Arclight

Arclight


A game company at Tokyo, Japan.

They publish and distribute not only many European/American games of Japanese version but also Japanese original games.
http://www.arclight.co.jp/ag/

They publish bi-monthly card and board game magazine named GameLink from issue #4.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/w-heaven/english/

They edit monthly RPG magazine named Role and Roll.
http://www.arclight.co.jp/r_r/

There is an antenna shop named Role and Roll Station for board, card and role playng games at Akihabara and Yokohama.
http://www.arclight.co.jp/r_r_s/

They have TCG shop chain named Hobby Station.
http://www.hbst.net/

They manage JGC (Japan game convention) annually from 1996.
http://www.arclight.co.jp/jgc/

They also manage Japanese biggest board game events named GameMarket from 2010 (11th year). 2 Times at Tokyo and 1 time at Osaka every year.
http://gamemarket.jp/?ml_lang=en


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