The Kickstarter project for a Blade Runner role-playing game was successfully funded in just three minutes, exceeding expectations.
Belonging to the dystopian future genre controlled by large sinful corporations, Blade Runner is a quintessential movie classic. The original film is an adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick released in 1968. Although Blade Runner underperformed in movie theaters at the time of its release, it garnered strong attention and love over the years and late together inspire the critically acclaimed sequel directed by Denis Villeneuve, director of 2021’s Dune.
As for role-playing games for tablets, this is one of the gems that surprised the other gaming community, but undeniably the two most popular and complete games are Shadowrun and Cyberpunk. Each game spawned adaptations from the rather bleak futuristic world. That’s not the case with Shadowrun Trilogy which originated as a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter and it succeeded. This time, Free League Publishing and Alcon Entertainment used the crowdfunding platform to launch Blade Runner as an official role-playing game.
Titled Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game, the setting takes place in the neon-noir streets of Los Angeles in the year 2037, approximately twelve years before the events of the second film. There is no doubt that excitement for the project has been running high, as the Kickstarter funding hit its budget target of $10,124 just three minutes after launch. Since this article was published, the project has accumulated over a million dollars in funding, leaving only 21 days left for backers to contribute their funds to the Kickstarter project.
The idea behind the project was to create a role-playing game that took the themes of underworld power, including corrupt politicians, corporate conspiracy, and interwoven moral conflict. throughout. The development kit for the role-playing game will be based on the Year Zero Engine but uniquely tailored to the world and setting of Blade Runner. Depending on how many stretch goals the Kickstarter project meets at the end of the funding period, the startup will get a variety of future additions, such as custom dice sets, blueprints, and cards feature.
Only one goal remains to be reached for now, but given the project’s lightning-fast funding pace, the Blade Runner RPG is expected to be fully funded in terms of potential features coming out sometime next year. late tonight.
