is a cyberpunk

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with a long history in Japan. It is in its fourth edition: ''Tokyo NOVA The Detonation''. It supports stories in the cyberpunk, hardboiled crime fiction, and contemporary fantasy genres. The setting is an alternate near-future Tokyo called "Tokyo NOVA", after a

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. Tokyo NOVA is a dangerous and attractive city. Playing cards are used instead of dice in the ''Tokyo NOVA'' system. The suits of cards correspond to four abilities: Spade (♠) is reason, club (♣) is passion, heart (♥) is life, and diamond (♦) is mundaneness. This system is similar to that used by '' Castle Falkenstein'', which ''Tokyo NOVA'' predates by a year. The game features a "style" system, which somewhat corresponds to a character class system but represents not only the abilities and occupations of the characters but also ways of life. For example, the ''Kugutsu'' (Japanese for "

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") style represents not only the job of a megacorp's employee but also the character's unshakable loyalty to the company.

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