A Nano-infested doomsday RPG about cybernetic misfits and punks raging against a relentless corporate hell.
The world is ending.
Again and again and again and again and again and ain nd ag.
Constantly in flux;shifting, distorting, always reborn as something worse. Destruction by ecological catastrophes, the fallout of history's belligerence; by modern man-madeMiseriesor the blood spilled by the reckless machine of capitalist supremacy. Mankind's greatest ability truly is to destroy itself in creative ways.Designer demise, consumer-customized death,endlessly on repeat.
Poisonous space rocks, nuclear weapons, cyclical revolutions, warring nations, warring corporations, warring neighbors; pandemics, tsunamis, volcanoes.In between it all: direct person-machine interfaces, tactical neural implants, and bacteria from outer space hijacking intercellular nanorobotics.And the sky is full of ads.
Everyone is interfaced/injected/infected/infestedwith something. Everyone wants something from everyone else. Everyone is a liar and a cheat.Everyone wants more creds.
Welcome to the year 20X3.
Welcome to the City of Y!##24
The Cy.
CY_BORGis a complete rules-light, rage-heavy tabletop roleplaying game based on and compatible withMRK BORG. Easy to play, easy to hack.
In it youll find:
A drive-by description of the megacity Cy after the Incident:from its rotting slums where gangs, cults and military corporations wage war, to the blinding scraper forests, neon cathedrals and holo-shimmering arcologies of Central and the toxic industrial hell zones shrouding it all in poisonous(but CYstainable Planet Certified)death smog.
Quick and dirty character creationwhere the roll of the dice determines who your punk is, what theyre capable of and who they owe money to.
d66 Miserable Headlinesmaking the rounds on the news and feeds with varying regularity, each one heralding chaos and destruction wracking the city until the cataclysmic conclusion seven headlines in.
A minimal, simple systemdesigned to stay out of the way and to be easily modded and customized. Rulings before rules.MRK BORGat its core, with a few tweaks and updates.
Optional rules and tables:Add tactical crunch to your violence withcombat modsfor cover, suppressive fire and more.Six classesfor your class war, including theForsaken Gang-Goon, theShunned Nanomancerand theRenegade Cyberslasher.Tablesadding depth and character to your punk, such asStyle, QuirksandCurrent Obsession.
Random Generatorsfacilitating near-endless play: missions, locations, corporations, cults and npcs populating the accelerating apocalypse.
Equipment(of varying legality) like guns and specialized ammo booster plug-ins, intelligent body armor, cybertech, decks fitted with custom Apps, and almost-controllable Nano powers with their latent infestations.
25+ foes to fight. From the countless soldiers of the SecCorps and gangs to corrupted Nanophreaks, soulless drones and cydroids, state-of-the-art combat vehicles and the ethereal, digital apparitions classified as Ghosts.
The introductory heistLucky Flight Takedown. Scope and infiltrate the Lucky Flight Casino, clear the debt data and/or shut the whole operation down. Should be a quick and easy job, right?
CY_BORG is created by Christian Sahln and Johan Nohr of Stockholm Kartell.
