Queerz! TTRPG
{{Short description|Superheroes tabletop role-playing game}}
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{{Infobox game
| image = Queerz_TTRPG_cover.png
| name = Queerz! TTRPG
| designer = Amít Moshe
| illustrator = Isa Isago Fukuda
| publisher = Son of Oak
| writer = Steven Pope
| date = March 2024
| genre = tabletop role-playing game
| website = https://cityofmist.co/blogs/story/queerz-press-kit
}}
Queerz! TTRPG is a tabletop role-playing game about LGBTQ superheroes, inspired by Super Sentai (Power Rangers). The heroes use kindness, empathy, self-acceptance, and friendship to battle villains that represent bigotry and ignorance. The mood is campy. The game is based on the manga Queerz! by Isa Isago Fukuda. The game was designed by Amít Moshe based on his City of Mist system, with writing by Steven Pope and illustrations by Isa, who created the manga. Queerz! was published in March 2024 by Son of Oak game studio after raising $104,292 on Kickstarter.{{Cite web |last=Eanet |first=Lindsay |date=2022-09-12 |title=Queer tabletop games are having a moment |url=https://www.polygon.com/23342844/queer-tabletop-games-thirsty-sword-lesbians |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Chancey |first=Tyler |date=2021-09-17 |title=Queerz RPG Brings Rainbow Empathy to The Tabletop {{!}} TechRaptor |url=https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/queerz-rpg-brings-rainbow-empathy-to-tabletop |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=techraptor.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Gayming |date=2024-06-14 |title=QUEERZ! A queer anime role-playing game |url=https://gaymingmag.com/2024/06/queerz-a-queer-anime-role-playing-game/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Gayming Magazine |language=en-GB}}
Gameplay
The game mechanics are based on Moshe's previous game, City of Mist. According to Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez for ICv2, Queerz uses "power tag mechanics where any abilities, characteristics, resources, allies, or moves can be named by the player and invoked during play as an action."{{Cite web |title=Japanime Games Reveals 'Queerz! TTRPG Basic Box' for Retail |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55003/japanime-games-reveals-queerz-ttrpg-basic-box-retail |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=icv2.com |language=en}}
In an interview with Egg Embry for EN World, Amít Moshe explained that "when the Queerz win they enter the Inner Space and hash out what made their enemies turn into villains, and eventually they become their allies."{{Cite web |date=2021-09-28 |title=QUEERZ! RPG: An Interview With Amít Moshe (Son of Oak Game Studio) |url=https://www.enworld.org/threads/queerz-rpg-an-interview-with-am%C3%ADt-moshe-son-of-oak-game-studio.682751/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews |language=en-US}}
Reception
Jon Eakin for TheGamer.com listed Queerz! as having the best villains in a superhero TTRPG and wrote, "Queerz is among the best TTRPGs ever made." He explained:
What makes it so special is the way it forces every villain to be a three-dimensional character. They all have motives that make sense to them, and the process of dealing with them always involves grappling with those reasons, and the person they are, in order to figure out how to get through to them.{{Cite web |last=Eakin |first=Jon |date=2024-01-04 |title=The 8 Best Superhero TTRPGs |url=https://www.thegamer.com/best-superhero-tabletop-rpg/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}
Coleman Gailloreto for Screen Rant recommended Queerz! for fans of Power Rangers and the Persona video games.{{Cite web |last=Gailloreto |first=Coleman |date=2021-09-12 |title=Tabletop RPGs For Power Rangers Fans |url=https://screenrant.com/power-rangers-tabletop-rpg-sentai-japanese-superhero-team/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}
Gayming Magazine wrote:
QUEERZ! tackles important issues in a heartfelt and richly entertaining way. Using the creative tag-based engine of City of Mist, players can combine their own unique abilities with core moves like Slay, Strike a Pose, Care, Be Vulnerable, and Talk It Out, mixing anime action, light-heartedness, and drama at the table.