The range of abilities available to characters are then augmented by advantages and disadvantages. Lastly, if you’re playing a limited game – imagine veteran cops in a noir setting when most characters are unlikely to develop new abilities – then the cost per level increases to 3 xp per level.Īs tends to be characteristic of “second generation” RPGs OVA begins with details on how to create characters and it is a straight forward. In a standard game the exchange rate is 2 xp per level. If you’re playing a heroic level game (imagine Naruto discovering new powers in almost every episode) then you boost your abilities at the rate of 1 xp per level. In the experience point system the rate of advance depends on the type of game you’re playing. With a mere +1 your top success goes from 6 to 12 but you’ve an equal chance of your bonus being 2 (two 1s) as it is of being 12 (two 6s).Īlready in the system we can see how OVA makes sure it pays attention to the sort of action styles commonly found in anime. If you roll 4d6 and get 3, 3, 3 and 5 then the three 3s add together for 9.Īs a result the extra dice are pretty hefty wildcards. So if you roll 3d6 and roll 3, 3 and 5 then the two 3s add together for 6. The catch – and this feels appropriate for the levels of success and failure we see in anime – doubles add together. If you’ve a +1 in a relevant ability then you roll an extra dice 3d6. To see if you’re successful you two 2d6, take the best and see if you beat the target number. If you’ve a +1 in an ability then you’re better than average. OVA’s dice system is actually rather nice. “Storytelling” games are the third generation. Second generation means a clever and slick use of stats for action orientated game mechanics. Okay, so what’s a “second generation” RPG? Some folk might say “OSR” but I hate how badly defined that term is meaning different things to different people.
Niko Geyer’s anime illustrations are wonderful. I now have a copy of OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game Revised Edition.
I suck at filling in Kickstarter prompts so I’m not sure where that book is (late, perhaps, mislaid, perhaps) but at the start of this month I got prompts to download the PDF copy of the new game. I went big in by backing grabbing a large hardback rulebook. Last year OVA wisely popped up at Kickstarter and raised over $110,000 in funds. That’s partly thanks to the rise of cosplay and conventions but also the internet making it easier for fans outside of Japan to access shows. The physical book has been out of print for ages. The OVA RPG is an old one even DriveThru RPG records the original first being uploaded to their catalogue back in 2012.
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