Dominion Tank Police: Roleplaying Game & Resource Book

by David L. Pulver

Based on the classic 1989 four-part Japanese anime series, from the mind of Japan`s prominent storyteller artist, Masamune Shirow! In the year 2010 A.D., the Earth is a very unfriendly place -- the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968243126
• ISBN13: 9780968243121
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Guardians of Order
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

For fans of the anime or gamers...

the Guardians of Order always deliver. This book, all 165 pages, could be used to make a game with the Tri Stat System, or used as a resource for making your own game, or just as a fan book based on the classic 1989 four-part anime, Dominion: Tank Police. You can be a cop, a villain, or something in-between. That's the best part of the system, it can be used for almost anything. With the core rules, in 'Big Eyes, Small Mouth', you can role play almost anything.Has chapters on how to make characters, the world in question, character files, mecha, weapons, two small sample games and information for the Game Master. All you have to do is buy some dice and you have a complete game.Add supplement books like 'Big Robots, Cool Starships' or 'Hot rods & Gun Bunnies' and you can't lose.Lots of photos, some color photos and a nice cover showing the Puma sisters! If you love gaming, or are a fan of Masamune Shirow, or just love the Tank Police anime and/or manga, THIS is the book for you!

Fun, but not serious

Alot of your opinion of this game rests on how realistic you want it to be. The game is fast and simple, but alot of people may think it is too simplistic. The game does accomplish it's purpose: It's an excellent roleplaying game with lots of information on the world of 'Dominion.' It's rules for mecha are great, as anything you can imagine can be constructed; tanks, jets, robots, battleships, space ships - you name it, you can build it. While the rules are comprehensive, they have very little depth and this is surprising. As anyone who has read his comics knows, Masamune Shirow puts incredible amounts of time and energy into designing his robots to be as plausible as possible. This system has very little detail and nothing is compulsory, so your players may come up with some very unrealistic vehicles. Combat works the same way. It's closer to Final Fantasy than to Rainbow Six. If you want detail and realism, go play GURPS. You won't find it here. On the other hand, this lack of realism is fairly well suited to a comedy like 'Dominion.' It lets your players enter firefights with good chances of survival and inflict incredible amounts of collateral damage. They'll probably get a kick out of the sheer amount of destruction they wreak, which is a very important part of 'Dominion's sense of humor. The only other problem with this book is the art. All of the pictures, except for the front and back cover, are images from the TV series. And while a few of these are nice, there is no original art AT ALL in this book. Of course, the TV images are a bit fuzzy, and one can only imagine all the cool diagrams and schematics they could have crammed in here. On the plus side, this book is compatible with all the other anime games Guardians of Order prints, so if you ever wanted to have a Sailor Scout at the buisiness end of a 150mm tank cannon, here's your chance. :-) So there you have it. Like I said before, if you want detail and realism, go play Gurps: Mecha. If you want it quick, simple and fun, check this one out.

Excellent book for roleplayers and Dominion fans both!

Guardians of Order have been putting out some truly excelling media tie-in games of late... and their 'Dominion Tank Police RPG and Resource Book' is probably the best so far.The Tri-Stat System is easily learned and perfectly suited for the fast-moving slap-stick action present in the original 'Dominion' animated series (upon which this game and sourcebook is based) as well as Masamune Shirow's 'Dominion Take Police' graphic novel.Gamers, anime fans, and fans of Masamune Shirow will all enjoy this book a great deal. I'd be giving it a Five Star rating if not for the fact that I wish the book had contained a map of Newport City that put all the locations mentioned in relation to one another. Even if the map had just been of 'downtown' Newport City, i would have been content.