As with all our books, we use thread-sewn binding for extra durability and print lithographically on high-quality paper to showcase the gorgeous visuals as they deserve.Ħ52 pages. Each divider within the book also features a specially created ‘overworld map’ by the guys at Army of Trolls. The cover features a specially created piece of artwork by Stephanie Sybydlo, which is finished with special pantone inks and metallic silver foil details. Overall, the book weighs in at over 370,000 words and contains contributions from a wide selection of fans and journalists, combining to create the ultimate coffee table book on Japanese role-playing games.Ī Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games is 652 pages in length (our largest book to date) and comes in hardback as standard. As well as reviews of over 600 games, covering a wide range of sub-genres, including strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem, Rogue-likes such as Mystery Dungeon, and first-person dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, it includes articles on the genre, its music and art. From Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy, from Megami Tensei to Pokémon, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games explores the expansive history of Japanese role-playing games, beginning on 8-bit microcomputers, and following them all the way up to the heavy hitters of the modern era.Ĭreated in collaboration with author Kurt Kalata, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games is an ambitious project that aims to cover the entire history of Japanese role-playing games from 1982 to 2020. Despite initial similarities to Western games, Japan’s output began diverging in dramatic ways, inspired by its own culture and art, producing a style of game that’s often wildly different from its Western counterpart. Video role-playing games, adapted for computers from their pen-and-paper forebears, have been around since the earliest days of digital gaming. Welcome to the world of Japanese Role-Playing Games! Discover a world that is as rich in beauty as it is in corruption.This title will be available to order on 29th October at 5pm BST/12pm EDT/6pm CEST with shipping beginning on Monday 8th November.
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The kidnapping of the Princess and the temptation of finding the Eternal Poison have drawn your heroes into a world full of dangerous traps, fiendish monsters, and unexpected villains. Step into a twisted fairytale world of demons, black magic, and a quest for the ultimate treasure. Bound demons can be summoned to fight at your side or be sacrificed for money or new spells. All demons can be exploited - even bosses - so every battle offers the intriguing choice of binding or killing your foes. With branching paths and optional encounters, you must chart each course carefully, for your choices have a direct impact on the outcome of each tale. Five stories in one-Walk the winding paths of five different parties as they journey deeper into hostile lands. Travel the paths of some of these adventurers, and as their tales unfold, you will discover the true meanings of romance, heroism, madness, despair, and betrayal. However, there are those who look to harness the Majin's dark powers, for it is rumored that deep within Besek lies the Eternal Poison, a legendary treasure able to make your deepest desires come true. Some wish to rescue the princess some seek fame and glory some merely want revenge. Now, brave adventurers throughout the land have set out to explore the Majin homeland.
They captured the Princess of Valdia and imprisoned her in their lair. Creatures known as the Majin emerged, wreaking havoc and destroying our way of life. Now, brave adventurers throughout the land have set out to Our world descended into chaos the day the demonic realm of Besek appeared. Summary: Our world descended into chaos the day the demonic realm of Besek appeared.
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