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Immense popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan


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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)

 

 

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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:

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Shiro Sano is a well-known actor (and long-time Call of Cthulhu fan), who appeared in a Japanese version of Shadow over Innsmouth:

 

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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

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