Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Japanese Tabletop RPG Collector's List II

Japanese "table talk" role playing games published in 2000 and later. For earlier games see a previous post.


ガンダム戦記
Gundam War
ASCII
2000
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Based on the English language "Mekton Zeta", with 2d6 rolls used for resolution instead of 1d10.


TRPGサプリ
TRPG Supplement
Atelier Third
2000
A periodical with supplements, scenarios, and replays for an assortment of RPGs. There is for example material for Beast Bind; Vampire the Masquerade; Abyss; Gundam War; It Came from the Late, Late, Late Show; Shin Megami Tensei; Armored Trooper Votoms; Werewolf the Apocalypse; Rinne Senki Xenoscape; GURPS Runal; Mage the Ascension; Star Ocean RPG; and Traveller.


ヴァンパイア:ザ・マスカレード
Vampire: The Masquerade
Atelier Third
2000
The Japanese translation of the 1994 game. Werewolf the Apocalypse and Mage the Ascension were also translated.


アニムンサクシスTRPG
Animum Saxis RPG
Enterbrain
2001
A super robot fantasy RPG. It looks like there are manga books and a TCG in the same setting. Also it looks as if cards are used to play the RPG.


装甲騎兵ボトムズ
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Enterbrain
2001
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The Armored Trooper VOTOMS media franchise started with a 1983 anime series. The TRPG uses a hex map to resolve combat.


ダブルクロス
Double Cross
Game Field
2001
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Boys and girls become infected with the Renegade virus and acquire superhuman powers. The 2nd and 3rd editions were published by Fujimi Shobo in 2003 and 2009.


ドラゴンアームズ バハムートハウリング
Dragon Arms Bahamut Howling
Enterbrain
2001
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Initially intended to be a robots supplement to the El Genesis RPG, what got published was a stand-alone game supported by a single supplement. A revised edition called ドラゴンアームズ改 was released in 2013.


輪廻戦記ゼノスケープ
Rinne Senki Xenoscape
Enterbrain
2001
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A game about a secret society of people who are the reincarnation of beings from an ancient civilization. The game uses playing cards and 2d6 die rolls.


テラ:ザ・ガンスリンガー
Terra the Gunslinger
Enterbrain
2001
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A wild west steampunk fantasy RPG. The game is set in the southern hemisphere of the same world as Tenra Basho.


特命転攻生
Secret Students in the Academic Armageddon
Enterbrain
2001
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Superhuman students administer extra-legal justice. The setting is similar to that of Horai School Adventure.


アルシャード
Alshard
F.E.A.R.
2002
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A 2d6 game set in a world called Midgard which mixes medieval fantasy and science fiction in a manner seen in the Final Fantasy video games. Players are assigned quests and contend against villains called 奈落 (naraku). The core of the rules have been abstracted as a system called Standard RPG System (SRS) for use in other games. In 2005 a second edition called アルシャードff (Alshard Fortissimo) was released.


ブルーローズ
Blue Rose
Enterbrain
2002
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Players contend in the 21st century for artifacts left over from an extremely ancient civilization. One of the first Japanese RPGs to provide detailed statistics for modern day weapons. Inspired by the 1998 manga "Spriggan". Blue Rose Nexus is a revision using the Gun Dog Zero rules.


新世黙示録
Sin Apocalypse
Enterbrain
2002
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Written by the designer of Shin Megami Tensei and sharing with that game the use of percentile dice for resolution.  It also borrows the Shin Megami Tensei setting, adding an apocalyptic war.


ナイトウィザード
Night Wizard
Enterbrain
2002
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A modern day setting with witches and magical brooms by the author of Seven Fortress, with which this game shares similar rules. The RPG has had manga, anime, novel, and computer adaptations. The 2nd edition was published in 2007 and the 3rd edition in 2014.


エンゼルギア 天使大戦TRPG
Angel Gear Angel Wars
Enterbrain
2003
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It's 1999 but World War II hasn't ended yet and there are overtones of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The far eastern island nation of Yashima continues to resist the United States and its angel soldiers which are a type of biological weapon.


Asian Punk RPG サタスペ
Asian Punk RPG Satasupe
REmix+ 
2003
The setting is an alternate timeline in which the Nazis prevail in World War 2 and the Soviets and the United States divide Japan into two occupation zones. This was a doujin RPG before it was published by REmix+ in 2003. A second edition was published by Shinkigensha in 2008.


ダンジョンズ&ドラゴンズ
Dungeons & Dragons
Hobby Japan
2003
Hobby Japan has published the Japanese versions of all Wizards of the Coast editions of D&D.


ゲヘナ
Gehenna
Jive
2003
A d6 game in an Arabian Nights fantasy setting. The name of the game refers to the demon-inhabited world the players find themselves in. A revised edition called Gehenna Anastasis was released in 2006.


異能使い
Inou Tsukai
Enterbrain
2003
Originally a doujin about people who hunt demons, the game won a contest sponsored by Game Field and got published. A 2nd edition was published in 2010.


レジェンド・オブ・フェアリーアース
Legend of Fairy Earth
Enterbrain
2003
A modern fantasy game. The rules are close to the Alshard rules.


マルス
Mars
グランペール
2003
Players play kings and ministers in a European style fantasy world. The 1st edition is a box set. The 2nd edition rulebook released in 2007 provides the option of an oriental setting.


六門世界
Rokumon (Six Gates) World
Fujimi Shobo
2003
Set in the same world as the Monster Collection CCG. Originally the game was based on GURPS, traces of which remain in the published version of the game.


ロールアンドロール
Role & Roll
新紀元社 (Shinkigensha)
2003
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This magazine covers all TRPGs. Although there are no dates on the cover, as of June 2020 there have been 189 issues, suggesting a monthly publishing schedule.


RPGamer
Kokusai-Tsushin
2003
A quarterly magazine, each issue containing a complete game of the hex-and-counter variety.


スクラップド・プリンセス
Scrapped Princess
Fujimi Shobo
2003
Based on a light novel series begun in 1999. There were also three manga volumes and an anime series.


上海退魔行
Shanghai Exorcism
Enterbrain
2003
The game is set in Victorian Shanghai and features vampires.


スターオーシャン Till the End of Time TRPG
Star Ocean RPG
Square Enix
2003
Star Ocean is a series of role-playing video games. Till the End of Time is the third title in the series and this tabletop RPG was released with the PlayStation 2 version.


秘神大作戦
Tokyo Noir City
Enterbrain
2003
This game is set in Tokyo during the Taisho era and is not dissimilar to the Call of Cthulhu RPG. Among influences cited by the author are "Sakuraka Wars", "Indiana Jones", and "JoJos Bizarre Adventure".


アリアンロッド
Arianrhod
Fujimi Shobo
2004
A popular fantasy RPG with video game influences. It is named after an enchantress in the Mabinogion. Six-sided dice are used exclusively and characters roll a number of dice commensurate with their ability when attempting an action. Play takes place on the continents of Erindyll and Aldion, the latter introduced in 2008 as a locale appropriate for war campaigns. The second edition of the game was released in 2011.


クトゥルフの呼び声
Call of Cthulhu
角川書店 (Kadokawa Shoten)
2004
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Hobby Japan translated the 2nd edition of Call of Cthulhu in 1986 and the 5th edition of Call of Cthulhu in 1993, along with a number of supplements and scenarios. Hobby Japan probably got the rights through their partnership with Avalon Hill, and these may have been rescinded when Avalon Hill and Chaosium parted ways in 1994.

Kadokawa released Call of Cthulhu as part of its Login Tabletalk Series. In 2009 the light novel 這いよれ! ニャル子さん (Crawling! Nyaruko) was released in which the Lovecraftian deity Nyarlathotep assumes the form of a high school girl. 2009 was also the year Kadokawa began releasing replays with anime girls on the cover.


グローリアス・サーガ
Glorious Saga
Hobby Base
2004
A box set with 6 polyhedral dice.


ガンドッグ
Gundog
Shinkigensha
2004
Players use firearms to resolve conflict in the near future. A 2nd edition called Gundog Zero was released in 2008.


無限のファンタジア
Infinite Fantasia
Shinkigensha
2004
A play-by-web service with the same name and rules ran from 2003 to 2009.


メイドRPG
Maid RPG
Sunset Games
2004
This first maid café opened up in the Akihabara district in 2001. The game was translated to English in 2008.


迷宮キングダム
Make You Kingdom
Hobby Base
2004
The entire world has become a labyrinth. The players assume the roles of king, minister, knight, or priest and run a kingdom in the labyrinth. 


幻奏戦記RuLiLuRa
RuLiLuRa
Hobby Japan
2004
The setting was developed for a reader participation game conducted by Game Gather magazine from January 2002 to March 2003. The player's character, usually male, is summoned to the world of Archaia, where he fights a monster called "Noise" by means of a robot he can operate. He has the assistance of a female diva who is a native of Archaia.


スターレジェンド
Star Legend
Enterbrain
2004
A space opera set thousands of years in the future when Earth has become a legend. A second edition of the game called "The Age of the Galaxy" used the Standard RPG System (SRS).


扶桑武侠傳
Fuso Bukyoden
Shinkigensha
2005
The game takes place in a setting inspired by Wuxia novels.


巨神戦記ギガントマキア
Kyojinsenki Giganto Makia
Hobby Base
2005
In a setting reminiscent of Neon Genesis Evangelion, player characters use a mother ship and a single giant robot to defend against an army of giant robots piloted by infected humans.


サヴェッジ・サイエンス
Savage Science
Adventure Planning Bureau
2005
A game where one plays a genetically modified animal which can assume human form or a combat form.


異界戦記カオスフレア
Chaos Flare
Shinkigensha
2005
A multi-genre game with cyborgs, martial arts, and 2d6 dice rolls. A revised edition called "Second Chapter" came out in 2008 and 14 books were released for it, not counting replays or novels.


デモンパラサイト
Demon Parasite
Shinkigensha
2006
A character enjoys special powers, thanks to the demon parasite that possesses him or her, including some which can be used only when the character transforms. Nine rulebooks and supplements were published for the game and thirteen replays.


ドラゴンシェル
Dragon Shell
グランペール
2006
The game and its one supplement are box sets. The rules govern aerial combat between dragons using the provided hex maps and counters. The designer also wrote Blue Forest Story and Gear Antique. Dragon Shell is set in the same world but on a different continent with a Mesoamerican culture.


ゆうやけこやけ
Golden Sky Stories
Sunset Games
2006
Players play magical animals which can take human form. An 癒し系 (iyashikei: therapeutic, healing) game.


HârnMaster
ハーンマスター
Sunset Games
2006
A translation of the medieval fantasy setting and game by N. Robin Crossby.


Aの魔法陣
Magic Circle A
Enterbrain
2006
Alfa System is a company that develops games primarily for the Playstation. A history of the company called Alfa System Saga was written in 2004, and the book contained an appendix with the Magic Circle A rules, which would eventually be published as a stand-alone work. It is a generic rule set with an emphasis on story improvisation. A setting called Gunparade March taken from one of Alfa System's games was published in 2008.


ニルヴァーナ―
Nirvana
Game Field
2006
A post-apocalyptic game which uses two ten-sided dice.


バカバカRPGをかたる
Bakabaka RPG
Shinkigensha
2007
This book contains an assortment of material, including an RPG for playing Japanese high school girls with superpowers and a Slayers d20 replay.


野球TRPG ボールパーク!
Baseball RPG Ballpark!
国際通信社
2007
A d6 game. Characters are players on a professional baseball team.


エムブリオマシンRPG
Embryo Machine RPG
Group SNE
2007
Robots fight on hex maps in a medieval European setting.


大帝の剣
Emperor's Sword
Shinkigensha
2007
A TRPG adaptation of a novel from 1985 set in Japan in the year 1600. There are ninjas and extraterrestrials.


あいつはクラスメート!
He is a Classmate!
Sunset Games
2007
The game which gives players a chance to be fairly ordinary high school students.


ナイトメアハンター=ディープ
Nightmare Hunter Deep
Enterbrain
2007
A sequel by a different designer to the game Nightmare Hunter from 1988. The rules were given a complete overhaul. Odeo RPG Ayakashi shares the rules of Nightmare Hunter Deep but provides a different setting.


りゅうたま
Ryuutama
ジャイブ (Jive)
2007
Players travel around a fantasy world.


風の聖痕RPG
Stigmata of the Wind
Fujimi Shobo
2007
The rules are based on the Standard RPG System (SRS). The setting is based on a light novel of the same name. The players assume the roles of magicians who summon spirits and exterminate demons.


すくぱに♪ 〜すくーるでいず・パニック〜
Sukupani: School Days Panic
Hobby Base
2007
A secret organization sends transfer students to a school to battle demons.


天羅WAR
Tenra War
Enterbrain
2007
Set in the same world as Tenra Basho and Tenra Gunslinger during the time of a great war.


とらぶるエイリアンず
Trouble Aliens
Hobby Japan
2007
Players play aliens invading the earth. Players do not share the race and purpose of their characters with each other.


TRPG 軍事冒険活劇譚 イカロスハーツ
TRPG Military Adventure Swashbuckler Icarus Hearts
SRS Production Committee
2008
World War One era game with swashbuckling and fantasy which requires two six-sided dice and a deck of playing cards.


まじしゃんず・あかでみいRPG
Magicians' Academy
Enterbrain
2008
Based on a light novel about a student at a high school for wizards. Characters from the novel appear as NPCs in the RPG. The game uses the Standard RPG System rules derived from Alshard. There is also a video game based on the light novel.


ご近所メルヒェンRPG ピーカーブー
Neighborhood Märchen RPG Peekaboo
Shinkigensha
2008
Players pair off into teams consisting of an elementary school student and a ghost and explore the city. A tribute of sorts to the 1991 game Witch Quest. Also the first game to use the Dice Fiction サイコロ・フィクション System. A revised edition was released in 2017.


神曲奏界ポリフォニカRPG
Shinkyoku Sokai Polyphonica
SoftBank Creative
2008
The Shinkyoku Sokai Polyphonica kinetic novels began appearing in 2005. A kinetic novel is a visual novel with a non-branching story line. The novels take place a parallel universe called Polyphonica in which humans and spirits coexist. The RPG uses the Standard RPG System.


シルバーレイン
Silver Rain
Enterbrain
2008
A play-by-web service with the same name ran from 2006 to 2012.


ソード・ワールド2.0
Sword World 2.0
富士見書房 (Fujimi Shobo)
2008
The updated version remains a 2d6 game, though the rating table has been renamed the power (威力) table. Rules for firearms and androids have been added, and the default setting has been moved to a new world called Luxia (ラクシア).

The core rulebooks were published as a three volume bunkobon set. Only the first is required—the others contain options and support for higher level play. All three rulebooks were revised in 2012.

Most Sword World 2.0 books are published in bunkobon format as part of Fujimi Dragon Book series 29.


トリニティ×ヴィーナスSRS
Trinity x Venus SRS
Jive
2008
Players have supernatural powers called VIP abilities. They cooperate with a organization called Trinity to thwart the malevolent designs of an organization called Venus. The game uses the Alshard inspired Standard RPG System.


ガンメタル・ブレイズ
Gunmetal Blaze
Enterbrain
2009
Available classes include gunslinger, sword master, and mage. The rules make use of 51 situation cards included in the back of the rulebook.


門星明華学園 The Makers Academy
Monster Maker Academy
Enterbrain
2009
The game recalls the Monster Maker RPG which was based on the collectible card game. The 2009 game is set in a school. 門星明華 (phonetically monsei meika) is an ateji for the English phrase "monster maker".


ロボットシュミレーションTRPG フレイムギア
Robot Simulation TRPG Flame Gear
Shinkigensha
2009
Build your own giant fighting robot. Combat is resolved with counters on a map using both dice and cards.


セイクリッド・ドラグーン
Sacred Dragoon
Enterbrain
2009
Western-style fantasy RPG with a focus on slaying dragons.


戦国異聞録KAMUI
Sengoku Apocalypse KAMUI
Hobby Japan
2009
The players must contend with demons in a fantasy version of the Sengoku (Warring States) period.


シノビガミ
Shinobigami
Shinkigensha
2009
A modern day ninja game. This is the most popular game to use the Dice Fiction サイコロ・フィクション System devised by Toichiro Kawashima 河嶋陶一朗. A distinctive feature of the Dice Fiction System is the table of 66 feats available to the PCs. Shinobigami scenarios are divided into three phases: introductory, main, and climax, with different actions available to the PCs in each. Shinobigami was initially published as replays with rules in the back. A hardcover rulebook was released in 2012.


タンクライフRPG ダークブレイズ
Tank Life RPG Dark Blaze
Shinkigensha
2009
Civilization has collapsed and the world is contaminated with a substance called Dark Blaze. Characters travel the wilderness in tanks and explore ruins.


エンドブレイカー!
End Breaker!
Shinkigensha
2010
The tabletop RPG to accompany a play-by-mail game by Tommy Walker. It takes place in a fantasy setting with seers called "end breakers" who predict a character's fate.


ホラーアクションRPG ハンターズ・ムーン
Horror Action RPG Hunter's Moon
Shinkigensha
2010
Replays with rules in the back using the Dice Fiction System. Blood Moon is an updated version of the game. 


パラサイトブラッド
Parasite Blood
Shinkigensha
2010
A revision of Demon Parasite.


霊障都市捜査ファイル
Spirit City Investigation File
Enterbrain
2010
Players investigate supernatural murder mysteries. The game uses six sided dice and a deck of playing cards.


天下繚乱RPG
World Disturbance RPG
Jive
2010
A game which uses the Standard RPG System (SRS). A space-time rupture allows famous people from different eras to meet. Also there are yokai (demons) to deal with.


世界樹の迷宮SRS
World Tree Labyrinth
Enterbrain
2010
A TRPG adaption of a 2007 Nintendo game of the same name using the SRS rules engine popularized by Alshard.


ファイヤード!
Fired!
Jive
2011
An experimental RPG by the designers of Gehenna.


鴉乃杜學園奇譚TRPG
Konomori Gakuen Kitan TRPG
Jive
2011
Based on a 2010 game for the playstation which featured dungeon exploration, combat, and high school romance.


魔道書大戦RPG マギカロギア
Magical Book War RPG Magicalogia
Shinkigensha
2011
Another game using the Dice Fiction System. Players seek out out books of magical lore with the intent to seal them away because of the disasters their use is causing.


モノトーンミュージアムRPG
Monotone Museum RPG
Enterbrain
2011
The setting is one of dark or ironic fairy tales. Uses the Standard RPG System.


永い後日談のネクロニカ
Nechronica: The Long Long Sequel
Patch Works
2011
The game master takes the part of the necromancer. The players take the part of Gothic lolita zombies in a post apocalyptic world. They have forgotten their pasts, though the world around them contains clues.


駅前魔法学園!!
Station Front Magic Academy
Jive
2011
Magic is a vocational skill which can be acquired at the school building conveniently located in from the train station. Night classes are available too.


ヴァンパイアハントRPG ブラッド・クルセイド
Vampire Hunt RPG Blood Crusade
Shinkigensha
2011
A Dice Fiction System game. The books are replays with a complete set of rules in back.


超次元カードバトルRPG カードランカー
Hyperdimension Card Battle RPG Card Ranker
Shinkigensha
2012
A dice fiction game wherein players summon monsters with cards.


サイキックハーツRPG
Psychic Hearts RPG
Kadokawa
2012
A 2d6 game based on a Tommy Walker play-by-web game of the same name.


レッドドラゴン
Red Dragon
Seikaisha
2012
The Red Dragon series of replays (the series calls them "role playing fiction") use a game uniquely designed for them. Only fragments of the rules are published. The replays were first published as tankobons and re-released in 2015 in bunkobon format. A mobile phone game based on the series called "Chaos Dragon" and a twelve episode anime series were also released.


Cyber Robot Action RPG Horizon Break
電脳ロボットアクションTRPG ホライゾンブレイク
Shinkigensha
2013
I've heard this described as a simplified version of BattleTech with some role-playing and cyberpunk elements thrown in.


グランクレストRPG
Grancrest RPG
Kadokawa
2013
A game set in a fantasy world designed by Ryo Mizuno with rules for mass combat.


ホラーアクションRPG ブラッドムーン
Horror Action RPG Blood Moon
Shinkigensha
2013
The monsters both try to kill the PC and destroy the things in life that are important to him. The game uses an updated version of the rules from Blood Crusade.


神我狩
Kamigakari
Shinkigensha
2013
A modern day supernatural game which pits the players' characters against an evil god. It's a 2d6 game with a twist: the player rolls a pool of 4 dice at the start of play and can swap any of those dice into a 2d6 roll at will. By the game designer of Demon Parasite and Sacred Dragon.


小さな勇者のRPGウタカゼ
Little Hero RPG Utakaze
Shinkigensha
2013
An easy-to-learn game in which one plays a fairy-like creature which stands 20 cm tall.


恋と冒険の学園TRPG エリュシオン
Love and Adventure School RPG Elysium
Shinkigensha
2013
This was originally a play-by-web game. The TRPG uses six-sided dice. The setting is similar to that of the Horai School Adventure game from the 1990s.


メタリックガーディアンRPG
Metallic Guardian RPG
Fujimi Shobo
2013
Uses the Standard RPG System rules. There are over 30 classes for the robot and a few classes for the pilot.


現代異能アクションRPG ヴィジョンズ・ジ・アンリアル=ホラー
Modern Superpower Action RPG Visions of Unreal Horror
Conos
2013
The player is a "baroque carrier" and posseses a guardian spirit that confers special powers. The rulebook is 92 pages long.


マルチジャンル・ホラーRPG インセイン
Multi-genre Horror RPG Insane
Shinkigensha
2013
A multi-genre horror game which uses the Dice Fiction system. There are settings for modern-day Japan, Victorian England, 1920s United States, and the SCP Foundation.


リアリティショーRPG キルデスビジネス
Reality Show RPG Kill Death Business
Shinkigensha
2013
The setting of this game is a reality show in hell. The game uses the Dice Fiction system. The core rulebook is a replay with rules in the back.


トワイライトガンスモーク
Twilight Gunsmoke
Enterbrain
2013
A cyberpunk RPG. War has irrevocably damaged the environment. The Earth will be uninhabitable in seven years.


ブルーシンガーRPG勇者編
Blue Singer RPG Hero Edition
Kokudosha
2014
Go on adventures with a blue bird with the power to heal.


フルメタル・パニック!RPG
Full Metal Panic! RPG
Kadokawa
2014


艦これRPG
Kantai Collection RPG
Kadokawa
2014
Kantai Collection (Kankore for short) was initially a free-to-play web game. An anime TV series was produced in 2015.


ログ・ホライズンTRPG
Log Horizon RPG
Kadokawa
2014
Log Horizon is a fantasy novel in which the protagonist becomes the character in the MMORPG he is playing. The novel also got an anime adaptation.


パラノイア
Paranoia
New Games Order
2014
It took 30 years, but our dystopian future can now be experienced in Japanese. "Rebooted" is an easy-to-learn version of the rules.


ビギニングアイドル
Beginning Idol
Shinkigensha
2015
A saikoro fiction series.  The first two books give the player the option of becoming a female or male idol.


バディアクションRPGガーデンオーダー
Buddy Action RPG Garden Order
Kadokawa
2015
GARDEN is the name of the organization the players work for. The opponents are called Nephilim. 


でたとこサーガ
Detatoko Saga
Shinkigensha
2015
A 2d6 game set in a fantasy world with a demon lord such as is popular in light novels.


神話創世RPG アマデウス
Mythology Genesis RPG Amadeus
Kadokawa
2015
A disaster unleashes famous creatures of legend upon the modern world.


バトルガールプロデュースRPG エースキラージーン
Battle Girl Produce RPG Ace Killer Gene
Kadokawa
2016
A soul-eating monsters (the Ace) is on the loose. Only a teenage girl has the potential to kill the Ace, but she needs training, and the player must provide it. The rules are the same as for Garden Order, released the previous year. The player chooses from one of 8 pre-generated characters.


巨獣討伐RPG コロッサルハンター
Beast Subjugation RPG Colossal Hunter
Kadokawa
2016
A game about hunting giant beasts who threaten humanity.


剣の街の異邦人TRPG
Strangers in Sword City
Kadokawa
2016
The players are from another world. They must enter a labyrinth to hunt the 血統種 (pedigree seed?).


平安幻想夜話 鵺鏡 
Heian Fantasy Night Story: Nue Mirror
Kadokawa
2016
Set in a fairy tale version of Heian Japan. The game plays like the Japanese collaborative verse form called Renga. The players contribute "stanzas" and the 鵺鏡  "Nue Mirror" who acts like the referee makes a story out of them.


 英雄武装RPG コード:レイヤード
 Hero Armed RPG Code: Layered
Shinkigensha
2016
Set in the year 2115 when the Earth is devastated. Humanity fights against machines for survival. Players summon famous people of the past and use their powers.


片道勇者TRPG
One Way Heroics RPG
Kadokawa
2016
An RPG based on a side-scrolling indie video game from 2012.


常夜国騎士譚RPGドラクルージュ
Perpetual Night Country Knight Tale RPG Dracurouge
Kadokawa
2016
Another game from the designer of Maid RPG and Nechronica. Lavishly illustrated and literate, this one takes place in a land of eternal night guarded by vampire knights.


育成紀行RPG ロストロイヤル
Training Travelogue RPG Lost Royal
Shinkigensha
2016
Knights of the Round Table seek the legendary Holy Grail to redeem the land from an infestation of demons.


武将バトルRPG 転生三国志
Warlord Battle RPG Reincarnated Three Kingdoms
Shinkigensha
2016
Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty, is reincarnated and conquers the modern world, but the players are warlords taking part in a rebellion.


ゾンビサバイバルRPG ダイス・オブ・ザ・デッド
Zombie Survival RPG Dice of the Dead
Kadokawa
2016
A Zombie Apocalypse game. The rulebook has been released with two covers. Group SNE also developed a board game called "Tokyo Armageddon" set in the same world.


異世界TRPG伝説 ヤンキー&ヨグ=ソトース
Another World RPG Legend Yankee and Yog-Sothoth
Shinkigensha
2017
The players are good Yankees, fighting against bad Yankees who serve the evil gods of the Cthulhu mythos. This is a dice fiction game.


ブラインド・ミトスRPG禁書封印譚
Blind Mythos RPG
Kadokawa
2017
There are powers to be derived from the forbidden books.


ダークソウルTRPG
Dark Souls RPG
Kadokawa
2017
A tabletop RPG based on the 2011 video game.


デッドラインヒーローズRPG
Deadline Heroes RPG
Kadokawa
2017
Superheroes fighting evil. Two d10 and four d6 dice needed.


初音ミクTRPG ココロダンジョン
Hatsune Miku RPG Heart Dungeon
Kadokawa
2017
Hatsune Miku is a digitally generated pop idol with a synthesized voice. In the TRPG she helps the players fight a monster which steals hearts. The game uses d6 dice. Both books include the rules and are sufficient for play.


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チェンジアクションRPG マージナルヒーローズ
Marginal Heroes
Kadokawa
2017
A superhero game using the Standard RPG System (SRS).


のびのびTRPG-ザ・ホラー
Nobi Nobi TRPG The Horror
Arclight Games
2017
A game for RPG beginners. Character generation is accomplished by drawing cards and there is no need to write anything down.


神聖課金RPG ディヴァインチャージャー
Holy Charge RPG Divine Charger
Shinkigensha
2018
A genie offers sacred treasure 神器 which the players can use to fight the dark god. The game uses gacha, which are purchased from vending machines and presumably determine what the sacred treasure is.


クラヤミクライン
Kurayami Crying
Kadokawa
2018
A horror game in which characters enjoy some advantages if they go mad.


MARVELヒロイックRPG
Marvel Heroes RPG
Kadokawa
2018
A translation of an English-language game from 2012, the license for which expired in 2013, so it is noteworthy that it got published in Japanese five years later.


モダンファンタジーRPG 獸ノ森
Modern Fantasy RPG Forest of the Beast
Shinkigensha
2018
Enter an alternative reality by means of a cursed mask.


銀剣のステラナイツ
Stellar Knights of the Silver Sword
Kadokawa
2018
Like in "Revolutionary Girl Utena", one player is the "sheath" of the sword and another uses the sword to fight people possessed by extraterrestrial monsters.


白の海のスカイヴァティアーズ
Skyvatiers of the White Seas
Conos
2018
Skyvatiers are privateers of the sky. The pictured rulebook is a 2nd edition.


トーキョー・ナイトメア
Tokyo Nightmare
Kadokawa
2018
A game using cards instead of dice like Tokyo Nova which the designer also wrote.


異世界転生RPG サンサーラ・バラッド
Another World Reincarnation RPG Sansara Ballad
Shinkigensha
2019
The characters are reincarnated in a world of medieval Western fantasy.


ブラックジャケットRPG
Black Jacket RPG
Kadokawa
2019
A superhero game with rules similar to Deadline Heroes.


バディサスペンスTRPG フタリソウサ
Buddy Suspense RPG Futarisousa
Shinkigensha
2019
Two players—the detective and the assistant—attempt to solve a mystery.


呪印感染
Curse Infection
Shinkigensha
2019
Japanese-style horror in present day Japan. Your character has no special abilities.


日常ホラーRPGスクリームハイスクール
Daily Horror RPG Scream High School
F.E.A.R.
2019
Play a high school student who studies the occult and solves mysterious incidents. The game uses percentile dice.


森と魔法のナチュラルRPG 翠緑のフローリア
Forest and Natural Magic RPG Green Floria
Conos
2019
The player's character lives in an enchanted forest and helps people. The magic system involves drawing.


ゴブリンスレイヤーTRPG
Goblin Slayer RPG
SoftBank Creative
2019
The light novel and manga series is firmly rooted in the Dungeons & Dragons tradition, so a TRPG adaptation is perhaps natural. It's a 2d6 game with 8 classes and 5 playable races: human, elf, dwarf, lizardman, and rhea (i.e. hobbit). The limited edition box set includes a plastic mini of the title character and a pair of branded d6 dice.


合コンTRPG God of Romance
Joint Party RPG God of Romance
Chan's Factory
2019
This was a doujin game first distributed at the Spring 2016 Comiket.


この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!TRPG
Konosuba RPG
Kadokawa
2019
The rules are similar to the Arianrhod rules.


ロストレコード
Lost Record
Kadokawa
2019
The players find themselves still alive after invaders from space have destroyed most of humankind.


怪獣撃滅ロボットTRPG フロストギガース
Monster Extermination Robot RPG Frost Giggers
Conos
2019
The player has a budget for building a robot to defend a country not unlike Japan from monsters. Diceless.


Sci-FiミステリーRPG トワイライトハイスクール
Sci-Fi Mystery RPG Twilight High School
F.E.A.R.
2019
This game uses the same rules as for Scream High School.


トリニティセブンRPG
Trinity Seven RPG
Kadokawa
2019
Trinity Seven first appeared as a manga in 2010. An anime series was made in 2014.


世界救済社畜TRPG ネバー・レイト・ナイターズ
World Relief Company Livestock TRPG Never Late Nighters
Shinkigensha
2019
People with poor work-life balance the game.


アニマアニムス
Anima Animus
Kadokawa
2020
Characters are generated in pairs whose special relationship leads to a tragic fate.


暗黒神話TRPGトレイル・オブ・クトゥルー
Dark Myth TRPG Trail of Cthulhu
Shoen Shinsha
2020
A translation of the 2008 Cthulhu Mythos game by Pelgrane Press using the Gumshoe system.


格闘アクションTRPG 拳禅無双
Fighting action TRPG Kenzen Musou
F.E.A.R.
2020
A martial arts game using the Standard RPG System (SRS).


捏造ミステリーTRPG赤と黒
Forged Mystery RPG Red & Black
Shoen Shinsha
2020
The player is an immortal magician who exists outside of space-time who solves riddles by fabricating a reality to explain them. The game uses cards. The rulebook was originally published by Shoen Shinsha, but Shinkigensha released an updated version with the same cover art the following year.


現代錬金術TRPG アルケミア・ストラグル
Modern Alchemy TRPG Alchemia Struggle
Shinkigensha
2020
This game appears to have some overtones of Fullmetal Alchemist.


転生サバイバルRPG ルーインブレイカーズ
Rebirth Survival RPG Ruin Breakers
F.E.A.R.
2020
A game set in a fairy tale world with scenarios from Cinderella, Snow White, and Red Riding Hood.


先輩後輩TRPG エネカデット
Senpai-Kohai RPG Enecadet
Sinkigensha
2020
Play an upperclassman and an underclassman at a school in a fantasy setting at war.


蒸気活劇RPG スチームパンカーズ
Steam Swashbuckler RPG Steam Punkers
Shinkigensha
2020
Set in London during the year 1933, but in an alternate timeline in which an ore called "magnite" has been discovered which has enhanced the effectiveness of steam technology.


アンサング・デュエット
Unsung Duet
Kadokawa
2020
An RPG for two people by the designer of "Stellar Knights of the Silver Sword".


誰かのために成りかわるTRPG バケノカワ
Bakenokawa
Kadokawa
2021
The player is a spirit from an underground fairy tale world, working in an amusement park called "Wonderland".


武装少女RPG プリンセスウイング
Armed Girl RPG Princess Wing
Shinkigensha
2021
A shojo mecha game.


キズナバレット
Kizuna Barett
Shinkigensha
2021
A game about murder dolls and their handlers who must hunt down the "Kiseki messenger".  It uses six-sided dice.


光砕のリヴァルチャー
Kousai no Revalture
Shinkigensha
2021
A game for one GM and one player. The GM is the navigator of the robot defending a civilization about to perish.


ラストレクイエム ~ネオゴシックRPG~
Last Requiem: Neo Gothic RPG
Kadokawa
2021
Set in the modern day. Comes with a set of cards.


星と宝石と人形のTRPG スタリィドール
Starry Doll RPG
Shinkigensha
2021
One plays a doll given a soul.


蒸気と冒険の飛空艇TRPG 歯車の塔の探空士
Steam and Adventure Flying Boat TRPG Gear Tower Explorer
Kadokawa
2021
Set in a world with steampunk flying boats.


ザ・ループ TRPG
Tales from the Loop RPG
Graphic Co.
2021
A translation of a game originally published in Swedish and English.


和風幻想RPG 不知火
Japanese Style Fantasy RPG Shiranui
Shinkigensha
2022
The Shirnaui (不知火) is an optical phenomenon that appears over the waters of Kyushu, a sort of will-o-wisp. In the game it refers to the player's character, who has lost his memory and must confront the demon Magatsumi.


ストリテラ オモテとウラのRPG
Story Teller Front and Back RPG
Kadokawa
2022
A simple game in which characters have a "front" (public personality) and "back" (secret).