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Author: Daniel Kwan, Agatha Cheng, Jeremy Blum, Drew Quon, Steve Huynh, Liana Mackenzie, & Emma Yasui
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Asians Represent! Is here to celebrate and examine Asian representation in tabletop games and pop culture. We do this by creating conversation, introducing new perspectives to the broader gaming community, and creating spaces for new voices in the industry.
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Jacky and Knilly, co-directors of Unbreakable Publishers, joined Daniel for a conversation about their latest anthology, Unbreakable Pathways!
Unbreakable Pathways features 7 adventures for a variety of systems including the Year Zero Engine, Errant, Valor, Dungeon World, Old School Essentials, and Powered by Lesbians.
Unbreakable Publishers website
Purchase Unbreakable Pathways here
Unbreakable was first featured on Asians Represent back in 2020 for episode #17 of the show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WdYF3spwGkoPvWeZe83Ln?si=1b17e2011118433c
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Game designers Tan Shao Han and Ruvaid Virk joined Daniel for a discussion about their contributions to the Tian Xia Character Guide, a Pathfinder 2nd edition guidebook with everything players need to create characters hailing from or journeying through the lands of Tian Xia. This was a great discussion about the challenges of reworking existing content, adding new material into the Pathfinder framework, and more!
Shao Han on X: @TanShaoHan
Ruvaid on X: @Darth_Ruvaider
Ruvaid's website: ruvaidvirk.carrd.co
Check out the Tian Xia Character Guide here: https://paizo.com/products/btq03w9z?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-Tian-Xia-Character-Guide
Shao Han's thread on incorporating wuxia themes into Pathfinder 2nd edition - https://bsky.app/profile/bigprawn.bsky.social/post/3l2jknfzxmd2v
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On the latest episode of the podcast, Daniel did a deep dive into a unique indie TRPG from Japan called Floria: The Verdant Way. In this game, you play as a wizards empowered by symbiotic magical plants and use geometry to cast spells!
Purchase the official English translation of Floria on DriveThruRPG
Original Kickstarter campaign for the English localization of Floria
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On this episode, we'll learn about jubensha, the tabletop gaming experience taking Asia by storm! Why are they so approachable for new players? How do creators from different countries approach producing and playing these games? Agatha interviews Mr. Ri from the Two Words studio and delve into the mysterious and wonderful world of jubensha games!
Two Word official website: https://tsuuword.com/
Ashten’s own website: https://misterrimysteries.wixsite.com/murdermystery
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Tabletop game designers Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim joined Daniel for a conversation about the revised edition of their indie hit, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall! They talked about the games themes of food, family, intergenerational knowledge, racism, and the immigrant experience.
Check out the crowdfunding campaign for Jiangshi here: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/181ade93-70ae-4c1f-b072-90613b40037a/landing
Read, Write, Memory (Banana’s publishing company) - https://rwmemory.com/
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Daniel and Jeremy reviewed the Goblin Slayer TRPG based on the Goblin Slayer light novels written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatsuki! This game was published in 2019, and was designed by Tadaaki Kawahito with Group SNE, a Japanese company most famous in the gaming world for Record of Lodoss War and Sword World RPG.
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The Asians Represent crew did their first live show in almost 4 years at Breakout Con 2024! Breakout Con was where everything for the podcast started and we are so grateful for this wonderful convention!
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Check out VALOROUS GAMES and the Valor Tabletop system, a high-action roleplay experience that offers high levels of customizability and excitement, at valorousgames.com!
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For the season five finale of Asians Represent, members of the Asians Represent Discord team reflected on their first experience with jubensha - a type of Chinese murder mystery LARP!
Book a virtual jubensha with Mister Ri at https://ko-fi.com/misterri/shop
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James Case, a Senior Designer at Paizo, joined Daniel and Jeremy for an interview about the development process behind the Tian Xia World Guide for Pathfinder 2nd edition! This is our first episode to feature a developer from a major tabletop RPG publishing company!
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The Asians Represent crew are trying a new episode format by diving into the tabletop RPGs of Asia. For this episode, Daniel does a concise exploration of the history and mechanics of Japan’s most popular domestic product, Sword World!
Sword World RPG English fan translations - https://www.reddit.com/r/SwordWorld/comments/ybhoba/sword_world_25_core_rulebook_i_complete/
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Daniel's back from vacation in Japan and that means the pod is back! He and Emma discussed his first time in Japan, their tips and tricks, Daniel's newfound love of Pokémon Go, and the tabletop gaming scene in Tokyo!
Since this was a more casual conversation, we didn't prepare show notes. However, here are some important links related to what was discussed!
Sword World RPG English fan translations - https://www.reddit.com/r/SwordWorld/comments/ybhoba/sword_world_25_core_rulebook_i_complete/
Emma’s video introduction to orientalism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaoTKl_T2VU
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Joe DeSimone, a Franchise Producer at Asmodee working on the Legend of the Five Rings brand, joined Daniel and Emma for an unfiltered conversation about the future of L5R and the important role of cultural consultants!
Learn more about L5R: legendofthefiverings.com
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On the last episode of 2023, the crew reflected on the games they played in 2023, their goals for tabletop gaming in 2024, one shot RPG systems, Lancer, and more!
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Thank you to our amazing Patrons. Without their support, we wouldn't be able to keep making the show!
Disciple Patrons: MiGuo, Pixel Grotto, Akemi, Bob C., Terri Ann G., Alex Holt, Kevin Ow, Casper, Stand Up Poet, Joe, Marty Chodorek, Johnson Li, cypheroftyr, Amy R., Abhi Madhu Kumar, Its Probably Ok, Arjun Nair, Kat L, Shareef, Three Sails Studios, Mariko, Temporal Insanity, Peter, Nik, Sonya, Khavy, VenomGMJ, Jay, NamaeX, Caroline, Fraser, Peter, Mathias, Charles, Michelle!
Most Honourable Patrons: Metal Weave Games, Valorous Games, Michelle, Stefan, & The Most Honorable (x2) epicimpulse
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Music: Euphoria by PAVALON
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Daniel interviewed Tejas Oza, a member of a five person team creating the Bludgeon TTRPG System, a d20 game inspired by the Indian mythologies, pop culture, and histories that the team grew up with across different parts of the country.
Follow the development of Bludgeon on Itch - https://tacticsnchai.itch.io/bludgeon-the-ttrpg
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On the latest episode of Asians Represent, Daniel, Emma, and Jeremy reviewed the latest Japanese kaiju epic...Godzilla Minus One!
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With over a decade of combined freelancing writing and consulting experience, Daniel and Jeremy sat down to share their experiences as TTRPG freelancers, best practices about breaking into the games industry, freelancing professionalism, and more!
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On the latest episode of NDNP, the crew talked about Daniel's obsession with the latest Kamen Rider series, creating D&D products with unlimited production budgets, and Drew's continued dislike of PBTA games.
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Fresh off of Fan Expo Canada, Daniel and Drew talked about Space Marine 2, action movies, mecha card games, and starting the action movie podcast of Daniel's dreams!
Check out Iron Future: https://www.ironfuturegame.com/
Check out Pink City: https://www.pinkcity.ca/
If you're local to Toronto, check out Black Belt Cinema: https://www.instagram.com/blackbeltcinema/?hl=en
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Daniel and Drew celebrated the Tian Xia World Guide winning a gold ENnie Award for best setting at Gen Con 2024, Olympic breakdancing, the 2024 D&D rules revision, and anime TTRPGs on the latest episode of No Dice, No Problem!
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Daniel and Drew discussed dark fantasy "dead man walking" tornados, becoming Pokémon gym leaders, and more on the latest NDNP!
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