2021 Freeplay Awards Finalist — Excellence in Narrative and Non-Digital Game Award
THE YEAR IS 2020
Humanity has spread to space. GRAND CROSS is a space station orbiting Earth, a high-tech city, and a gateway to the stars. But in this distant future, it's in crisis...
HARD WIRED ISLAND is a retrofuture cyberpunk TTRPG, inspired by 90s anime. This 400-page PDF includes:... [click here for more]
This is a preview of Hard Wired Island, a retrofuture cyberpunk RPG. It contains an overview of the setting, along with the basic mechanics, sample characters, and an example scenario.
This was created for the Hard Wired Island Kickstarter. The full version has been expanded with more rules and art, but this should give you a rough idea of system and layout.
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Hard Wired Island: Behind the Scenes is a making-of document for HARD WIRED ISLAND, the retrofuture cyberpunk RPG, originally released to Kickstarter backers. It contains:
Sketches, work-in-progress art, and 3D models of the station
Notes on making TTRPGs, crowdfunding, and making cyberpunk from the creator's perspective
Notes on the setting writing process, from... [click here for more]
2023 ARPIA Winner — Best Scenario
HOME ON LAGRANGE
Tales From L5 is a collection of scenarios for HARD WIRED ISLAND, the retrofuture cyberpunk RPG. Each showcases different aspects of the setting and different styles of play, and they each have their own author and artist as well.
In Cat Scratch, the PCs... [click here for more]
You are a cat. Specifically, you are Felis catus, a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. You are such a cat that you understand none of those words. And you are on a space station. You donʼt really understand that either. You do, however, seem unusually smart...The Cat is a small expansion for HARD WIRED ISLAND, the retrofuture cyberpunk... [click here for more]
You are from Earth. Not the one Grand Cross orbits though—you're from an alternate Earth in another dimension. Where you're from, Hard Wired Island was a game—or maybe an anime, comic, or book series. After an unfortunate accident, you've somehow been reborn on Grand Cross. You're just a common Crosser, but one with knowledge of the setting and a unique power...The... [click here for more]