Eclipse Phase
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| Publisher(s) | Posthuman Studios |
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| Publication date | 2009-08-23 |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| System(s) | d100/percentile |
| Random chance | Dice rolling |
| Website | http://www.eclipsephase.com/ |
Eclipse Phase is a science fiction horrorrole-playing game with transhumanist themes.Futurist Anders Sandberg noted its differences from GURPS Transhuman Space included its emphasis on posthuman (rather than transhuman) characters and cosmic horror. Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs,Eclipse Phase is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios and is released under a Creative Commons license. In 2010, it won the 36th Annual Origins award for Best Roleplaying Game. It also won three 2010 ENnie awards: Gold for Best Writing, Silver for Best Cover Art, and Silver for Product of the Year.
Eclipse Phase is a post-apocalyptic game of conspiracy and horror. The setting takes place after a World War III project to create artificial intelligence went rogue under the influence of an extraterrestrial entity known as the "Exsurgent" (best described as an organic computer virus with the capacity to infect both machines and animals with sapient qualities), resulting in the deaths of over 90% of the inhabitants of Earth.
Earth is subsequently abandoned, and existing colonies throughout the Solar System are expanded to accommodate the refugees. The setting explores a spectrum of socioeconomic systems in each of these colonies:
From there, the setting explores various scientific advances, extrapolated far into the future. Nanotechnology, terraforming, Zero-G living, upgrading animal sapience, and reputation systems are all used as plot points and background.
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