Asians Represent!
Daniel Kwan, Agatha Cheng, Jeremy Blum, Drew Quon, Steve Huynh, Liana Mackenzie, & Emma Yasui
Asians Represent! Is here to celebrate and examine Asian representation in tabletop games and pop culture. We do this by creating conversation, introducing new perspectives to the broader gaming community, and creating spaces for new voices in the industry.
Episodes
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Nov 27, 2021 • 2h 2min
Episode 43: Mixed Race Representation in D&D
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Nov 27, 2021 • 2h 15min
Episode 42: Fashion & Fantasy - The Language of Clothing
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Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 30min
Episode 39: Ninjas, D&D shadow arts, and revolution!
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Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 46min
Episode 45: What is wuxia and how has it influenced western media?
The podcast explores the influence of the wuxia genre in Western media, discussing its misconceptions, romantic elements, and recent film adaptations. It also examines the behavior and demeanor of characters in wuxia stories, the cross-genre storytelling in various media formats, and the rise of wuxia in the West. The speakers reflect on the misinterpretations of Wusha in the West, explore the concept of 'siam' and its connection to knights and chivalry, and provide information on where to find more about the wuxia genre.
Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 36min
Episode 35: Anything BUT Samurai - Crafting Japanese Fantasy Settings
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Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 51min
Episode 38: Designing Avatar Legends RPG
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Nov 27, 2021 • 2h 8min
Episode 40: Building wuxia characters in D&D
The podcast discusses topics such as building wuxia characters in D&D, the influence of J.F Lee's wuxia novels, martial heroes in Mandarin, translating and developing a game, flowing with the story and building relationships, Wusha and Shin-Sha, involvement in Motherlands, exploring the meaning of Wu and Sha, the distinction between orthodox and unorthodox characters in D&D, challenges of incorporating wuxia characters into D&D, creating wuxia characters in Dungeons & Dragons, the guandau as a pole arm, wuxia films and TV shows, John Wu's influence on his movies, and the joy of learning WU-sha.
Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 24min
Episode 41: Vietnamese Voices, Critical Role, and the TTRPG Industry
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Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 29min
Episode 37: Decoding Honor - The Concept of Mianzi (Face)
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Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 40min
Episode 36: Ki Points - Recontextualizing D&D Monks
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