Godzilla Gaming Podcast - Show 9

I gotta admit, it’s a strange feeling to be leaving Japan after so long. I am really going to miss all the great gamers I have had the priviledge to share my table with. But I’ll be looking to get my game on soon after I get back. Rock on up to FindPlay and drop me a line if you’re in the neighborhood.

Congrats to David Erickson on his winning logo! And domo arigato gozaimashita to everyone who participated!

Anyway, GGP will continue and now that Cam and I have our fallout shelter on Monster Island properly stocked with weird Japanese snacks, we’re looking forward to bringing you more shows in the future!

As Sean pointed out, superhero RPGs are perfect for one-on-one games. This comment also made us realize we like a lot more superhero characters than we thought. Wild Talents is the game I looking to play to get my superhero groove on with.

The Shab al-Hiri Roach will crawl up your nose and live inside your head!

Our 2300AD was “explosive!� (thanks Cam!) It rocked ten different ways on ten kinds of toast! Check out the "story hour" write up of Legio Patria Nostra! Better bring your helmet and body armor!

Dogs in the Vinyard is every bit as good as you have heard. If you haven’t tried it yet, what are you waiting for?

The JIGG Magic: the Gathering night at Shakey’s Pizza in Takadanobaba is one of those things that I just love about JIGG – local gamers getting together to play games. If you’re here in the Big Pachinko or coming here, and you like M:tG, you owe it to yourself to contact JIGG and get in the game!

We only scratched the surface on the subject of “Gaming J-land.� One of the best gaing resources for doing the kind of thing Cam and I were discussing – playing Japanese characters – is Chaosium’s Secrets of Japan. It’s for Call of Cthulhu of course but the advice it gives on playing Japanese characters is very good and very accessible, and it’s the only collection of such advice written specifically for gaming that I can think of.

I feel a little guilty about slagging off Legend of the Five Rings; I did run a campaign with it for a year after all, and stuck with it despite my dissatisfaction - samurai are nothing if not loyal….  But I have to be honest about how I felt about it. You fans out there should understand that this is just my opinion (and aren’t I being Japanese about this?) but I hope you can understand where I’m coming from. But if you want to see what kind of awesomeness we did get out of our L5R campaign, The Hour of the Boar, do check out the actual play thread on RPGnet!

Do let us know what your experience with Japanese themed games has been like, whether it’s samurai stuff, modern, anime, or whatever. We’d love to hear from you!

We’ll be taking a bit of break while I move, but never fear, the Godzilla Gaming Podcast will rise from the depths again very soon!

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