Yokai Hunters Society

Hi! I've got a crazy idea for a Hack/alternate version of your game. Can you please tell me where I can contact You in pvt to discuss it? (like licence wise etc.) 

Thanks!

Wow, I got to run this game recently as a one shot for some friends and it was so fun! It was so easy to pick up, the random character generation created some truly outstanding roleplay, and the Gourdian Knot scenario was a perfect way to try it out(and a perfect autumnal game session). I can't wait to get my hunters back together when the weather gets chilly to run the Snow scenario for them! 

Thanks for making such a great game!

I had the opportunity to buy the game from the publisher who publishes it in Italy and even though I brought it to the table there were some things that left me uncertain. With regards to combat management, I wanted to understand how successful damage to the enemy worked. From what I understand, if an enemy has a threat level of 13, players will have to roll that result to deal damage to them, is this correct? Also what is the recommended maximum enemy level threshold? Thanks for any replies!

Hey, we talked a little bit about your game on the new episode of our podcast:

https://goblinsandgrowlers.podbean.com/e/scratching-our-indie-game-itchio-the-go...

This is awesome! Can I make a translation for portuguese for you? I would like to DM some games with this system, but some people on the party don't know english.

Ok quick question im working on my own tg hack., and im looking for some clarification. How do enemies attack a pc, or is the various combat rolls completely player facing. 

Just want to make sure as i work on my own hack

Yo! Just a quick question.  How do you roll for wisdom on new items?

Apologies if this was asked before - how much money should the player characters start with? Is there a suggested amount or should it be decided by the Grandmaster?

Are there any pre-written adventure modules that anyone is aware of?

Bought the game last year and finally playing it with my daughters in a Kimetsu No Yaiba inspired settings. They love it ! (it's their first RPG).

I wrote a 20 pages scenario, an adaptation of the classic 1998 MERP, that I would love to share with the community (maps, and lot of stuffs included).
Where would be the best place to do it?

dv8.8vb@gmail.com   

Hi guys...sorry for my question but Im not able understand how combat/fight works. Someone can help me and explain with other words than the words in the manual? 

Thx (sorry for my eng but I'm not native eng)

I run this bi-weekly for my group, really loooove it. Added some "breath total concentration" mechanics for it, obviously inspired by Demon Slayer, which was fun and easy to do! 
Also added a Mononoke (the Manga/Animation) inspired mechanic rewarding the players for discovering more information about the Yokai they are dealing with (giving them a +1 bonus once they complete a Blades-in-the-dark inspired clock. There are three of them : heart, form and reason, they get +1 for each that is completed). The "Mask" vibrates with an energy fueled by the "Mystery" of the Yokai. It works well, even for less "pulpy" games!

I would like to know : do you have any intention of creating some cool short-scenarios? I am very lazy and having cool, historically-ish accurate scenarios with just enough to get me rolling is something I am looking for when I don't have the energy to write a campaign haha.

Thanks a lot for your work!

Howdy.  A couple of friends and I took the game for a spin this afternoon and ran into an issue with the combat.  One of our hunters rolled a 10 against a normal human character which resulted in zero damage.  I understand that there would be a narrative consequence for the success beyond simply "Hit Point" damage, but the only intention of the player in this scenario was to kill his intended target.  We didn't find an obvious compromise in the rules for this discrepancy.  Do you have advice for how to handle this type of roll in the future?

one word : impressive 😍

any idea when FloatingChair might get more physical copies? I missed them entirely. :(

on the character generator there is an item named - Peak.  We couldn't find reference of that in the game. 

It's freaking solid.

I really look forward to being able to get it physically when mailing will be authorized to Canada. Bravo ! :D

Currently prepping this for my players - we're all extremely excited. I think it'll make some great shorter sessions for them, as well as a much-needed change of tone from 5E.

very cool and fun! :)

Hola Chema, veo que la antigua versión gratuita del panfleto en español ya no está disponible. Quería preguntarte si quienes aún la tengamos podemos distribuirla a los interesados que no entiendan inglés, a modo de demo como la versión 1.1 que se puede descargar aquí, o si prefieres que no sea así. Un saludo! 

Love this game, can't get enough of it.

Yokai Hunters Society is a gorgeous 36 page adventure rpg that feels like it's influenced a bit by Gotouge's Kimetsu no Yaiba (although Hunters takes place in Meiji, not Taishou.)

Yokai Hunters is moderately crunchy, being based mechanically on Tunnel Goons. It's PBtA with a single Move, which complicates on a 9 and fails on an 8- most of the time, but there's plenty of equipment and other factors that players can hedge this with. There's also a neat mechanic where you can expose yourself to a curse for a boost on a roll---only shedding that curse later when you are able to purify yourself.

On either an extremely minor or an extremely major note, there are a lot of Japanese words preserved in Japanese in the book, so you'll get stuff like "Omamori (amulet)" in the text---which I personally like, but I know preferences on this can sometimes be intense, so your mileage may vary.

Historical context is provided, so if you're more familiar with Edo jidai, the game will catch you up to speed. There's a lot of really good bits in here (currency conversions, a note about the legal firearm and sword restrictions of the time, the change from state Buddhism to state Shinto,) and they all fold back into the game design, with your own bad choices incentivizing you to see a sword-seller or a priest. Beyond these baseline details, groups are encouraged to come up with the own worldbuilding---so one campaign might have the hunters as a state-authorized agency, while another campaign positions them as dangerous rogues.

Overall, I think if you dig the setting and like slightly crunchy adventure games, you'll really enjoy this. At absolute minimum, it's worth it for the art alone, and it may also make a strong intro game for folks who are interested in the material but haven't tried a tabletop rpg yet.

Minor Issues:

-Page 13, Cursed Die, does its result replace one of your d6s, or does it replace both of them? The text isn't clear, and I can't tell if a roll of 6,6,8 is meant to be 12 total, or 14.

Really cool game, definitely will play it someday. May I ask, how did you do the dotty shading on drawings (sorry I can't describe it better). Did you use a screentone sheet or just added it digitally?

Something I haven't been able to figure out yet is if there's any advantage to using more expensive, and seemingly more powerful weapons. From what I've been able to gather, a weapon simply lets you add its item bonus to the roll when attacking yokai, but this bonus works the same for all weapons. For example, one of my friends started with a gun, while I started with a sling. According to the table, the sling reloads faster, has longer range, and has no chance of misfire. Is there something I'm missing here?

Love the concept for this (not enough Meiji-era games out there!), hope I can get a table for a one-shot once the pandemic dies down. 

A small thing I noticed: in the description of Amazake-baba, you describe amazake as "Japanese sweets" -- amazake is a traditional low-alcohol Japanese drink, which is a bit more specific than the description suggests. Probably not worth a patch by itself but maybe worth noting if you're aiming for accuracy? Great work overall!

Hi! I got an update about the "RPG screen" but when I downloaded it, it appears to be the same as the hi-res zine PDF? Just wondering what the difference is!

This is great! Going to try running a oneshot using this system. I have a few questions though: in combat, how does damage work? If a hunter goes to attack a yokai but their roll is less than the yokai's difficulty score, does the hunter take damage or just miss? And in the reverse, if a hunter successfully reacts to a yokai's attack, beating their difficulty score, does the yokai take damage even though it was the one attacking? And finally, do 9 rolls apply to damage rolls?

Great little game, the layout, art and rules are first class and clear as a bell.

There’s a discrepancy in hunter creation: in both the zine and the pamphlet, under equipment, the player is instructed to roll for their third item from the random item table. However, they are instructed to roll 3d6, but the table is 2d8. Easy enough to fix at the table, but jsyk!

Hello, my name is Francisco and I have translated Yokai Hunter to Brazilian Portuguese (the PWYW pamphlet). If you are interested in also making a translated version of the Zine version, please contact me. Btw, the game is great!

francisco.cressoni@gmail.com

Hi, I'm a Japanese gamer.

Set in the Meiji era is wonderful!

Entertainment with the theme of the Meiji era is rare in Japan. There are many works dealing with the late Edo period (Bakumatsu) and Taisho era...

I'll translate and play your game!

Clean, crisp, classy. Superb re-imagining  of Tunnel Goons! 

What an incredible little production this is! It's beautiful. It seems useful at the table. It explores an interesting and under-represented genre. Great stuff. 

This is beautiful!