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What is RoboMACs?
RoboMACs is a "cinematic" Role Playing Game primarily concerned with the Giant Robot genre. By cinematic I mean that the game mechanics are fairly simple and encourage dramatic flair over bogging down in numbers and minutae.
What Kind of System Does RoboMACs Use?
RoboMACs was originally designed for publication in the latest incarnation of the Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer Magazine, and uses a heavily modified variant of their Free Style system. Character creation is Trait-based instead of Stat-based and can accomodate anything from normal humans to planet-sized mecha using a sliding scale. The game uses ten-sided dice, with 2d10 used for task resolution. Advancement is strongly tied to role-playing as opposed to just blowing things up.
How Far Outside The Genre Can RoboMACs Be Used?
It largely depends on what direction you take it. While best-suited for humanoid robot combat, it can easily be extended to paranormal humans and cyborgs (which is done in the sample campaign world, in fact). There is currently no magic system, but a later supplement may fix that. Just about any action-oriented anime can be modelled with RoboMACs to varying degrees of success, although the advancement system may need to be tweaked to fit some settings.
Article by Dave Van Domelan.