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Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation
after nearly 40 years

Sword and sorcery and super big mechs.

News by Chase Carter Contributor
Published on March 16, 2024


One of the most well-loved tabletop RPGs of rCy80s and rCy90s Japan, Wares Blade, will be translated into English for the first time in its
history, courtesy of analogue game localiser LionWing Publishing.

Launching sometime in 2025, new Wares Blade will be part of LionWingrCOs ongoing project to revive and reprint some of the most popular and
influential tabletop RPGs in Japan. It was originally released in 1986
and captivated players with a mix of crunchy wargame-adjacent combat and
a unique (at the time) mixture of fantasy genre tropes and mecha
conventions in the vein of Mobile Suit Gundam.

Its popularity has kept it alive across several decades while also
spawning novels, soundtracks, video games and audio dramas. The tabletop
RPG itself enjoyed plenty of core rulebooks and supplements over the
years, and the LionWing team is using the 1994 Wares Blade Renewal book
as the foundation of their translation.
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LionWing claims in a press release that its goal is rCLpreserving and presenting the game almost exactly as it originallyrCY looked to fans
buying copies from their local game story several decades ago. No
changes except for small quality-of-life improvements that were
requested by the original designers, along with adding fresh artwork and layout tweaks.

"This type of project has never happened before in the TTRPG space,
which is why we are incredibly excited about it,rCY said Bradly Hale, CEO
and president of LionWing. rCLWe are also excited to announce that a crowdfunding campaign for Wares Blade will be launched in 2025 on Kickstarter.rCY


Players choose amongst four classes, with the martial warrior class also sporting the ability to pilot large and prohibitively expensive mech
suits, the designs of which seen in online art is, frankly, incredible.
Bulky yet elegant and dripping with character, the mechs embody the
collective imagination of knights, samurai, battle wizards and other larger-than-life characters. IrCOm not sure how the game design will hold
up in a world dominated by D&DrCOs heroic fantasy storytelling, but itrCOs cool to see older RPGs find both a new life and fresh audiences - even
if our interest doesnrCOt extend beyond commenting, rCLwow, cool robot.rCY

More information about Wares BladerCOs revival and other projects, such as
the recently announced Shin Megami Tensei III tabletop RPG translation,
can be found on LionWingrCOs website.
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On 3/16/2024 7:13 PM, kyonshi wrote:

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/wares-blade/news/wares-blade-japanese-rpg-lionwing-revival-project-gundam-meets-dnd

Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation after nearly 40 years

Sword and sorcery and super big mechs.

News by Chase Carter Contributor
Published on March 16, 2024

One of the most well-loved tabletop RPGs of rCy80s and rCy90s Japan, Wares Blade, will be translated into English for the first time in its
history, courtesy of analogue game localiser LionWing Publishing.

Launching sometime in 2025, new Wares Blade will be part of LionWingrCOs ongoing project to revive and reprint some of the most popular and influential tabletop RPGs in Japan. It was originally released in 1986
and captivated players with a mix of crunchy wargame-adjacent combat and
a unique (at the time) mixture of fantasy genre tropes and mecha
conventions in the vein of Mobile Suit Gundam.

Its popularity has kept it alive across several decades while also
spawning novels, soundtracks, video games and audio dramas. The tabletop
RPG itself enjoyed plenty of core rulebooks and supplements over the
years, and the LionWing team is using the 1994 Wares Blade Renewal book
as the foundation of their translation.
20 best upcoming TTRPGs you need to play in 2024Watch on YouTube
Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series,
gets an English release after 20 years image

Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series,
gets an English release after 20 years
Read more on Dicebreaker

LionWing claims in a press release that its goal is rCLpreserving and presenting the game almost exactly as it originallyrCY looked to fans
buying copies from their local game story several decades ago. No
changes except for small quality-of-life improvements that were
requested by the original designers, along with adding fresh artwork and layout tweaks.

"This type of project has never happened before in the TTRPG space,
which is why we are incredibly excited about it,rCY said Bradly Hale, CEO and president of LionWing. rCLWe are also excited to announce that a crowdfunding campaign for Wares Blade will be launched in 2025 on Kickstarter.rCY

Players choose amongst four classes, with the martial warrior class also sporting the ability to pilot large and prohibitively expensive mech
suits, the designs of which seen in online art is, frankly, incredible. Bulky yet elegant and dripping with character, the mechs embody the collective imagination of knights, samurai, battle wizards and other larger-than-life characters. IrCOm not sure how the game design will hold
up in a world dominated by D&DrCOs heroic fantasy storytelling, but itrCOs cool to see older RPGs find both a new life and fresh audiences - even
if our interest doesnrCOt extend beyond commenting, rCLwow, cool robot.rCY

More information about Wares BladerCOs revival and other projects, such as the recently announced Shin Megami Tensei III tabletop RPG translation,
can be found on LionWingrCOs website.

I feel like I am posting too many links to kickstarters lately. I just
feel like I should post SOMETHING so the frp-hierarchy gets a bit of
activity.

Anyway, mechs and sword and sorcery doesn't sound too bad.
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On 17 Mar 2024, kyonshi wrote:

I feel like I am posting too many links to kickstarters lately. I just
feel like I should post SOMETHING so the frp-hierarchy gets a bit of activity.

No problem here. I'm a sucker for a good kickstarter, I just wish the shipping was less. Some zines I'd love are $20 with $20 shipping and I can't justify
it.
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gbbgu
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On 3/20/2024 3:12 AM, gbbgu wrote:

On 17 Mar 2024, kyonshi wrote:

I feel like I am posting too many links to kickstarters lately. I just
feel like I should post SOMETHING so the frp-hierarchy gets a bit of
activity.

No problem here. I'm a sucker for a good kickstarter, I just wish the shipping
was less. Some zines I'd love are $20 with $20 shipping and I can't justify it.

oh yeah, I never actually fund any kickstarters, I just buy the product
when it's on the market. I just can't justify a lot of the postage cost
to where I live, PLUS there's always the chance that people will just
take the money and run. Heard too many stories.
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