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Gen Con 2017 attendees probably already know this but John Wick Presents is doing a Kickstarter for 7th Sea: Khitai <\/a>this month! There were a few copies available at GC50 and a PDF version is available at\u00a0Drive-Thru RPG<\/a>\u00a0(where I got my copy). This is a 38 page PDF with the usual fluff preview\/quickstart rules\/module with pregens combo. The appropriately titled “Action & Drama” is the 12 pages of rules, that appear to be standard 7th Sea 2e<\/em> rules.<\/p>\n

A number of the nations in Khitai, across the world from Th\u00e9ah, get a few paragraphs of preview. (YES! There are pirates! And I have to know–are the Kiwa Islands NOT-New Zealand\u00a0et al.<\/em>?) However, the only nations with more extensive background given are Han and \u00a0Fuso (aka NOT-Japan), including Fuso’s mystical tradition of\u00a0kamuyru. <\/em>Interestingly, a small sidebar states northern \u00a0Japan’s Ainu<\/a> culture influenced this RPG alternate Japan. I thought that was a good change, as all the other pseudo-Japans I’ve come across in RPGs and fiction seem to ignore this culture. (I could have missed references as I haven’t studied Japanese history thoroughly.) The Fuso and Han background is divided between small amounts in the opening fluff section but the majority in the module, “Life giving Sword, Death-giving Sword.”<\/p>\n

To avoid any spoiler temptation on my part and, more importantly, because I want to play in this one, I avoided most of the module past the intro and the scene-setting for 4 of the main NPCs. I will tell you this much: That column of “what just happened” reminds me of some of the goings-on in\u00a0Eiji Yoshikawa’s 5 Musashi novels<\/a>, about the legendary samurai and writer of\u00a0The Book of Five Rings.\u00a0<\/em>In other words, it’s complicated, convoluted, with misinterpretations, and I found it very engaging. (I need the module in novel form, too!)<\/p>\n

I also liked the 5 pregens included. The background of each PC had a really neat section, “Play [this PC] if you want to” followed by 3 parts that begin with phrases like, “Solve problems by…” and “Play someone who…” I wish all pregens had something like this. It not only gives a little more depth to characters who may be little more than game stats and a portrait, but is helpful to players who aren’t familiar with the character archetypes in the system and\/or genre.<\/p>\n

Sorry this is so short, but I have to get busy begging my friends to play this one with me. So all of you who had a chance to see\u00a0Khitai\u00a0<\/em>at GC50, tell us how it plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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