I've seen RPGs for just about everything. Super heroes, wild west, fantasy, sci-fi, Star Wars, post apocolyptia... Even cobbled together worlds with a bit of everything like RIFTS. But I think now I've seen damn near everything, thanks to a friend of mine.

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Yes, it's a roleplaying game. Yes I bought it. Yes it's that damn good.

Seriously tho, knowing my interest in maids (One only has to look at my art to confirm it), a friend sent me this link. They were sold out of the hard-copy for months, and finally, the past few weeks, they went back into print. I finally got my much anticipated copy, and read it....

I'll admit I was blown away by this RPG. I figured it'd be kinda silly, maybe a bit fun to screw around with, get a few ideas, maybe some nice manga/anime pictures (Since it's essentially a translation of a Japanese game), and just stuff away on some shelf. I was floored when I actually read it. Partly because the art (what little there is) isn't that great. But as I read, the sheer depth in this simple to play game blew me away.

The concept is simple. All the players play a maid, the GM plays the "Master", and everyone goes from there. Leave your shame at the door (they actually recommend that in the forward), bring some D6s, and get ready for some truly odd fun. This is a game that can be as serious or light as you want it. Designed intentionally to replicate the fan-service styles of the "Harem" animes, it skirts a PG/PG-13 line, and tosses out random tidbits that are truly laugh worthy.

Now before I gush all over it, there are downsides:
1: Most everything is determined randomly. This can lead to all sorts of confusion as you end up with tables and tables of what the die rolls can mean (Fortunately you're free to ignore a lot of them if you so choose. A majority of them are alternate rules).
2: If anyone isn't totally comfortable at the table with the idea of playing obviously sexualized females, the discomfort level could get pretty high. This is for people with little to no shame about playing a sexy female character with friends.
3: Going along with that, it's easy for such things to go overboard and into "creepy" levels rivaled in some Hentai (a point the book even jokes about in some places, referencing Bible Black and Uritsukidojo... which the latter I'm sure I misspelled).
4: The chaos is such that the GM can loose control VERY easily, and since in this game the GM essentially plays a character themself (The Master of the manor/mansion/spaceship/whatever), they can get swept up or just blown away.
5: Pre-planning is damn near impossible, since random events (which anyone can initiate for a cost) and general insanity means the players (and even the GM) will go way off track practically before you get started...

Simple truth. if you're looking to play a hero in some big game... actually this might be for you. I think the only real thing the game can't do... is let you play a male. The system is extremely flexible, and with the optional content included you can do almost anything (it's technically 3 books in one. In Japan it was released as one main book and 2 supplements. They combined them into one massive book for the translation, topping at over 200 pages). While it says "maids" on the cover, the general rules are so simple they could easily convert everyone to schoolgirls, or ninja, or whatever. Heck, the pre-written scenarios include ones where the PCs are Shinto Priests guarding a shrine and a "sentai" style 5 maid "team" to take down the evil maids taking over the world (the latter done with tongue firmly planted in cheek). This game was designed to be taken as seriously, or not, as you damn well please.

Overall I cannot recommend it enough. Get it, love it, play it. Hell, even if you just roll dice and try to see how many wacky messed up maids you can make, you'll enjoy it. If you don't... then that stick is planted far too firmly in the mud for me.

- Polecat