Anima: Tactics is a miniatures game of heroic fantasy combat, with powerful magic, combat styles, and martial arts unleashed in a fusion of Eastern and Western art, myth, and style.
Each player brings a party of heroes to the field of battle, choosing characters, equipment, and other advantages with total levels no more than the fixed value selected for the game (250 levels for a standard game). No party may contain characters from both the Light and Darkness factions, unless all characters in the party are drawn from the same affiliation (there are eight affiliations in the game, such as the Church, the Empire, or the Black Sun trading cartel).
Most parties will be between two and eight characters.
Each character has a unique character card which determines his traits and abilities. In addition to a name and faction affiliation (found at the top of the card), characters also have an attack value, a damage value, a defense value, an armor value, a life total, a resist value, and a speed. They also have an action total, an action refresh rate, and possibly a variety of special actions.
The current rules set is available in a freePDF download. A new version of the rules is rumoured for release in January 2009.
You can also check out the official English Anima Forums for more information.
