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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
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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.
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> 
> 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.