Trip to Tokyo

 

If you didn't know that Call of Cthulhu was big in Japan, you must be living under a rock. Or you don't care. If it's the former, welcome out into the sunlight, if it's the latter, what are you doing here?

I have recently returned from Tokyo, which was a trip of a lifetime, but don't worry, this isn't a travel blog, but a gaming blog. One thing I did want to get my hands on while I was there was a Japanese Call of Cthulhu supplement. 

Before going, I did a little research, and found that there was a store close to where we were staying that sold RPGs, the Yellow Submarine. What I did not research, was what books I should be on the lookout for, so I was going in a little blind. 

What I saw was a good sized gaming store, with a lot of choice. 

A large selection of games of all types, nothing in English of course, and a nice selection of Oink games. If I had more cash, I would have bought a large range of these, instead, I picked one.

Purchases made

Pretty dice

I splashed out on some beautiful dice with Japanese numerals, a copy of Whale to Look, a fun little Oink game, a couple of plastic 2d minis of chibi Cthulhu and a chibi Mi-Go, finally a screen for the local version of Mork Bork, Nobunaga's Black Castle.

For a great price of $3 CAD, this is some great artwork, with the rules for character creation on the inside.  

I didn't buy the actual book

On a second trip the the area, I wandered into a second hand store by the name of Mandarake. This was a second hand store with a huge selection of manga, comics and a bunch of other stuff I have no idea what it was. They had a great selection of RPGs, both in English and Japanese old and new. On this trip, I found a couple of the Call of Cthulhu. 

I don't recall this cover in the UK

Books finally bought

There is a lot more to digest for these books, and I will be going into more detail on these and the line in general in the next few posts.