My players were at school – it doesn’t take much to convince them to do this instead of grammar! Also, it was like computer RPGs (which the Japanese invented).

Is this “tribe” near you religious, perchance? It’s worth bearing in mind that, just as foreigners in Japan can be a bit wierd, so Japanese people in the west can be unrepresentative of their national character.

This makes me think I should do a post on role-playing in Japan (what little I know, that is) and maybe just generally on Japan…

I have been recently introduced to an immigrant Japanese Tribe in Montreal (one of my good friend is dating one of the tribe).

While we are gamer geeks and would love to share our hobbies with them, It became apparent that gaming is severely frowned upon by ‘good’ Japanese people over the age of 12.

Did you meet that resistance? How did you convince them top play this roleplaying game? As a mandatory school exercise? à

Please enlighten me!