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.
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2021 Update: The future of Asians Represent, Dungeons & Da Asians, and Patreon!
A quick Fall 2021 update from the Asians Represent team! The show is going strong, but in a slightly different direction. Here's what you need to know.
episode 34: Episode 34: Fantasy nationalism and honor in Shou Lung | Kara-Tur the Eastern Realms (Part 8)
The Asians Read crew tackle the Shou Lung culture section of the Kara-Tur campaign setting; exploring the problems of creating fantasy nationalism and the over-reliance on honour tropes!
episode 33: Episode 33: Bad translations: How we'd fix the provinces of Kara-Tur | Kara-Tur the Eastern Realms (Part 7)
The Asians Read crew finished analyzing the "Provinces of Shou Lung" and provided insight into how they'd fix them! As usual, hilarity ensues.
episode 11: Dungeons & Da Asians #11 - The Price of Power
Following their battle with the Dragon Valley Gang, our heroes prepare for their journey into the Shimmering Badlands!
episode 31: Episode 32: Magic the Gathering, Strixhaven, Stereotypes, and the Model Minority Myth
The Wrap Up crew examine how the upcoming Strixhaven Magic the Gathering​ set has relied on Asian stereotypes in its storytelling.
episode 6: Episode 31: D&D Noir: Something's Fishy in Wa K'an | Kara-Tur the Eastern Realms (Part 6)
The Asians Read crew discovered that there's a made up "Chinese" written language for the Shou Lung region of the Kara-Tur campaign setting. Things go south from there.
episode 30: Episode 30: Reflecting on Legend of the Five Rings
The Asians Read: L5R crew finally got to do their recap of the series. What did we like about L5R? What would we completely remove from the game? What would we fix?
episode 29: Episode 29: Decolonizing Cyberpunk
Jamila R. Nedjadi (Jammi) joined Agatha to discuss how we can find hope, build community, and moving forward together through Asian cyberpunk.
episode 28: Episode 28: How should religion be portrayed in D&D?
Religion plays an important role in the lives of people around the world. Religion plays varying and dynamic roles in the decisions we make in life. And there also those who might be religiously unaffiliated. On this episode of The Wrap Up we examined the uses of religion in TTRPGs like D&D, how they can guide our stories, and more!
episode 27: Episode 27: When historical "inspiration" goes too far | Kara-Tur the Eastern Realms (Part 5)
What happens when "historical inspiration" goes too far in TTRPG campaign setting writing? On the latest episode of our Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms read-through, the crew dove into the "Forbidden City" of Shou Lung.