{"product_id":"a-guide-to-japanese-role-playing-games","title":"A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWelcome to the world of Japanese Role-Playing Games!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVideo role-playing games, adapted for computers from their pen-and-paper forebears, have been around since the earliest days of digital gaming. Despite initial similarities to Western games, Japan’s output began diverging in dramatic ways, inspired by its own culture and art, producing a style of game that’s often wildly different from its Western counterpart. From \u003cem\u003eDragon Quest \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eFinal Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eMegami Tensei \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003ePokémon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games\u003c\/em\u003e explores the expansive history of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs), beginning on 8-bit microcomputers, and following them all the way up to the heavy hitters of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated in collaboration with author \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcoregaming101.net\/\"\u003eKurt Kalata\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games\u003c\/em\u003e is an ambitious project that aims to cover the entire history of Japanese role-playing games from 1982 to 2020. As well as reviews of over 600 games, covering a wide range of sub-genres, including strategy RPGs like \u003cem\u003eFire Emblem\u003c\/em\u003e, Rogue-likes such as \u003cem\u003eMystery Dungeon\u003c\/em\u003e, and first-person dungeon crawlers like \u003cem\u003eEtrian Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, it includes articles on the genre, its music and art. Overall, the book weighs in at over 370,000 words and contains contributions from a wide selection of fans and journalists, combining to create the ultimate coffee table book on Japanese role-playing games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games\u003c\/em\u003e is 652 pages in length and comes in hardback as standard. The cover features a specially created piece of artwork by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dicesms.tumblr.com\/\"\u003eStephanie Sybydlo\u003c\/a\u003e, which is finished with special pantone inks and metallic silver foil details. Each divider within the book also features a specially created ‘overworld map’ by the guys at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.armyoftrolls.co.uk\/\"\u003eArmy of Trolls\u003c\/a\u003e. As with all our books, we use thread-sewn binding for extra durability and print lithographically on high-quality paper to showcase the gorgeous visuals as they deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet the adventure commence!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitmap Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback Book","offer_id":38212518346945,"sku":"JRPHB","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/3604\/products\/021_JapaneseRPG.jpg?v=1652875191","url":"https:\/\/us.bitmapbooks.com\/products\/a-guide-to-japanese-role-playing-games","provider":"Bitmap Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}