![]() ![]() It will focus on Japanese culture, mythology and locations – and Son of Oak have stated that they are being consulted on the project, and that they do plan to expand to other cultures as well. The second book is called Tokyo:Otherworld and is purely a setting book, set it a dystopian cyberpunk Japan (well, the whole world is dystopian cyberpunk) and an alternate universe of their standard City of Mist setting. The Kickstarter project will contain two books: The first will contain the system itself, as well as a proto-setting and a starting adventure. The players will be mercenaries who seek out the relics – whatever these might be – that are the source of this magic. ![]() Instead of ordinary people gaining these mythical powers, corporations, crime syndicates and governments (is there a difference between them in cyberpunk settings?) try to control them. In Metro:Otherworld, instead of the Mist you have the Noise, described as “the sum of all stimuli in the accelerated information age”. In City of Mist, the titular Mist turns myths and legends into reality, and the player characters are essentially everyday characters that have merged with a particular legend. Son of Oak also published the City of Mist RPG system: a classless, statless system that relies on “tags”, and on which Metro: Otherworld is based – specifically, it is powered by CoM Reloaded, a streamlined version adapted for this type of game. If we exceed our funding goal, we will continue to unlock more content as well as add dice, an MC screen, and cards to the box set.Metro: Otherworld is an upcoming cyberpunk-fantasy RPG by the Son of Oak Game Studio. The Tokyo:Otherscape Box Set will contain both books as well as five pregen character folios. This campaign will fund the creation of the game’s corebook, Metro:Otherscape, and the first urban setting book, Tokyo:Otherscape, focusing on the Megacities of Japan and Japanese spirits and specters known as Yokai, Kami, Oni, and more. ![]() Inspired by Japanese cyberpunk masterpieces like Ghost In The Shell and Akira, :Otherscape will take your group on a rollercoaster ride of gunfights, vehicle chases, cyberspace and urban-scape exploration, clashes of mythology and technology, faction wars, and philosophical questions about the nature of being human - and how to transcend it. ![]() It is designed by Amit Moshe and Son of Oak Game Studio, the award-winning team that created City of Mist, with art by manga artist Isago Fukuda and other gifted artists. :Otherscape is a new cyberpunk RPG that combines supernatural powers inspired by mythology and legend. Expected delivery for the digital products is this November and for the physical releases, next February. Tokyo:Otherscape is past the 600% funding mark and you can reserve a copy of the boxed set for a $99.00 pledge, both the core book and setting book for a $69.00 pledge, or just the PDFs of those two books for a $29.00 pledge through May 5th. Built on the game mechanics of the award winning City of Mist, this RPG teleports players to a high octane future world of competing mythology and technology. Son of Oak Game Studio is in the midst of a successful Kickstarter to bring the cyberpunk roleplaying game Tokyo:Otherscape to the masses. ![]()
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