GURPS Japan
Cover of first edition, GURPS Japan: roleplaying in the world of the shogunate
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| Designer(s) | Lee Gold and Hunter Johnson |
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| Publisher(s) | Steve Jackson Games |
| Publication date | 1988, 1999 |
| Genre(s) | role-playing game |
| System(s) | GURPS |
GURPS Japan, full title GURPS Japan: Roleplaying in the World of the Shogunate (1st edition) or GURPS Japan: Beauty, Terror, and Adventure (2nd edition), is a sourcebook for GURPS, a role-playing game by Steve Jackson Games. The first edition was published in 1988.
Lee Gold is an author, editor, game designer, and filk musician. In 1975, Gold founded Alarums and Excursions, a monthly amateur press association for RPG writers. She has served as editor ever since. Alarums and Excursions won the Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Amateur Wargame Magazine in 1984, and the Origins Award for Best Amateur Game Periodical in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Gold designed the RPGs Land of the Rising Sun (1980) and Lands of Adventure (1983), published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. She also published Vikings for Iron Crown Enterprises. Gold was the sole author of the first edition of GURPS Japan.
Hunter Johnson is a freelance game designer, author, and translator. He has translated many game rules and websites from German for Mayfair Games. He authored, co-authored, or contributed to seven books for Steve Jackson Games, including GURPS Monsters and this second edition of GURPS Japan, and served for five years as the first coordinator of GURPS errata for the company. Johnson expanded and revised Gold's work into its second edition.
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