In 1984, Tsukuda Hobby released Roads to Lord. As one of the first original Japanese TTRPGs, Roads to Lord paved the way for the expansion of role-playing culture in Japan. I discuss the context surrounding the game’s release, its systems, and history: ogrerun.com/2026/07/26/r...
Roads to Lord and the Japanese Fantasy TTRPGTsukuda Hobby may have been the most reliant on adapting franchises, but they would also be the company to perhaps produce the most successful domestic TTRPG out of the crowd of early titles, Roads…ogrerun.com