Tadashi Ehara is a

game designer Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics, systems, rules, and gameplay of a game. Game design processes apply to board games, card games, dice games, casino games, role-playing games, sports, Wargame (video games), war ga ...

who has worked primarily on

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...

Career

Tadashi Ehara worked as the buyer for the Gambit game store in San Francisco when he became the second employee of

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fic ...

. ''

Different Worlds ''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Rune ...

'' magazine was launched in 1979 by Ehara and Greg Stafford of Chaosium as a general-interest role-playing magazine. Tadashi Ehara, ''Origins of Different Worlds Magazine''
/ref> Ehara became the first editor of ''Different Worlds'', and stayed on as the editor-in-chief for the entire run of the magazine. Ehara left Chaosium in 1985 because of financial difficulties the company was having and took ''Different Worlds'' with him, and resumed publishing with ''Different Worlds'' #39 (May/June 1985) through his Sleuth Publications whom he became partners with; although Sleuth only published eight issues over a two-year period, ending with ''Different Worlds'' #46 (May/June 1987). Ehara later purchased a large portion of the

Judges Guild Judges Guild is a game publisher that has been active since 1976. The company created and sold many role-playing game supplements, periodicals and related materials. During the late 1970s and early 1980s the company was one of the leading publish ...

inventory. Ehara purchased

Gamelords Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements. History Kerry Lloyd founded the company, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins in 1980. Gamelords was ...

for Sleuth Publications in 1986, and on December 1, 1986 they sent him 10,000 pounds of backstock packed into 344 cartons. Ehara acquired a license to publish the ''

Empire of the Petal Throne ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' is a fantasy role-playing game designed by M. A. R. Barker, based on his Tékumel fictional universe. It was self-published in 1974, then published by TSR, Inc. in 1975. It was one of the first tabletop role-pla ...

'' role-playing game through Sleuth. Ehara later withdrew from Sleuth after working with them for two years, taking all of the role-playing game products and properties he acquired in that time. Ehara then used ''Different Worlds'' to form the new company Different Worlds Publications, although he released only one final issue as ''Different Worlds'' #47 (Fall 1987). Ehara also published a reprint of ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' (1987), and a reprint of part of the second Tékumel role-playing game '' Swords & Glory'' (1987-1988) which was originally published by Gamescience.

References

External links

Tadashi Ehara :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive
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