Oriental Adventures
Book by François Marcela-Froideval and Gary GygaxWikipedia
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Oct 1, 2026
KneonHOST
These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
KneonHOST
And this was in, I think, Oriental Adventures.
KneonHOST
Yeah, the edition followed a Twitter post from Asians Represent podcast co-host Daniel Kwong criticizing the treatment of Asian culture in Oriental Adventures, which, again, was another classic D&D book.
KneonHOST
I had it.
KneonHOST
It was introducing ninjas and samurais and all the stuff that was very popular in the mid-'80s, right? Uh, and I think the reason ninjas were popular in the mid eighties was because of Chuck Norris.
KneonHOST
These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
KneonHOST
And this was in, I think, Oriental Adventures.
KneonHOST
Yeah, the addition followed a Twitter post from Asians Represent podcast co-host Daniel Kwong criticizing the treatment of Asian culture in Oriental Adventures, which, again, was another classic D&D book.
KneonHOST
I had it.
KneonHOST
It was introducing ninjas and samurais and all the stuff that was very popular in the mid-'80s, right? Uh, and I think the reason ninjas were popular in the mid eighties was because of Chuck Norris.
KneonHOST
These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
KneonHOST
And this was in, I think, Oriental Adventures.
KneonHOST
Yeah, the edition followed a Twitter post from Asians Represent podcast co-host Daniel Kwong criticizing the treatment of Asian culture in Oriental Adventures, which, again, was another classic D&D book.
KneonHOST
I had it.
KneonHOST
It was introducing ninjas and samurais and all the stuff that was very popular in the mid-'80s, right? And I think the reason ninjas were popular in the mid-80s was because of Chuck Norris.
MattHOST
And now we're seeing pretty much every listing selling for at least $100.
MattHOST
I'll give you the total amount we've made thus far a bit later, but the first one that sold this week was called Oriental Adventures.
MattHOST
Now, this was an Asian-inspired module from 1985.
MattHOST
That was an $8 purchase price once I broke everything down.