame-adjacent combat and > a unique (at the time) mixture of fantasy genre tropes and mecha > conventions in the vein of Mobile Suit Gundam. > > Its popularity has kept it alive across several decades while also > spawning novels, soundtracks, video games and audio dramas. The tabletop > RPG itself enjoyed plenty of core rulebooks and supplements over the > years, and the LionWing team is using the 1994 Wares Blade Renewal book > as the foundation of their translation. > 20 best upcoming TTRPGs you need to play in 2024Watch on YouTube > Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series, > gets an English release after 20 years image > > Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series, > gets an English release after 20 years > Read more on Dicebreaker > > LionWing claims in a press release that its goal is “preserving and > presenting the game almost exactly as it originally” looked to fans > buying copies from their local game story several decades ago. No > changes except for small quality-of-life improvements that were > requested by the original designers, along with adding fresh artwork and > layout tweaks. > > "This type of project has never happened before in the TTRPG space, > which is why we are incredibly excited about it,” said Bradly Hale, CEO > and president of LionWing. “We are also excited to announce that a > crowdfunding campaign for Wares Blade will be launched in 2025 on > Kickstarter.” > > > Players choose amongst four classes, with the martial warrior class also > sporting the ability to pilot large and prohibitively expensive mech > suits, the designs of which seen in online art is, frankly, incredible. > Bulky yet elegant and dripping with character, the mechs embody the > collective imagination of knights, samurai, battle wizards and other > larger-than-life characters. I’m not sure how the game design will hold > up in a world dominated by D&D’s heroic fantasy storytelling, but it’s > cool to see older RPGs find both a new life and fresh audiences - even > if our interest doesn’t extend beyond commenting, “wow, cool robot.” > > More information about Wares Blade’s revival and other projects, such as > the recently announced Shin Megami Tensei III tabletop RPG translation, > can be found on LionWing’s website. I feel like I am posting too many links to kickstarters lately. I just feel like I should post SOMETHING so the frp-hierarchy gets a bit of activity. Anyway, mechs and sword and sorcery doesn't sound too bad.