| The Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror | |
|---|---|
 2nd Edition cover 2019 | |
| Designers | Rob Boyle |
| Publishers | |
| Publication | August 23, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-08-23) |
| Genres | Science fiction |
| Systems | d100/percentile |
| Website | www |
| ISBN | 978-0984583508 |
Eclipse Phase is ascience fiction horrorrole-playing game withtranshumanist themes. It was originally published byCatalyst Game Labs, and is now published by the game's creators,Posthuman Studios,[1]: 388 and is released under aCreative Commons license.
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Eclipse Phase is a science fiction horror[2] role-playing game withtranshumanist, post-apocalyptic, and conspiracy themes.[3][4]
The game is set after aWorld War III project to createartificial intelligence known as TITANs has gone rogue, 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, andreputation systems are all used as plot points and background.
With all of this, the game encourages players to confront existential threats like aliens, weapons of mass destruction, Exsurgent Virus outbreaks, and political unrest.
Eclipse Phase uses a simple roll-underpercentile die system for task resolution.[1]: 395 Unlike most percentile systems, a roll of 00 does not count as a 100. In addition, any roll of a double (11, 22, 33 etc.) is a critical. If the double is under the target number it is a critical success, while being over the target number constitutes a critical failure.
For damage resolution (whether physical damage caused by injury ormental stress caused bytraumatic events), players roll a designated number of ten-sided dice and add the values together, along with any modifiers.[5]
TheEclipse Phase roleplaying game was released under aCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license, and newer printings have updated to theCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 license; the text found on theEclipse Phase website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. As stated on their website, the publishers encourage players andgamemasters to recreate, alter, and "remix" the material for non-commercial purposes as long as Posthuman Studios is attributed, and any derivatives are licensed under the same Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. Further, copying and sharing the game's electronic versions non-commercially is legal.[11][12][13][1]: 395
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In 2010, it won the 36th AnnualOrigins award for Best Roleplaying Game of 2009.[1]: 396 It also won three 2010ENnie awards: Gold for Best Writing, Silver for Best Cover Art, and Silver for Product of the Year.[14]