The ''El-Hazard Role-Playing Game'' is a role-playing game published by

Guardians of Order Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gua ...

in 2001.

Description

The ''El-Hazard Role-Playing Game'' is based on the first '' El-Hazard'' anime OVA series and with rules based on the company's

Tri-Stat system Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gu ...

. The gameplay is reminiscent of the company's more generalized anime-inspired game '' Big Eyes Small Mouth'', but features some modified mechanics and additional skills to better fit the ''El-Hazard'' universe. For example, it is possible to create "Relic characters" that are similar in nature to Ifurita, and earthling characters have access to the attribute "Unknown Superhuman Power" which allows the

Game Master A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator, referee, or storyteller) is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game. They are m ...

to pick special attributes or powers that the player must discern over the course of gameplay. A note contained in the book suggested that the game would receive a supplement in 2002 based on characters and events from ''El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2'', but no such supplement was released.

Publication history

The ''El-Hazard Role-Playing Game'' was published by

in 2001. ''El-Hazard'' was the last RPG produced by Guardians of Order based on an anime license.

Reception

References

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