Basically, I want a system that will do post-apocalyptic survival horror against giants, Draculas or Zombies or Frankensteins, with the protagonists as cool people with swords and gadgets. Bonus points if it's steampunk-ish, I guess.
I've been watching anime with my daughter, and I figure it wouldn't suck to a run a game for her while summer vacation lasts.
Savage Worlds.
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;910923Savage Worlds.
Just vanilla Savage Worlds or is there a particular something I should grab with it? Bear in mind, I have minimal Savage Worlds experience.
Just the vanilla book. Here is their "quick-start" rules. http://www.peginc.com/freebies/SWcore/TD06.pdf
Big Eyes Small Mouth.
Or for some real crazy... Mekton. Just stat out the giants as if ot were a mecha.
hmm for kabaneri i'd probably use a fantasy ruleset and mix in some steampunk tech for the guns and such, the kabane are really just zombies that have a slightly tougher kill point than the usual beheading your regular ones have, maybe somethign with a hit location style combat system would work best for that though to better model the trickyness of getting a killshot if your not trained.
OneDice from Cakebread & Walton could be easily adapted. The basic rules are pay what you want on DriveThru and there is also a Steampunk version.
The system is a simple d6+attribute+skill vs target number. It provides surprising depth of play for such a light system. Very easy to add new stuff to or modify to taste.
I like OVA for anime based games. It's very versatile and can cover almost every style.