>>11739143
That's Momotarou Dentetsu, the train board game spin off of Momotarou Densetsu, which somehows seems to be more popular than the original series

With that said both series are relatively obscure in the west despite being big in Japan. The first Momoden RPG was afaik the first real "DQ clone" and it started a trend, sub-genre, of "comical medieval Japan RPG". The RPG series has lot's of games
>Momoden (FC)
The only one with an English fan translation
>Momoden Turbo (PC-E)
enhanced port/remake of the original game
>Momoden 2 (PC-E)
sequel but re-uses tons of tropes from the first game
>Momoden Gaiden (GB, PC-E, FC)
My favourite, a spin-off with 3 chapters, 1 chapter is like DQ1, another one like DQ2 and another one like DQ3
>Shin Momoden (SFC)
An alternate universe sequel to the first game, this is the most unique and one of the bests in the franchise due to its darker tone and there being 20+ playable characters, but it seems to be the most obscure entry in the series even in Japan
>Momoden (PSX)
A remake of the first two games. The gameplay/world is a remake of 2, but the story pretends that it's the first game in the series so it's a remake of 1 at the same time (and it has the villain from 1, not 2). It looks great but it's yet another retelling that doesn't bring much new to the franchise, being on PSX it's also the slowest.

These games really deserve translations, especially Gaiden and Shin but I suppose that wouldn't happen before at the very least 2 has been translated so I don't have my hopes up

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any other series like this where Japanese retro otaku have very fond memories of it but most westerners have never heard of it?