James Mendez Hodes is a Filipino American TTRPG writer, developer, editor, and sensitivity reader. His latest creation, Thousand Arrows: a Samurai Action & Drama TTRPG is now on Kickstarter.

James and Daniel discussed whether or not you have to be Japanese to write a game set in Japan. They dove into their academic histories and much more!

Follow James on social media @LulaVampiro and check out his blog at jamesmendezhodes.com

Back Thousand Arrows on Kickstarter until Nov. 30 at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galileogames/thousand-arrows-a-samurai-action-and-drama-ttrpg?ref=project_tweet

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Music: Intro: Good Vibes by DJ Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads