RPG Superstar 2011 Top 32
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As some of you know, I had went to Japan over the Christmas and New Year's holiday, on vacation from my "job" (remember, It's an Adventure!). Most of the time, I hopped from city to city, checking out the culture and "culture". It was one chilly day before New Year's when I stumbled across this gem of a store.
This is the Akihabara ward of Tokyo, alias "Electric Town". This is the center of the electronics craze in Japan, where you can't walk a block without hitting a place to shop for games, CDs, and porn. In this crazy part of town, I caught a glimpse of a sign for a store called the "Yellow Submarine", and dragged my protesting friend with me.
(Unfortunately, I did not think to get a picture of the sign, or a good one of the interior, for that matter.)
This is what greeted me upon entering this top story shop! At first, I was shocked, then giddy! So Paizo managed to make it across the Pacific to the Land of the Rising Fun! What else could I find?
Glee! A whole bookcase of 3.5 material, in both English and Japanese! Excited by the realization that, yes, Japanese people do in fact play D&D (I had my suspicions when I saw Record of Lodoss War, but this cinched it!), I took a picture of a Japanese copy of the PHB.
Oh, but what's this? What's this...? If your name begins with a "J" and ends with a "acobs", then you'll be very pleased to see this! Just to prove it, here's your name in Katakana (one of the alphabets of Japanese).
And, to our pleasure, here is a copy of one of Pett's works. However, take a look at that price tag! The conversion rate, when I was there, was 111 yen to a dollar, which give you an idea of how much that book had cost. Whew, now I'm glad I get my Pathfinder in America!
Well, that's all from me. I enjoyed my time in Japan, though I wish I had thought to interview some gamers over there. Oh well! From your intrepid gamer, Sect.