I have set up a web site for my campaign. It is set in my own world and based on AD&D 3e Oriental Adventures. There are several spells and mosters that you are...
Hey all, I have had a question that's been bugging me for a very long time... The new game friom White Wolf, Exalted, is Oriental or not? It is anime-based, ...
Adam, I picked up Exalted and overall it's a very enjoyable read. Lot's of high adventure, fantastical kind of stuff. ... time... The new game friom White...
Hey folks-- Just found this list, and eagerly signed myself up. My name is Gareth-Michael Skarka, and I'm a huge fan of historical east-asian RPGs. I was the...
... a ... If I had to describe it, I would call it mythic China crossed wth mythic Greece. One thing it's defnitely not is standard Medieval Europe fantasy. ...
... Welcome to DotE, most of us here have read or know of your work. :-) Although I have never run HKAT, I that always thought it was intresting enough to...
on 11/3/01 12:13 AM, James Eckman at FUGU@... wrote: You may want to check out the Water Margin group, though lately it's been pretty dead. Look for...
... Yes, sadly. My Water Margin campaign ended a few years back, and although there's quite a few list members, the traffic is rather low. However, once C&S...
... might ... I'd have to agree here. My biggest disappointment with OA3e is the one I have with most Asian RPGs - the intense focus on Japan-ish cultures....
... From: "Jeff Johnston" <jeffj@...> ... have with most Asian RPGs - the intense focus on Japan-ish cultures. < It's hard enough to give one of those...
Erik Munne
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Nov 7, 2001 1:57 am
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... Maybe because among roleplayers at least, Japan was perceived as the more warlike culture with all those cool old movies. Chinese movies didn't show up...
Hey: Jeff Johnston wrote that most Asian RPGs are focused more on Japanese culture than Chinese, and it's true. Part of the reason is that Chinese culture is...
... ??? Huge, diverse and boring (70's wargamer think;)) I still have my Han miniatures army though along with my early Japanese army (crude! Minifigs! Yechh!)...
... Well technically, Chinese maintained a tradition of local government supply soldiers and equipment, and those local militia form into an army when the need...
... It might have something to do with the closed nature of the current Chinese society and the complete open Japanese one. This makes it hard to see or...
... I loved these to books. Infact when my Bushido group when to Heaven to rescue there patron Kami in based Heaven on these discriptions :-) The group through...
... best ignorant. All cultures have far more complexity than portrayed in any gaming system. Think of all the paper that even tiny kingdoms have churned out...
... Last quote I had for a copy was far outside my price range at the time. I might be able to afford it now but until I have the next Cambridge History volume...
... Maybe I shouldn't say this after that reaction, but... I actually tried reading Journey to the West (the Anthony Yu translation IIRC) but got bogged down...
In a message dated 11/9/01 7:52:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << But I get terribly FRUSTRATED that China gets so...
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Nov 9, 2001 6:48 pm
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... From: <goldrushg@...> I know I've asked this before, but please bear with me... ... for Sengoku. But I have not given it the green light for...
Erik Munne
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Nov 9, 2001 10:31 pm
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... I agree. Love to see more stuff in English. ... Until recently very few Americans had been to mainland China, especially compared to all the various...
Many years ago, I tried to hunt down a decent translation of Journey to the West. I failed. It would be good if this group had a list of books that you have...
Brian wrote on Nov 11: " As an old Doctor Who fan, I wonder what you think of the depection of " Chinese culture that was occasionally presented in these...
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Nov 11, 2001 2:33 pm
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In a message dated 11/10/01 5:41:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, DragonsOfTheEast@yahoogroups.com writes: << Chung Kuo is the priority among the 'other lands'...
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... 'Mason's Temporal Analysis', which appeared in the Virgin Doctor Who RPG TimeLord) I can't recall _any_ depiction of Chinese culture in the show. Sure,...
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... Creation of ... as ... myself, as I ... You are correct, sir. It was listed as 'Creation' in the bibliography/inspiratoins for Exalted, which is where I...
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