OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game via Kickstarter

OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game. Clay Gardner hat sein Herz an japanische Zeichentrickserien, Kulleraugen und Rollenspiele verloren.

Vollkommen zeitgemäß wendet er sich mit seinem Rollenspiel an die Crowdfunding Community von Kickstarter.

Es handelt sich um eine 156-seitige vollfarbige Revision der ersten Ausgabe von OVA aus dem Jahre 2005.

Bis zum 17. Juni 2013 bittet der Autor um 7500 $. Die Finanzierung steht jedoch längst.

„Become your favorite characters from the diverse worlds of Japanese animation in this easy to learn role-playing game.

OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game is exactly what it says in the title, a tabletop RPG lovingly crafted to capture the diverse worlds of Japanese animation. Save the princess (or prince!) from a fire-breathing dragon, tackle invading squadrons of giant robots, or find true love amid campus hijinks—everything you need is inside!

That’s because when you create a character in OVA, you define what is important. You pick which attributes matter by choosing the abilities and weaknesses that match your character concept. There are no long lists of hard-coded statistics to fill out and no classes to sift through. If it’s not important to your character, you don’t write it down!

Character creation takes minutes, and the rules are quick, consistent, and easy to understand. This makes it perfect for novices and newcomers. But if you’re an old hand at gaming, there’s room for boundless customization. You could give your character a simple bonus to damage, or you can stick around and detail each and every flashy move with unique perks and flaws. Or you could eschew having any combat attributes at all. OVA lets you play the story you want to create, not a predefined notion of what an adventure should entail.

A GREAT GAME, EVEN BETTER

This is actually a revised edition of the original OVA first published in 2005. While it was popular and garnered many glowing reviews—don’t take my word for it, just click here, here, and here!—I felt it was time to take another look at the game and decide how to make it even better. I’ve spent the last few years tweaking and refining what makes OVA work, and replaced what was inconsistent or clunky. So even if you already own the original game, there’s lots of new stuff here to make your games smoother and more fun. Complications make failed tasks more than just awkward stop signs, the new Attack ability consolidates several old ones in a way that’s elegant and makes sense. This tuned-up edition of OVA simply plays better and smarter!

So where do you come in? I wanted to do more than revise the game itself, I wanted to rebuild the book from the ground up to be as beautiful as possible. Graced with a new logo, organized by a clean, fresh layout, and filled cover-to-cover with never-before-seen full-color artwork, OVA will be as fun to read as it is to play.

With such measures taken to make the content itself look great, I want to make sure that nothing is lost in the transition to print. And I need your help to produce a book with 156 beautiful, full-color pages.“
– OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game product description

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