Episode 11 - China

The World of RPGs

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• The actual play channel I used for the teaser can be found here (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ee4y197p1/). An overview of a Chinese convention is here (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1HV411M7JH/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0)
• I recruited most of my interviewees on the Goddess Fantasy forum (https://www.goddessfantasy.net/bbs/index.php)
• One Chinese Manga mentioned is Infinity Game (https://baike.baidu.com/item/无尽游戏/5426542)
• The gaming company I interviewed is called Labyrinth (https://labyrpg.com)
• A journalistic article about the (general) gaming scene in China by Liu Tingting can be found here (https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006567). Kamiab Ghorbanpour wrote about Murder Mystery games (https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/feature/jubensha-live-action-roleplaying-cluedo-werewolf-chinese-phenomenon). A more sensationalist article about the issues with those games can be found in The Economist (https://www.economist.com/china/2022/07/07/chinas-communist-party-cracks-down-on-larping)

My recommendation is a companion piece about D&D in China on the Don't Stop Thinking YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTHdEf1DztY&t=373s).

• The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
• The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/