Panty Explosion in the Oregonian

If you live in Portland Oregon you may have seen this in you morning paper:

Laura Oppenheimer interviewed Matt, Christian Griffen and I a few weeks ago. The front page article is all about our games and Portland’s indie games community. There’s a nice big photo of the three of us, plus some good art from both Panty Explosion and Beast Hunters. Good stuff! Laura and photographer Benjamin Brink were great. They had a lot of really smart questions and seemed like they were really interested in what we had to say. I’m just happy to see the words “Panty Explosion” in the Oregonian. read the full article here!

Jake

Welcome back!

We’ve been gone for awhile, but now we’re back! I have a few announcements!

1. The Atarashi Games store is back! You’ll notice a few new products on the store, including the Panty Explosion Panties! These are actual panties that come with rules to use in your games! You’ll also find Bliss Stage by Ben Lehman and Sea Dracula by myself and Nick Smith. We’re expanding the games we offer on our store to include stuff by some of our friends, as well as non-Atarashi games that Matt and I work on!

2. We’ve let Classroom Deathmatch go out of print. Classroom Deathmatch sold out after Gencon last year, and has been unavailable ever since. The game had a fantastic first year, selling over 300 copies in just 6 months, but we’ve decided that we want to focus on other projects for the time being. Our current plan is to release a new and updated version of the game sometime next year. In the meantime, we’ve decided to offer the current version of the game as a free download right here on our site! This is the full retail PDF version of the game. You can find the permanent download link on the sidebar to the right!

That’s it for now!

-Jake

More Actual Play!

Here’s some awesome Classroom Deathmatch and Panty Explosion actual play that was posted on the Atarashi games forums. Good stuff! If you want to know what a fun game of Classroom Deathmatch or Panty Explosion looks like, check these out!

Panty Explosion on the Forge/ 5 Star PE Review!

Filip Luszczyk posted a whole bunch of comments and questions about Panty Explosion on the Forge. I answered them to the best of my ability. This is interesting for me because I really feel like Filip and I have very different approaches to games. Filip has taken tthe time to comment on a number of my designs. You can see his comments on my first draft for Upskirt (at the time code named Friendless) here.

Filip raises an interestting point, that no one talks about Panty Explosion. As he says “I actually find it a bit alarming that the system is not discussed much. Seriously, with over a thousand copies of the book sold, am I the only PE-proof person out there, or do other people decided not to talk about their rules problems for some reason?”

It’s a good point.

In other news…

Judd Goswick gave Panty Explosion a 5 Star user review over at IPR! here’s teh review:

An innovative system with a creepy and disturbing look into Japananese horror – where some of the horror comes from the bullies more than the Demons. The game’s system is simple, plays fast, keeps the whole table enagaged all the time, and is fun.

The friend/rival system is the true jewel here, where the player of the character you designate as your best friend describes your successes and the player of the character you designate your rival describes your failures. This leads to all sorts of chaos and keeps players engaged even when they are not in the focus of the scene.

The horror is creepy, the background info is copious and relevent to making play work, and the system of setting up scenes gives every player a say in what is going on and what it means in the story context.

I cannot recommend this game enough!

Thanks Judd!