Kedamono Opera is a narrative, dark fairy tale TRPG by Ikefukuro Ryoma, main art by Nagabe. Published by Shikigensha. The game focuses on immortal, soul-eating Kedamono (henceforth Beasts) who get involved with humans in distress, and we see what story emerges between them. You can visit the game's website at and see all the lovely art there. If you can read Japanese, they offer a trial set of the rules, as well as full character sheets for all the Beasts. It lacks setting and GM info, but it's more or less runnable.operarpg.jp

It's been a long time, but finally I got enough to talk about Oracle Engine! This is an indie game developed by Yoshikazu Moriyama with cover art by aldarsign here on the twitters (I feel awkward pinging). Apparently the game was crowdfunded, so that's pretty neat! #JTRPGInfo You'll have to pardon this one though, as it's an indie game there isn't a lot of art. Anyway, this game is set in a world called Noin (kind of like saying 'no win'). On Noin, there are six gods that oversee the world, and they play a major role in the background. #JTRPGInfo

It's not the weekend, but let's talk about another JTRPG, Night Wizard! Designed by Takeshi Kikuchi of FEAR, I'm actually going to be talking mostly about 2E Night Wizard instead of the more recent 3E, and I'll explain why. Come along, will you?~ #JTRPGInfo First, a summary of what it is. Night Wizard is a modern fantasy RPG, wherein magic-wielding heroes called Wizards battle shapeshifting evils wanting to deprive you of your prana, called Emulators. Except one wrong move, and they could all be deleted. Whoops. #JTRPGInfo

Let's do the fourth game, shall we? Tonight's JTRPG is Dracurouge, by Ryo Kamiya. You might know Kamiya from his other games, Maid RPG and Golden Sky Stories! (And many others not translated.) Cover art by the pun-tastic Akira Banpai. pixiv.net/member.php?id=… #JTRPGInfo Dracurouge is a game about knights. Noble knights, who protect the commonfolk from monstrous horrors in the Everdark, a land of eternal night. They are ageless, immortal, and require warmth from other people. But they are knights. K-N-I-G-H-T-S. Okay? #JTRPGInfo

For my first game, I'll be talking about Tenka Ryoran! It's made by Ukyo Kodachi and published by F.E.A.R., using their venerable SRS system. The tagline for this game is "Super Time-Space Period Drama," as in, a samurai game with time (and demon!) shenanigans. #JTRPGInfo As a warning, I can't guarantee 100% accuracy as I don't want to like, pour over these books to make sure I have every detail right. I may also not bother to translate some terms because they may be better translated with full context. #JTRPGInfo