Fighting Hearts: Overdrive! [WIP]

Howdy howdy howdy!

Hope you're all doing well, or at least as well as one can given the scorching heat and general mess we live in.

Today I want to share with you a work in progress file for a little project called Fighting Hearts: Overdrive! ("Martial Hearts" was already taken, unfortunately). It's going to be a hybrid board game/roleplaying game themed around 1 on 1 fighting games (Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Darkstalkers, Guilty Gear, you name it). The character options are abstract, so you are encouraged to rename them around your character's theme and style.

The game will be playable in scenario mode (RPG-oriented) or tournament mode (literally becomes a competitive board game).

In its current iteration (V0.3), the game can be played in the form of training matches or as a tournament (provided you establish the bracket rules yourselves). Additionally, you can download the Fighting Hearts Overdrive Scenario Rules Summary file to get a taste of the scenario rules (this is actually enough to run the alpha state of the game already, despite being stripped down to its basics).

Important Note: The character illustrations used in the game come from Jewel Saver FREE [ジュエルセイバーFREE]. Some of the artworks were adapted or altered. You can find more information here: https://jewel-s.jp/

July 2nd, 2023 update: added version 0.3 of the core ruleset, and updated the sample character.