Talk:Tabletop role-playing games in Japan

I object to nearly all of this article
Poorly worded, organized, and sourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkrocks (talk • contribs) 07:44, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

So, what actually IS a JRPG?
The lede immediately jumps into a year of release and minutae. Can anyone knowledgeable on this subject explain in the lede what makes a JRPG distinct? What its core traits are? --EEMIV (talk) 17:38, 6 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Indeed, what is the difference? I have a feeling, the distinction arose among video games, where the styles of play are very different. KyuuA4 (Talk:キュウ) 11:40, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * An RPG made in Japan, presumably Baudshaw (talk) 13:40, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Ultima?
I'm not that knowledgeable about Ultima's history but a brief check indicates that it is not a Japanese RPG, yet this is stated in the History section. Can someone clarify? 81.102.142.194 (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Ultima is not a Japanese RPG. Ultima was created by Richard Garriott Cambridge, England, UK, July 4, 1961, and moved to Nassau Bay, Texas, United States were he was raised. He was an American Game developer at the time Ultima was created. Therefore Ultima is not a Japanese RPG having been made in America. There is no argument here.

Contradictory
So which of these 3 is correct? Kaldari (talk) 06:48, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) According to the lead, Japanese role playing games "made their first appearance during the late 1980s".
 * 2) According to the first sentence of the History section, Japanese role playing games emerged in the 1970s.
 * 3) The second paragraph of the history section gives the earliest dates for Japanese role playing games as 1982 and 1983.


 * According to ja:テーブルトークRPG, there are 3 candidates for the first Japanese-made PnP RPG.
 * 1982 "Donkey Command" - this is just a magazine article ('Tactics' magazine vol.3), and not really RPG. It is more of a solo adventure book style thing. Conversation between GM and players are not involved.
 * 1983 "Star Quest" by Edward Lipsett, obviously he is not a Japanese guy but this is the first product produced for the market.
 * 1984 "Roads to Load" by Naoto Kadokura - the first Japanese-person-made PnP RPG for Japanese market. Many consider this is the one.
 * --Yk49 (talk) 18:45, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the name of this article is terrible
Casually, Japanese role-playing game almost always refers to a Japanese roleplaying video game. That may not be ideal, but I think that is the most widely accepted usage. Pawsplay (talk) 05:31, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep. This article should be retitled Tabletop role-playing games in Japan. The current title is universally used for video games, not tabletop. I'm moving it now. oknazevad (talk) 22:50, 28 June 2018 (UTC)