Dragon & Cthulhu

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In partnership with Darrington Press, we’re thrilled to unveil our first Collaborator Collections! This new licensing agreement allows us to offer entire Ancestry collections from the world of Daggerheart, available for purchase directly in the Hero Forge character creator tool. 1/6

The new Knights of the Round Table pledge level for the #Pendragon Classic Kickstarter includes a limited edition numbered print of the legendary box cover painting by Jody Lee!
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If you're interested in Traveller at all, this is very very good. A fascinating, thorough, warts-and-all account of the history of the game. Also, refreshingly, unlike some other RPG celebs of the era, Marc Miller comes across as quite a decent chap.

Studio Agate announces 7th Sea is getting a new edition As announced earlier this year, our friends at Studio Agate are the new developers for the 7th Sea roleplaying game, under license from Chaosium. And they have just shared the news that a new edition ...

As announced earlier this year, our friends at @7thsea3e.bsky.social are the new developers for the 7th Sea #TTRPG, under license from us. And they've just shared the news that a new edition of the swashbuckling game is in development.

Here's the new logo!
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Many English-speaking players have said they want a translation, so I am convincing the author to translate them into English.

These two games were also featured at Portal Con, China's largest TTRPG exhibition, where trial versions were available at Joypie's booth.

In this game, the trials from AGON are transformed into challenges the band must overcome to reach bigger stages, such as fan backlash, family opposition, and friendship conflicts. (2/2)

The other is a girls' band TTRPG inspired by "Bang Dream!" and "THE IDOLM@STER," titled "少女乐队物语". In this game, player is members of a girls' band. (1/2)

The trials in AGON are cleverly adapted into the concept of "渡劫" (Crossing the Tribulation) from xianxia novels. "渡劫" refers to the tribulations sent by the heavens at certain stages of cultivation (training to become a xian, or immortal) in Chinese xianxia literature. (2/2)

One is a xianxia TTRPG inspired by the novels "Investiture of the Gods" and "Journey to the West," titled "千劫封神录" . In this game, players take on the roles of practitioners or cultivators. (1/2)

Another major feature is that Joypie has designed two games based on Paragon.

One of the highlights of this crowdfunding campaign is the exclusive alternative cover art specially designed for the Chinese edition.

Yes, Chinese players have a particular obsession with translating English terms into four-character phrases. (3/3)

The Chinese translation of "Paragon" is titled "英雄百炼", meaning "The Many Trials of a Hero." (2/3)

The Chinese translation of AGON is titled "神海羁旅", which directly translates to "Odyssey in the Divine Sea." (1/3)

This is a Greek mythology TTRPG designed by John Harper, the designer of the Blades in the Dark.

Agon and the Paragon System, localized by Joypie (also the agent for the Chinese version of Sword World), are now launched on crowdfunding.

Similarly, the OSR influenced by early editions of D&D, like Old-School Essentials and Cairn, cannot be overlooked.
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Influenced by European and American TRPGs, Narrative TRPG brought by indie TRPG, such as Fabula Ultima and Daggerheart, are gaining traction in China.

With no official Chinese edition of 5e, alternatives such as Soul of Mist and The One Ring TRPG have found success in the market.

【The Current State of D&D in China】
Today, 5e and 3.5e are the two rule sets most commonly played in China, with 5e having now surpassed 3.5e.
Pathfinder—often jokingly called “3.75e”—is also very popular and is sometimes seen as China’s third most-played TRPG.

The Chinese original commercial TRPG Journey Through the Martial World (侠界之旅), crowdfunded last year, was also deeply influenced by D&D.

This was the first original commercial TRPG in China, and it came with two scenairos: Heluo Blueprints (河洛图纸) and Scroll of Nature (天然之卷).

D&D influenced the earliest original commercial TRPG in China. The novel Chronicles of Nine States I (九州志 I), published in 2007, included the Nine States D20 (九州 D20) system, created based on the 3.5e OGL.

Later on, Baldur’s Gate 3 exploded in popularity, bringing D&D into the mainstream. For context, the most-watched CoC video on Bilibili has about 3.5 million views, while the top Baldur’s Gate 3 video has over 17 million.

In the 5e era, the YouTube channel Critical Role gained popularity in China comparable to CoC replay videos.
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Today, since Wizards of the Coast has largely pulled out of the Chinese market, neither the 5e 2014 version nor the 5e 2024 version has an official Chinese release. That said, because D&D remains so popular, English editions of the books are easy to find on Taobao.

Also in 2008, Wizards of the Coast launched D&D 4e. The next year, Perfect World (完美世界)’s "Zongheng Chinese Network" (纵横中文网) acted as the agent to distribute the simplified Chinese version of DND 4e.

In 2008, the same group went on to translate the simplified Chinese edition of D&D 3.5e, which published by Shantou University Press. (汕头大学出版社)