![]() ![]() ![]() Just as important, if players want to create a hi-tech hacker character, then they can, and there’s plenty for them to do. ![]() There’s no pulling out your smartphone and calling the police here, not with the likely drama, bureaucracy of the government systems and widespread privatisation of civil security, for example. In so many scenarios, if the player characters need something to happen, they’ll likely have to do it themselves. There’s plenty of opportunity for action and violence here. I imagine that’s a risk too.Īltered Carbon is an excellent setting for a tabletop RPG. On the downside, that’s still to come and as I’ve already admitted to not knowing the source material that well, I would worry about breaking canon.īreaking canon is especially bothersome if it happens accidentally and unwantedly because Altered Carbon author Richard K Morgan writes new material. I imagine this can provide sourcebook potential and mega curveballs plot twists for years to come. I hadn’t released that the wider Altered Carbon setting involved the discovery of ancient aliens and related mysteries. The game details Bay City providing plot hooks, NPCs and locations so that you as GM can weave your own plots from these stable pegs, or when your players do something unexpected that you have extra content handy. Whereas I get the setting, you’ll see that I struggle with the rules. I am proof that you don’t need to either know the Altered Carbon setting very well to play the tabletop game. I’ve only seen the first Netflix series, I’m yet to watch the second (and I’ve decided to because I enjoyed this RPG so much), and I have not read the books. There are two parts of the Altered Carbon setting Bay City and the more expansive universe. This distinction is pronounced and profound in Altered Carbon, given that the character could literally change their body or buy an upgrade during the game. It’s not uncommon for RPGs to have stats to describe characters in terms of their mental abilities and, separately, what they’re capable of physically. Everyone else is just a cog in the machine. 2020 was a big year for cyberpunk tabletop games and even so Altered Carbon stands out.ĭrawing on the Netflix series, which in turn draws on the books, the Altered Carbon RPG is set in a world where the wealthy buy replacement bodies for themselves and backup their consciousness in case of accidental death. ![]()
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