LionWing Publishing has translated quite a few Japanese TTRPGs, but today’s subject, Eldritch Escape: Tokyo, marks a milestone for the company…it will be the first tabletop game to be simultaneously released in both Japan and America at the same time, in both Japanese and English respectively. LionWing is working with design studio Draconian in Japan to make this happen.
In Eldritch Escape: Tokyo, the city mentioned in the title has been plunged into permanent darkness and horrific giant monsters now roam its streets! You’d think this would bother someone, but most of the citizens don’t seem to notice. They seem eerily clueless…almost as if they’re under the monsters’ control. Only a handful of citizens have escaped the Eldritch’s will and are now gearing up to fight back any way they can.
You and your friends will play those hunters, while the GM will assume the role of the Bellwether: a mysterious entity who may not EXACTLY be your friend, but provides guidance throughout the game and resurrects whoever falls to a monster. There’s no real dying in this one, but there are consequences. “As players repeatedly die and resurrect, they will gradually uncover the Eldritch’s weaknesses and unravel the mysteries of their terrifying existence,” reads the description. “But in this unforgiving realm, trust is a luxury, and the line between survival and transformation into something unrecognizable becomes increasingly blurred.”
The crowdfunding campaign for Eldritch Escape: Tokyo will launch on October 31. More details about the game should come out then.
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