In Collateral Damage, you take the role of a gang boss trying to take over Neo Japan. You command a group of typical characters from romantic comedy anime. You can direct them to battle it out in a city, but watch out! Characters can fall in love, and may then ignore your orders and instead follow their love across the board, battling it out for their love’s affection.
The first player to control a majority of Neo Japan, despite the complexities of love, wins!
What is Collateral Damage? Is it a strategic simulation where the outcome is entirely ruled by luck? Is it a role-playing system with almost no character interaction? A family board game totally unsuitable for children?
Collateral Damage simulates (to use the term loosely) Japanese animation (anime). More specifically, in contrast to the many hard-core, highly complicated, high-tech giant robot wargames on the market, it is a simulation of Japanese romantic comedy anime. The "units" of the game are individual fictional characters, with a unique set of statistics and a Special Power to distinguish each one. Each player acts as a Gang Boss trying to take over the island nation of Neo Japan, starting with two characters and recruiting more, then sending them into furious battle against characters controlled by the other players, sort of to conquer all and win the game, but mainly just for the heck of it. Unlike in most wargames, a player's control over her forces is always uncertain. In true anime fashion, characters fall in love—usually unreciprocated—and pursue their private objectives all over the game board, in flagrant disregard of their player's orders, often to the point of fighting each other more than the enemy. It's fun, trust us.
Collateral Damage: The Anime Board Game is the only known anime board game currently on the market. It is an exciting new board game for 2-6 players ages 13 and up. A game runs about 2 hours, and knowledge of anime is not necessary to play, but it can make the game more enjoyable. The game has everything needed for play, including 56 typical characters from romantic comedy anime, and a 4 page manga.
Pelin esittely mangamuodossa löytyy osoitteesta:
http://www.gozergames.com/images/manga-small.pdf