MOB Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 The immense popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan - "hands down the most popular played RPG: ...where you think roleplaying game equals Dungeons and Dragons in many other countries, in Japan... roleplaying equals Call of Cthulhu." Especially popular with Japanese women gamers. (starts at 2.40) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandatheist Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 Congrats! That's really cool. Any chance at getting some of the more popular supplements translated and released for the English speaking market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted September 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) To everyone's surprise, there was a very upbeat discussion about Call of Cthulhu on Japan's NHK this afternoon (the Japanese equivalent of the BBC), and this tweet about it is now ranking #12 on Japanese Twitter: Shiro Sano is a well-known actor (and long-time Call of Cthulhu fan), who appeared in a Japanese version of Shadow over Innsmouth: Edited September 3, 2018 by MOB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Do we have a transcript of the radio show or translation of the Twitter feed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted September 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 After 15 years, a new edition (7th) is coming in Japanese, and will be released on December 20. Here's the promo trailer making the announcement: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Any plans for original Japanese'centric modules/campaigns/setting material to be translated for play in the US and European markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted February 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) Great Dicebreaker article on the immense popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan: "Call of Cthulhu’s influence on tabletop roleplaying in Japan as a whole has even led to some players to consider Dungeons & Dragons as 'CoC playing sword and magic fantasy'", Sakamoto added. https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/news/call-of-cthulhu-dnd-japan-rpg Edited February 10, 2021 by MOB 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ejlertson Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Well they do like tentacles, so CoC is up their alley 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangguy Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Looking for a person to translate my drive thru Call of Cthulhu scenario from English into Japanese. Anyone interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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