| Tadashi Ehara | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Game designer |
Tadashi Ehara is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Tadashi Ehara worked as the buyer for the Gambit game store in San Francisco when he became the second employee of Chaosium.[1] Different Worlds magazine was launched in 1979 by Ehara and Greg Stafford of Chaosium as a general-interest role-playing magazine.[2] Ehara became the first editor of Different Worlds, and stayed on as the editor-in-chief for the entire run of the magazine.[1] Ehara left Chaosium in 1985 because of financial difficulties the company was having and took Different Worlds with him, and resumed publishing with Different Worlds #39 (May/June 1985) through his Sleuth Publications whom he became partners with; although Sleuth only published eight issues over a two-year period, ending with Different Worlds #46 (May/June 1987).[1] Ehara later purchased a large portion of the Judges Guild inventory.[1] Ehara purchased Gamelords for Sleuth Publications in 1986, and on December 1, 1986 they sent him 10,000 pounds of backstock packed into 344 cartons.[1] Ehara acquired a license to publish the Empire of the Petal Throne role-playing game through Sleuth.[1] Ehara later withdrew from Sleuth after working with them for two years, taking all of the role-playing game products and properties he acquired in that time.[1] Ehara then used Different Worlds to form the new company Different Worlds Publications, although he released only one final issue as Different Worlds #47 (Fall 1987).[1] Ehara also published a reprint of Empire of the Petal Throne (1987), and a reprint of part of the second Tékumel role-playing game Swords & Glory (1987-1988) which was originally published by Gamescience.[1]