Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game

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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by R. Talsorian Games in 1997.

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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game ( ISBN   0-937279-93-5) is a science fiction game based on the Armored Trooper Votoms anime, and uses the Fuzion system. [1] :296

Publication history

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Roleplaying Game was published by R. Talsorian Games in 1997. [1] :296

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