Stop Singing These Sad Songs
Golden Sky Stories
By Ryo Kamiya & Tsugihagi Honpo (Translated by Ewen Cluney)
Ryo Kamiya & Tsugihagi Honpo’s1 2006 Golden Sky Stories is a Japanese fantasy roleplaying game. The 2013 translation is by Ewen Cluney2.
Golden Sky players adopt the role of henge, magical animals (fox, raccoon dog, cat, dog, rabbit, or bird) able to briefly don human form. Inherently magical, each character has special gifts unmatched by humans. There is, of course, a catch. There are several catches.