![]() ![]() The characters were also mostly bland, with Miki being the only one who really showed any signs of development. Chances are that you played a tabletop game at least once in your lifetime, whether it’s between friends or family. Without thinking they try out a German board game together. The foundation of Houkago Saikoro Club (Afterschool Dice Club) is based on tabletop games in the form of card games, board games, and of course, dice games. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a specialty board games store. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. The episode where they played Gokiburi was easily the best for the exact reason that it drew on these threads of familiarity that anyone who has played board games can empathise with in this case new and somewhat unwilling players being converted. Aya is a high school girl who’s just moved to a new town. None of the girls took their cards to the bathroom with them for fear another would peak, and not once did we have someone exploit any part of a game. For anyone who plays a lot of board games, there are any number of shared experiences that this anime could have drawn on to involve us in the narrative, such as arguments over a dice roll that has fallen off the table, or someone pulling out the rule book mid-game. We are explained the rules, and then get a series of stills before one of the girls leans back, evidently having won. This is largely due to the constraints on animation, but I also felt like the viewer was wholly underestimated in almost all of the episodes. When it did get to game of the episode I really enjoyed the introduction of the rules, but always felt horribly let down by the actual game play. The vast majority of the episode's non-game time felt very strained and entirely superfluous. As of Volume 22, there is now an Rating Game World Tournament called the 'Azazel Cup' named after Azazel where all mythologies can participate. The Rating Game shares many similarities with the board game Chess. ![]() The story was in itself a bit too shallow and despite the first few episodes being pretty enjoyable they failed to set up a strong plot, or make me care particularly about any of the characters. High School Clubs and Organizations Pleasant Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs and organizations. The Rating Game ( Rtingu Gmu) is a competition between two Devils with a peerage. It was my favourite of the season in fact! That said, I couldn't give it close to full marks, and in reality would set it down at around 5/10. I'm a really big fan of tabletop games so I was going to love this show regardless of how good or bad it was - and I did. ![]()
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