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OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game
A New Edition of the Acclaimed Anime RPG!
OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game lets you and your friends become your favorite characters from the diverse worlds of Japanese animation. All you need are pencils, paper, dice, and your imagination! Save the princess (or prince!) from a fire-breathing dragon, tackle invading squadrons of giant robots, or find true love amid campus hijinks. It’s all up to you!
Create Your Perfect Character
With OVA, there’s no need to worry about rows of numbers and statistics. Creating characters takes just minutes—it’s as simple as describing them!
Entertaining and Lavishly Illustrated
Detailed examples and over 65 illustrations featuring OVA’s colorful, recurring characters are presented throughout the book.
Easy Yet Versatile
The rules are only as complicated as you want them to be. Whether you keep it simple or fine-tune every detail, OVA is perfect for gamers old and new.
OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game lets you and your friends become your favorite characters from the diverse worlds of Japanese animation. All you need are pencils, paper, dice, and your imagination! Save the princess (or prince!) from a fire-breathing dragon, tackle invading squadrons of giant robots, or find true love amid campus hijinks. It’s all up to you!
Create Your Perfect Character
With OVA, there’s no need to worry about rows of numbers and statistics. Creating characters takes just minutes—it’s as simple as describing them!
Entertaining and Lavishly Illustrated
Detailed examples and over 65 illustrations featuring OVA’s colorful, recurring characters are presented throughout the book.
Easy Yet Versatile
The rules are only as complicated as you want them to be. Whether you keep it simple or fine-tune every detail, OVA is perfect for gamers old and new.
168 pages, Paperback
Published September 9, 2014
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July 5, 2015
The edition of OVA I've just read is the 3rd edition and I picked it up as part of the Kickstarter. I've had a soft spot for anime games since about 2002 when I picked up a copy of Big Eyes Small Mouth (BESM) 2nd edition but since the publishers of BESM went bust OVA is one fo the few anime RPGs still in print. The artwork throughout is by Niko Geyer, whose work I've liked since reading BESM. The book does a good job of conveying the feel of anime and includes some more "modern" takes on narratavistic player empowerment. Conflict is resolved using a d6 pool system where you're looking for the highest number or the sum of multiple numbers.
Overall I'm glad I bought this book and look forward to running a game or two to see how the rules work out in play.
Overall I'm glad I bought this book and look forward to running a game or two to see how the rules work out in play.
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