Did you ever want to be a Japanese schoolgirl? Well now you can in a new RPG called Panty Explosion!In Atarashi Games’ Panty Explosion ($20) players take on the roles of psychic Japanese schoolgirls and battle nightmarish demons, ghosts, government agents and even each other. Like the typical “magical girl” manga or anime, Panty Explosion mixes the mundane and the macabre, the petty trials and tribulations of high school life and the life or death struggle against supernatural monsters. The rules encourage teamwork and creativity while focusing on friendship and storytelling. Anime and manga fans with an interest in immersive role-playing will be able to bring the experiences they have gained watching and reading their favorite magical girl sagas to this game.
Atarashi’s second gave is called Classroom Death Match, and ICv2 reports they also have a yaoi RPG in the works. You can go here and download a DEMO of Panty Explosion, which seemingly contains magic and monsters instead of crying in the bathroom, worries over monthly bloat, and shopping for knee high white socks.
You can also sing “Let’s play Panty Explosion” to the tune of “Master and Servant” by DMode!
How's the art in it?
ReplyDeleteWe'll know later in the week when our copy arrives in the store. :)
ReplyDeleteI wanna see this converted over for the LARPers to try out.
ReplyDeleteI wanna see this converted over for the LARPers to try out.
ReplyDeleteNo. No, you don't. You really, really don't.
Randy, do you really have to order a copy of this. I mean, there's actual porn out there.
ReplyDeleteHey, you don't have to tell me... I know all about the pron on the Internets.
ReplyDeleteBut c'mon... psychic schoolgirl role-playing games? Tell me we won't sell that.
Actually, I'm more looking forward to the Battle Royale knock-off it sounds like they're cooking up.
Actually, I looked at the demo, and it seems like it's pretty well put-together, with nice production values (the paper looks like lined notebook paper, a nice touch) and art and the proper tongue-in-cheek spirit. To wit:
ReplyDelete"Lurking deep in the recesses of Japanese society are ancient horrors that feed on the minds, flesh and fluids of men and women. These monstrous Demons are spawned by the apathy, hate, lust and avarice of the Japanese people and wait only for the chance to enter our world and extend their frightful influence. These nightmarish creatures operate in secret, often disguising themselves as average men and women to better prey on human kind.
Fortunately the Japanese people are not defenseless. For generations rare psychic powers have manifested in troubled young women. This secret phenomenon allows these schoolgirls to harness destructive powers to battle the Demons that seek them out to feed on their psychic essence. Unknown to the world, battles are fought between bloodthirsty Demons and fragile, frightened Psychic schoolgirls in schoolyards, gyms and swim halls across Japan."