tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post7295908169467377397..comments2024-03-27T21:18:33.034+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: Sibling wizardsDave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-20399939275955774532019-02-27T10:06:46.368+00:002019-02-27T10:06:46.368+00:00The original '90s editions of Fabled Lands had...The original '90s editions of Fabled Lands had a strapline at the top of the cover that said "Fantasy Roleplaying Adventures". I kept telling the publishers they weren't roleplaying games, but they had somehow got it into their heads that roleplaying was popular and would sell more books.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-76496070984278451132019-02-27T10:04:57.477+00:002019-02-27T10:04:57.477+00:00I don't really know anything about Japanese ar...I don't really know anything about Japanese art after Kuniyoshi, but I think I see what you mean. I'm not a fan of the hyper-cute art I've seen in recent JRPGs, visual novels, and the like, but those covers have got something interesting going on.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-39481516212408542862019-02-26T09:30:57.117+00:002019-02-26T09:30:57.117+00:00The yellow "Role Playing Game" banner at...The yellow "Role Playing Game" banner at the top was something the publisher (Fujimi Shob) put on most of their RPG-adjacent paperbacks back then. <br /><br />They did have similar an "Adventure Game Book" banner that I've seen a few times, but I suspect this either came out before that banner was introduced, or that they tried to market it more as an introductory RP experience, similar to what Fighting Fantasy wanted to do with Riddling Reaver. The impression I've got is that a lot of Japanese readers in the late 80's and early 90's got interested in role-playing by way of session transcripts and solo-campaigns, so Fujimi may have tried to use Blood Sword as an intermediate of sorts between that and "the real thing".<br /><br />I do miss this era of Japanese fantasy art, though. Much more lush and inventive than the sterile, uniform, ready-to-be-franchised-out-as-a-cartoon style most publishers seem to want these days.vargurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972717740079563685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-76039879961159806082019-02-23T10:32:17.319+00:002019-02-23T10:32:17.319+00:00Well hopefully you’re at least making some yen out...Well hopefully you’re at least making some yen out of it! Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008412474153353926noreply@blogger.com