How is shipping going to work for the project?
We will be using Backerkit to fulfill the backer rewards. Your shipping will be charged separately there. We won’t be charging you any handling fees, just whatever the shipping costs for us. We will try to keep costs as low as possible, especially for our international backers.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
What if I know nothing about military science, the setting, or the genre?
Well, you can role-play as an orc fighter without being an orc or knowing how to swing an axe, if the game gives you tools to model those things. In Thousand Arrows, you can role-play as a sixteenth-century Japanese general without knowing strategy or tactics. The game simplifies battlefield concepts to the point where beginners can engage with them, but has elective moves and mechanisms for players interested in going deeper. We’ve successfully run Thousand Arrows for players with widely varied experience levels with warfare.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
I'm not Asian. Is it okay for me to role-play a Japanese character?
Emphatically yes. A world where we’re only allowed to play characters who match our real-life background would be very uncomfortable indeed for people of color. Of course, it’s more challenging to portray a character whose experience diverges from your own respectfully. The text and rules of Thousand Arrows have extensive guidance on how to do so that will help you not only in this game, but also in others where you face the same challenge.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
So, Mendez, um … where are you from?
Right now I live in Metuchen, New Jersey, which is in the greater New York metropolitan area.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
Oh, no, I mean like … where are you frooooom
Originally? New York City proper.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
No, that’s not wh—uh, what’s your background?
My undergraduate major was Religion (mostly West African and Afro-Atlantic religion), with minors in Dance (mostly martial arts and North Indian classical dance) and English Literature (mostly poetry). My graduate work was in Eastern classics: great books of Japan, India, and China.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
Er, are … are you … Asian?
Yes, I’m Filipino American.
Last updated: November 06, 2018 08:56
How does this game counter racism and cultural appropriation?
Hopefully Mendez’s personal, academic, martial, and professional background will mitigate that possibility, but Japanese cultural consultants will look over our work in case he misses anything. If we hit the Imjin War stretch goal, we’ll get Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian consultants as well. For a deeper dive into the anti-racist methods underlying Thousand Arrows, check out Mendez’s blog: https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2018/10/31/thousand-arrows-and-sensitivity-part-1
Last updated: November 06, 2018 10:48
How will you verify that I backed both Turn and Thousand Arrows?
We’re pals with Beau and will match up the crossover backers after both campaigns end.
Last updated: April 01, 2023 20:52
Current Estimated Shipping Date: May 2023
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