Meikyu kingdom

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Meikyu kingdom
Meikyu kingdom 2nd ed. cover (Meikyu Book)
Designer	Touichirou Kawashima, Adventure Planning Service
Publisher	Hobby Base
Publication date	2004 (1st edition) 2006 (2nd edition)
Genre(s)	fantasy
System	custom

Meikyu kingdom (迷宮キングダム, Meikyu kingdom^? lit. Labyrinth Kingdom) aka Mayokin(迷キン) is a Japanese fantasy role-playing game designed by Touichirou Kawashima and Adventure Planning Service. Core rulebooks of the second edition is composed of two books, Oukoku Book (Kingdom Book; Players Handbook) and Meikyu Book (Labyrinth Book; Game Masters Guide).

Player characters, called Landmaker, are members of a tiny kingdom's court: (king, knight, vizier, oracle, ninja and servant).

The magical Dungeon Hazard turned the whole world (mountain, river, ground, etc.) into dungeons. Landmakers explore and conquer dungeons for their kingdom and its people. The English title, Make you kingdom!!, is broken English (Make your kingdom would be correct) but has a double-meaning because it is pronounced similarly to the Japanese title Meikyu Kingdom. It's setting is cynical and pop culture references are common. For example, the monster known as the vorpal bunny is based on Wizardry's famous monster, but the illustration is of a bunny girl.

[edit] Peculiar Settings

Mayonnaise King -- Monster mayonnaise. It is a signature monster of Meikyu Kingdom because its abbreviation is same Mayokin as the abbreviation of the game title. Its special ability makes player characters bad status "Obesity".
Eunuch -- One of the unique jobs of Meikyu kingdom. It is possible to become a eunuch by even female characters, and it returns to former sex when resign it. Similarly, a man becomes a woman when becoming a witch. Mysteriously, player characters always can change job and sex in training center.
Dwarf -- It is believed that dwarves in this world related to the stars. Needless to say, it is a pun by the term of astronomy, "dwarf stars". They are races who evolved from moles.