How to play Perfect Anime Draft
2 to 6 players · online or one phone · about 10 minutes
Build the perfect anime out of parts from real ones: Luffy as the hero, Nen as the power system, Madara as the final boss, "Unravel" as the opening. Every part goes to auction and everyone has the same money. At the end the table votes on which anime they'd actually watch.
The rules
- Everyone gets $20 and needs one of each part: Main Character, Power System, Villain, Signature Move, Opening and Ending. The host can play 3 to 6 parts. The Main Character always stays, and the money shrinks with the game ($10 for 3 parts).
- Parts are auctioned one category at a time. Each category has one more lot than there are players.
- Win a part and you're done with that category: you sit out its other lots.
- You always keep $1 for each other part you still need, so with six parts the first bid can be at most $15.
- When only one player still needs a category, or the lots left only just cover the players who need it, they pick from what's left for free. The player with the least money picks first.
- Between categories a curse comes up, like "40% of the episodes are filler". Nobody bids on a curse. It pays whoever takes it, and the payment goes up until someone does (to +$5, then it goes to the richest player). There are at most one fewer curses than players, so at least one anime stays clean.
- At the end everyone votes for the anime they'd watch. If it's a tie, Kida settles it on paper from the parts' ratings, minus the curse.
What's in the deck
| Part | Some of the options |
|---|---|
| Main Character | Luffy, Saitama, Light Yagami, Edward Elric, Spike Spiegel, Lelouch, Gintoki, Tanjiro, Denji, and a few bad picks like Takemichi |
| Power System | Nen, Cursed Energy, Alchemy, Stands, Devil Fruits and Haki, Chakra, Bankai, Quirks, Geass, Return by Death |
| Villain | Madara, Aizen, Sukuna, Meruem, Dio, Frieza, Makima, Pain, Doflamingo, Muzan, Isabella |
| Signature Move | Malevolent Shrine, Unlimited Void, Gear 5, Kamehameha, The Rumbling, Serious Punch, Rasengan, Black Flash |
| Opening | "Unravel", "Guren no Yumiya", "Gurenge", "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", "Tank!", "KICK BACK", "Blue Bird", "Idol" |
| Ending | The Promised Day, Zero Requiem, Steins Gate reached, "See you, space cowboy", and a few that fans still argue about, like the ending of Attack on Titan |
| Curses | Filler, a two-year hiatus, a studio change in season 2, a rushed anime-original ending, the beach episode, a cliffhanger with no season 2 |
Some parts are traps on purpose. A cheap main character looks like a bargain until the vote.
A category, step by step
Three players, Villain category, four lots. First up: Sosuke Aizen. Hana bids $3, Ivo $6, Hana $8. Ivo drops out. Hana has her villain and sits out the rest.
Next lot: Zeke Yeager. Ivo and Jun both pass. Nobody wanted it, so it's gone.
Now two lots are left for two players who need a villain. The lots only just cover them, so Jun (who has less money) picks free and takes Hisoka. Ivo gets the last one.
Then a curse: "The author goes on a two-year hiatus". The payment climbs, +$1, +$2, +$3. Jun takes it for $3 to afford a better opening. It will cost Jun in the vote.
Tips that actually help
- Passing isn't losing. If you pass on every lot, you still get a part free at the end of the category. The question is whether what's left is good enough.
- Bid for what you leave behind. Winning early means you don't choose last. Letting others spend early means the bad lots end up with them.
- A curse is a loan. $3 to $5 can buy you the best opening. Take one when the part it buys is worth more than the hit in the vote.
- The vote is about watching. "Would you actually watch this?" Openings and endings matter more than people expect.
Common questions
Why can't I bid more?
You keep $1 for each other part you still need. The game says so under the bid buttons when that's what's stopping you.
What happens to a lot nobody bids on?
It's gone. With fewer lots left, the free pick comes sooner.
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