Dystopia Inc. announced

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Dystopia Inc. announced

Postby Russell » Tue Aug 12, 2003 3:07 am

This will be interesting :)

Straight from Holistic:

“DYSTOPIA, INC.” FORETELLS OUR FUTURE IN SPRING 2004

Atlanta, GA — Holistic Design, Inc., publisher of the popular Fading Suns science-fiction roleplaying game, is pleased to announce a brand new game exploring the history of the Fading Suns universe. “Dystopia, Inc.” takes players to the year 2323, when global megacorporations — called zaibatsu — ruled the Earth and began to spread their control into space. It’s not the gleaming utopia of progressive sci-fi, but an institutional dystopia where individuals struggle to build an identity in a world of pervasive, subtle mind-control.

“’Dystopia, Inc.’ is an attempt to breath new life into the popular but tired cyberpunk genre,” said Bill Bridges, developer and co-creator of the new game. “You won’t find solo hackers spending hours rolling dice against abstract and faceless programs — the hackers of Dystopia’s era pit themselves face-to-face against the virtual bodies of sentient programs. Hacking in ‘Dystopia, Inc.’ is more about guile and intimidation — that is, good roleplaying — than clever skill rolls.”

“Dystopia, Inc.” is the first volume in HDI’s new “Futures Past” series, exploring eras of the future that are actually past histories for Fading Suns’ 51st-century characters. No previous knowledge of Fading Suns is required, and “Dystopia, Inc.” acts as the perfect introduction to this fascinating universe. It chronicles the very beginnings of humanity’s initial exploration of space and the discovery of the alien jumpgate that makes star travel possible. Characters take the roles of corporate barons and enforcers, government regulators and spies, and exotic clavers, followers of unique sub-cultures like the Transhumanist mutants or the Sathraist space cultists. Behind the scenes, an underground revolutionary cell called Zero helps people help themselves to break out of the system of corporate and government control. Off Earth, the planets and moons of the solar system hide a variety of strange alien relics, giving rise to human-alien hybrid technologies.

“Dystopia, Inc.” presents playing options for two different game systems, the d20 Modern System and HDI’s own Victory Point System. It features new advanced classes, cybernetics rules, psychic powers, and a host of high-tech equipment and bizarre consumer gear. It continues Holistic's commitment to high quality, detailed roleplaying settings.

Look for “Dystopia, Inc.” in Spring, 2004.

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Re: Dystopia Inc. announced

Postby Mind Elemental » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:19 pm

That is so cool! :)

I wonder if anyone will run time travel campaigns pitting zaibatsu goons against Avestites, or whatnot. *.*

Russell, ever been on any FS MUSHes?

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Re: Dystopia Inc. announced

Postby Deathifier » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:36 pm

Interesting, they certainly are busy over there.

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Re: Dystopia Inc. announced

Postby Russell » Tue Aug 12, 2003 8:42 pm

Mind Elemental, nope, never heard of them. What exactly are they?

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Re: Dystopia Inc. announced

Postby Mind Elemental » Wed Aug 13, 2003 2:05 am

Yeah, HDI's PC games have apparently been going downhill recently... glad to see them doing some more FS-related stuff!

And Russell, a MUSH is short for a Multi-User Shared Hallucination – it’s a textbased roleplaying environment (as opposed to a MUD, which is a textbased Diablo-like environment), where we type things such as ‘Mind Elemental enters the forum, glancing around; with a satisfied look on his face, he walks over to Russell’s latest post and reads over it.’ :)


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