Meet the mom and pop duo bringing Japan's D&D killer, Sword World, to the West

Though little known outside its native Japan, Sword World has had a colossal influence on gaming history and fantasy media. In the home market, it surpassed Dungeons and Dragons so completely that it all but erased D&D from Japanese pop culture, and its setting 'Raxia' laid the foundations for the Japanese take on Western fantasy you'll find in modern manga, anime, and videogames. Yet the team producing the first English translation of this cultural behemoth is an unassuming couple from Kansas, Ai Namima-Davison and her husband Shawn - here's their story. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Go beyond 20th level in D&D 5th Edition with this powerful expansionD&D shares a 2026 roadmap, but there aren't any RPG books in itThis $15 Pathfinder bundle gets you an entire library for D&D's biggest rival, at 97% discount

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Meet the mom and pop duo bringing Japan's D&D killer, Sword World, to the West
Though little known outside its native Japan, Sword World has had a colossal influence on gaming history and fantasy media. In the home market, it surpassed Dungeons and Dragons so completely that it all but erased D&D from Japanese pop culture, and its setting 'Raxia' laid the foundations for the Japanese take on Western fantasy you'll find in modern manga, anime, and videogames. Yet the team producing the first English translation of this cultural behemoth is an unassuming couple from Kansas, Ai Namima-Davison and her husband Shawn - here's their story.

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RELATED LINKS:
Go beyond 20th level in D&D 5th Edition with this powerful expansion
D&D shares a 2026 roadmap, but there aren't any RPG books in it
This $15 Pathfinder bundle gets you an entire library for D&D's biggest rival, at 97% discount

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