The Gaming Den

Does anyone have a simple-ish set of house rules that make vehicle armor not completely insane? We already have a gentleman's agreement to not abuse ramming or the vehicle chase/combat rules. Trying to take down a Citymaster seems basically impossible (20 armor + 16 Bod means we need DV 36?????)

Tenra Bansho Zero (TBZ) was originally released in 1998 by a Manga author/artist Junichi Inoue. 14 years later, the translated version was finally released, after a $129K push from Kickstarter. This long gap between its development and its US release date can contribute to a strange sense of dissona...

I've played this a few times, and MC'd it once. In hindsight, I feel that the game is more like two separate games: a surprisingly modern (for its time period) rules-light narrative game, and an old-school, broken-as-hell crunchfest combat system. Pretty much all of the prior criticisms of the game ...