When you spend 10 YEARS perfecting your anime RPG...

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[@rentsy3444]

Thank you for a 40 minute review! Very rich, and Break's years of development deserve it Kudos to the team

[@riChchestMat]

I have this book and while it’s very pretty there are two things stopping it from getting played: 1: all players need this big book to roll up a character, or you have to spend a lot of time sharing the one book. It’s a barrier to entry. A QuickStart booklet would be fantastic. 2: a lack of ready to play adventures. There’s no quick play scenario in the book. This raises the workload on the DM when the focus should be getting used to the system.

[@QuestingBeast]

I'm looking forward to the starter adventure that's going to be kickstarted soon. Curious to see what their vision of an adventure looks like.

[@kevoreilly6557]

2. Seems like such a bad decision …

[@shasta_creates]

Non-deluxe edition is still an incredibly well-made book. This version looks BEAUTIFUL. The game itself is pretty rad. Excellent review

[@MattMillerMacLeod]

Break is so close to exactly what I want in a fantasy RPG of this type but it misses in big enough ways that I feel compelled to continue working on my own game. That said, I bet it is going to be tons of fun for those that dive into it.

[@BokehBard]

Our daughters just got into dnd at an afterschool program. I haven’t been able to talk them into a home game, but I think something like this will persuade them!

[@Kholan95]

🎉 Best of luck

[@ConsummateGamer]

I can't afford to watch this channel anymore ; ) Seriously, thanks for covering this. I was interested in the Kickstarter and than it fell off my radar. Now it's ordered, enroute, and I'm already loving the PDF. Good stuff!!!

[@thegneech]

Adventures is what it's all about. There are a double-handful of potentially great anime-themed RPGs, but not an adventure module among them (except for Sword World, which has dense translations of replays as opposed to actually useful adventures). That said, this does look cool and fun. :)

[@JANoll1]

So glad you made this video. I had no clue about this game. After watching your extensive flip through, I purchased a copy. This may be what I’ve been looking for to run my anime fantasy game.

[@TheBreadPirate]

Such a cool idea! I love the anime art.

[@ChrisSneeze]

Dude. It’s an anime RPG by way of the OSR. Pretty sweet.

[@CScott-wh5yk]

My Torchbearer books have gilded edge.

[@kevoreilly6557]

Yeah, I have several - but it is a lovely premium touch

[@dungeonmaster16]

0:25 meanwhile at the lair of roll for combat: alright guys send this "casual" bunch of our books to show off the gilding we do in our books.

[@ianfletcher6039]

I backed this as well. Love it, it's rapidly become my favourite fantasy RPG.

[@Thoraxe5150_]

I'm glad I watched this. When I looked through my copy I said, "Oh jeez, this looks complicated as hell, I'll never get my players to buy in." But this looks actually really manageable and having the PDF means I don't need to worry about everyone sharing the one physical copy.

[@lexedmonds9075]

Hey! Nice timing! I've been trying to get into this game after another content creator walked through the book. The dedication to art and visuals is insane. I can't wait to find a team of people to play with!

[@zenithquasar9623]

Omg, this looks sooo good!❤

[@StephenMickA]

Thank you for this overview. I ordered it along with your RPG as well!

[@Bogrin]

Backed the normal version on kickstarter! Love playing it with my daughter

[@Ike_of_pyke]

As a kickstarter backer of them and you , glad to hear you've gotten yours

[@denisplante]

This game might appeal to my goofiest players.

[@TheAzure]

Your goofiest players sound like awesome people!

[@alleundersammemaane]

It looks amazing! Thanks for showing it!

[@kevoreilly6557]

Shame they don’t have a US distributor, because $25 for shipping is a no-go…. Edit Damn you Ben …. Ordered anyway 😅

[@Frederic_S]

As a big Blades in the Dark fan (and GM) I freaking love downtime activities!! So cool Break has it too.

[@YawdroGaming]

Kind of crunchy. Kind of video gamey. Looks like a lot of fun. I haven't seen many TTRPGs with this aesthetic so it fills a niche in my mind! I can immediately think of 3-4 players that I KNOW would eat this up. Great review!

[@chummer2060]

I bought the book because I liked what influenced them. It's all the stuff I loved growing up. I haven't had a chance to run/play it yet, but now I really want to!

[@ericjome7284]

Real time experience points is very intriguing.

[@seancornish8990]

Heck yeah! I got my book a few months back. So excited to hear your take!

[@bark_madly]

This looks lovely--ordered it ❤🎉

[@mactireliath2356]

I like the art style; it offers something bright and aesthetically different than the tired Middle Earther vibe that is regurgitated over and over again. Everything doesn’t have to be medieval and dirty to have substance.

[@alleundersammemaane]

It is perfect! I’ll show this to my kids and they’ll start to purr like Catra from She-Ra and jump around like Link all exitedly

[@zenithquasar9623]

This is so creative and fun!

[@n4tune8]

DCC 4th printing kickstarter edition had gilded edges... and thumbnails!

[@VitoWolf-me3tq]

Looks great. Thanks for sharing this

[@IAcePTI]

I allmost dident backed this ttrpg, until i saw the Battle Dance move xD Dont know why, but that made me pledged for the Limited Edition... that and the black cover with that colored pages

[@bolicob]

Looks awesome! I might have to get this for my next campaign next year

[@samurguybriyongtan146]

This looks amazing! Wow!

[@scottlurker991]

I swear you really know how to make me go right to the website for a book. 😅

[@jcraigwilliams70]

Looks great.Wish I wasn't already pretty much committed to 3 other RPGs right now.

[@hariszark7396]

Very nice looking book. Very appealing to the eye. I don't know how good of a game this is thought. Ten years is a long time. I hope they have a good game and make good sales. Currently I'm on year 2 of making my own space RPG game. Sadly I don't have the funds to produce and publish something so beautiful....😢

[@nason.mcglinn]

Rai-neko, or as we know them, "Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. Thundercats, hooooooooo!"

[@icon_o_clast]

This is the game the group actually would have wanted when they asked me to run 5e for them a few years ago.

[@weirdguy564]

Art can radically affect how a game is perceived. This one is clearly Anime based. The Battle Princess class alone is a enough of a Anime based game. I'm sure my wife would like this, but its not really my style.

[@samdoorley6101]

Watches review compulsively, reaches for wallet.

[@jamestobin3806]

Legit.

[@TheKylebear]

Curious, are there diverse ways in constructing a character or restrictive in character creation much like DnD 5e.

[@matthewwhelehan5185]

DX meets JRPG... A cool mashup of D&D and Final Fantasy... Very interesting

[@sirguy6678]

Great review!

[@dkbibi]

😱 I want... No, I need it!!

[@МихаилВолков-м1к]

Does anyone know if they plan to release on Foundry?

[@Space_Masters]

What do the d20 numbers on the bottom left side of the page mean?

[@QuestingBeast]

You can flip to a random page to get a d20 roll. I don't know if the colors mean anything.

[@sgoyco20]

is it on anyflip??

[@misomiso8228]

looks like an incredibly book.

[@swordsnstones]

very cool, lots of reading to do for my wee brain though lol

[@malynym]

I have not followed this system at all. Coincidently, I am about to start a campaign in the same vein but using the Shadow of the Weird Wizard system.

[@daxterwous]

Look gorgeous. Great review!

[@israelmorales4249]

sounds really great

[@KILOBify]

Just started a game up of this 3~ish weeks ago. Has been a blast.

[@COOPFORTWO]

Gorgeous.

[@falsehero2001]

29:45 Ballooned...

[@tanakathecowboy]

Yet another clone of the old that simplified and then added more and turned out to be 400 pages. I love the visual design for accessibility but somehow it feels a little overtuned from design perspective. Like I am reading a commercial. Not my thing. I tend to favour minimalistic designs that maximize creative twists like Into the Odd.

[@Drago5899]

I thought this would de a neat game, but was ultimately disappointed to see that the final product is just another OSR game with a sloppy paint job over top. I love OSR games, and mechanically it's a 4/5, but everything else is a 2/5 at best. Break! claims to be inspired by 80's and 90's Anime, but I don't see any of that reflected in the rules. At all. The classes are just the same OSR classes with different names. For example, Battle Princess is simply a war-priest, Sneak is simply a thief, and Champion is simply a fighter. Checks are d20 roll under, but combat is still the modern d20 roll over to hit a TN slop. They have a few goofy things thrown in here and there (like the quirk system), but none of that constitutes "anime," let alone 80's and/or 90's Anime. The system seem to be built for silly, slice-of-life adventures, but the mechanics are full on SW&S OSR. I am not sure that is going to click with the intended player base. Throw on top of that Art with a high quality but questionable aesthetic and choices (why did they paint the Battle princess's hand white instead of giving her a glove?) and the author's fetishes disguised as "conditions" and I am not sure what exactly to make of this. It promises anime style adventure, but instead delivers an OSR game wearing a third party Halloween costume that vaguely resembles something akin to what a modern redditor thinks old school anime was like. It's disappointing, frustrating, and is borderline false advertising.

[@zenithquasar9623]

Questionable aesthetics? Illustrations look wonderful to me!

[@bluestarorion]

This looks fun! I think I'll get it for my daughter and I to play!

[@TheEctomancer]

Torchbearer 2nd edition has gilded edges.

[@messydeskproductions4159]

Degenisis has a book with gilded edges

[@ghostzone985]

I would like to know more, but sadly it is d20 what is kind of con

[@hogwarner9008]

I want to like this system, but there are so many things here that take me out of it.

[@BrawlerGamma]

>Ben starts talking about how he wishes the random tables were longer and more extensive >I start snickering >"Of course, if you had my book, Knave 2nd Edition--" >"I do." >look over at both physical versions on the shelf next to me lmaooo

[@gray007nl]

Genuinely like stunned by the people complaining about the art, it looks great to me.

[@Jibcutter]

When I first learned about it during their KS, I at first bounced off it. However, after researching more and watching past live streams of author explaining it, then the art actually grew on me (enough to back LE version of it).

[@zenithquasar9623]

Yeah, the art looks so fantastic to me!

[@csudab]

Someone please tell me what that cosmology poster is 😂

[@davidbudzik5970]

If you’re talking about the poster in the background, it’s Thra, from the Dark Crystal.

[@madjarov42]

The premise of this seems very similar to Degenesis: Rebirth, but more child-friendly and less insane production value.

[@CalaveraSancho]

Ow. My wallet.

[@scottlurker991]

This is the first rumor or leak video I've watched in a while because they're so pervasive and getting tired.

[@k9ine999]

Doesn't really look like anime.

[@KILOBify]

It's a lot more inspired by manga and JRPGs.

[@jayjordan1957]

The cover art looks crap though.

[@paulll47]

Looks interesting, too bad for the anime aesthetic, it's possibly the one thing that I can't accept into a ttrpg.

[@Majiger]

You could just use the rules without the aesthetic. Nothing says you have to copy the author's view of their world.

[@gackybass]

I could say the same about the disgustingly phoned-in art that most mainstream RPGs have been using for the last 5-10 years. Fortunately, it's a rulebook, not an artbook, and I can just ignore the art.

[@mactireliath2356]

@@gackybass I feel that way about Middle Earthers making everything medieval and dirty. Such a tired aesthetic imo.

[@x5132]

@@MajigerIt depends on the rule set. But in this case, the aesthetics clearly leak into the rules and wording used within them, such as the 'princess' classes or adversaries like 'murder maid'. You can always disregard the art, and homebrew any rule, wording or flavour text you don't like, but at some point you have to ask yourself 'if im going to change so much, is this actually a system I would enjoy?'. I wouldn't. I do enjoy my ttrpgs being a bit closer to simulation (not too much, because it becomes a slog tracking everything), or just a vague frame of rules, just enough to contextualize the roleplay.

[@Majiger]

@@x5132 I agree with your sentiment, but if anime itself is the issue, there isn't that much that needs to be changed to ignore that aspect. Personally, I would argue the Princess class has nothing anime about it. You can easily play out the Battle Princess as a Jean of Arc if she was more about being a bubbly character rather than a military figure. If you are referring to the Murder Princess, I still don't see anything "anime" about it, unless you consider anything outside the rigid historical medieval setting as anime. There is not a single mention of a Maid in the PDF that I can find, so if you can tell me a page, I'd like to take a look. Chib's can easily be replaced with Gnomes with little to no issue. In my opinion, you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. Now, if this was Dolemnwood and you wanted to remove all the fairy tale aspect out of it, then yes I would 100% agree with you and tell that person to just play OSE.

[@hexchad765]

Meh. Art looks cheap

[@Fearior]

Looks animation-stylized

[@keelan3332]

hard disagree. Look's like stills pulled right out of an anime episode, which is definitely what they want.

[@hexchad765]

@@keelan3332 huh... Looks cheap to me. To each their own I guess

[@joel23899]

Bro has no whimsy 💀

[@jeremytitus9519]

@@joel23899 my friend underwent a whimsectomy after a week-long Ghibly binge left her in permanent pixie mode. Maybe bro has suffered similar tragedy. Let’s not judge 😔