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For the first time in years, OVA is back in print! Through DriveThru RPG and RPGNow's Print-on-Demand service, you can order the original book for $5 less than it originally cost in stores.


While watching your favorite anime, have you ever wished you could be a part of it?

The OVA Role-Playing Game has all the rules you need to recreate those diverse worlds of Japanese animation you've grown to love. From inventing your own fictional persona to becoming part of the adventure, all you need is a few friends and you're ready to go!

  • Easy Yet Versatile
    The Ricochet mechanics are accessible to anyone. Not needlessly complicated or dummied down, complete beginners and die-hard gamers can play side by side.
  • Create Your Perfect Character
    OVA's unique statless character creation system makes getting started a breeze. Open-ended rules make anything possible, and creating characters is as simple as describing them.
  • Entertaining and Lavishly Illustrated
    Rules are punctuated with detailed examples and artwork featuring colorful, recurring characters. Over 60 illustrations by some of today's most talented anime-style artists.
  • Anything is Possible
    Whether you want to fight evil as a transforming magical beauty, defend Earth against alien attackers, compete in ancient fighting tournaments, or simply survive campus life, OVA can make it possible. If you can dream it, you can do it!

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Reviews
Timothy B. [Featured Reviewer]
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May 29th, 2012
This is a new one to me, but not a new game. I just got it and I like what I see so far. The system is very different that BESM, but it has some good character creation guidelines that I think would work nice with any game. The book is a thin 125+ pages, [...]
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July 12th, 2011
I found this better than Tri-Stat/BESM, but it still has problems that need tweaking.
Michael W. [Featured Reviewer]
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June 7th, 2010
OVA is a multi-genre roleplaying game much like the better known “Big Eyes, Small Mouth”. And just like BESM it's meant to bring the tropes of Japanese anime to the gaming table. I would not call myself an avid anime fan, but I’ve seen a few movies [...]
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April 19th, 2010
As some reviewers have already stated, this is a good game, with one major flaw: the abilities are redundant. What I have done is to re-work them down to about 50% of the number of abilities to choose from, which makes the game simpler, without really des [...]
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April 12th, 2009
System Overview: I believe OVA accomplishes its design as a fast, intuitive, simple, versatile anime roleplaying game. Character creation is relatively simple and characters generated can be very unique at the same time. My players generated characters [...]
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Product Information
Silver seller
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Pages
128
Edition
1.0
Publisher Stock #
WT1001
File Size:
32.88 MB
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Original electronic
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Wise Turtle Publishing
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