The Gaia Complex - A Game of Flesh and Wires
A cyberpunk RPG of corporate violence, artificial intelligence and vampirism.
THE GAIA COMPLEX - CORE RULEBOOK
The Gaia Complex is a cyberpunk RPG set on earth in 2119. Towards the end of the 21st century, the third world war, which became known as the Resource War, pushed mankind to the brink of destruction and brought ruin to the Earth’s atmosphere. Small pockets of humanity survived this horrific war, eventually forming the eleven metropolises which have managed to grow and prosper on account of the development of atmospheric processing and significant advancements in technology. Now cut off from each other, these heaving urban landscapes must each face their own difficulties and hardships. The Gaia Complex focuses on the largest of these metropolises; New Europe, a single sprawling city that covers much of what we currently know as mainland Europe. New Europe is a world of street violence, corporate espionage, vampiric uprisings and an overzealous A.I., known as Gaia, which functions as the city’s governor and the protector of its citizens.
The Gaia Complex is a dystopian world of urban violence, exploring the age of cybernetic enhancement through a vision of Earth that is somehow ‘changed’. This vision of the future injects both vampires and a strange species of people known as ferals, who are able to enter the minds of animals. This is a game of conspiracy and brutality, where players take on the roles of Mercs; former police officers, hackers and street-savvy dealers who are hired to fight back against the system and ultimately unravel the secrets of The Gaia Complex.
The Gaia Complex core book features:
A huge wealth of background, setting and lore to flesh out the world of 2119.
Multiple pieces of short fiction outlining the under-pinning story of The Gaia Complex.
A streamlined character creation process and bespoke rules system (known as 12.3) that will have players hitting the streets in no time at all.
Resources for players and GMs alike, including a number of pre-written scenarios known as ‘Data Seeds’, a library of NPCs and more hardware than you‘ll know what to do with.
A huge amount of gorgeous art that explores the places, people and items that populate New Europe and beyond.
It’s time to go Merc!
THE GAIA COMPLEX - HARDWARE 2119
Life in 2119 is underpinned by the need for ‘stuff’. Towering advertisements force-feed the newest Dyer Arms handgun down consumer’s throats, while the latest Diekumi-Tek cyberarm flashes across the screen between televised Death-Wing races. Even Mercs operating out of NeoMunich have become slaves to the corporate gods of technology.
New Europe’s commercial world isn’t all about the high street though, with back-alley arms deals, illegal software sales and the vampire blood trade forming the basis of what is simply known as the ‘black market’.
Hardware 2119 is the first official supplement for The Gaia Complex - A Game of Flesh and Wires, and provides a detailed look at the commercial world of New Europe.
This deep-dive includes a huge catalogue of cybernetics, weapons and new technology, as well as information about the corporations behind their creation. This book also provides a glimpse into the state of the black market, from arms dealers to those involved in the blood trade. This supplement is designed to be an essential companion to The Gaia Complex core book.
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Hardware 2119 features:
A huge catalogue of cybernetics, weapons, gear, programs, vehicles, drones, animals and newly-introduced Ghost-TAC suits.
A detailed look at the various black market trades: arms, stolen cybernetics, drugs, the sex trade, the blood trade, and information dealing.
An overview to the geography of NeoMunich: the hunting ground of the modern Merc and the heart of New Europe's black market.
A glimpse into more corporations, plus a deep dive into a few of the most prominent companies involved in the production of weapons and cybernetics.
New skills and additional GM tools, new Data Seeds, and a set of quick reference tables covering all of the game's existing weapons.
THE GAIA COMPLEX - EVOLUTION BY DESIGN
Funded on Kickstarter! Coming to print Q3 2024
Few can dispute that Gaia; Hansor Innovations' shining star of artificial intelligence, is primarily responsible for humanity thriving in New Europe. But life in 2120 is about more than the human race. Ferals interface with the wild beasts of the metropolis, running free through the rain-soaked streets, vampires lurk in the shadows of the Outer Fringe, waging a deadly blood war against rival syndicates, and Gaia conducts secret experiments as the New Europe police force deploy a wave of advanced law enforcement units to the metropolis' streets.
Evolution by Design provides an in-depth look at the game's three significant 'non-human' elements: ferals, vampires and artificial intelligence.
Evolution by Design Features:
Feral hangouts and regular meeting places, activist groups, the Circadian Network and other secret organisations.
Vampire Blood Syndicates and the conflict between them, the forming of vampire-controlled human armies, as well as new developments and evolutions in the vampire threat.
A disturbing insight to Gaia's current research focus, a look at rival AIs, an insight to advancements and new deployments in the New Europe police force, and the introduction of commercial A.I. subscriptions.
This book also provides a large number of new rules and GM tools to facilitate information broking and blood trade transactions, using bitter enemies, tracking a team’s most wanted status with the police, new vampiric abilities, police hardware, a range of additional NPCs and a number of Data Seeds themed to the content of this book.
Evolution by Design offers new and profound insights to both players and GMs of The Gaia Complex.
THE GAIA COMPLEX - GM SCREEN + DATA VAULT
Funded on Kickstarter! Coming to print Q3 2024
Recently funded on Kickstarter alongside Evolution by Design, the GM Screen + Data Vault pack contains a four-panel gamemaster’s screen, featuring stunning art on the player side and all the essential reference tables that a GM could possibly need on the reverse side.
In addition to the screen, the Data Vault booklet collects the all the adventure content of Data Seeds Volume 1-4, previously only available in digital format. The GM Screen + Data Vault is an invaluable tool for GMs looking to streamline their games even further.
THE PEOPLE
Chris ‘Shep’ Shepperson
Shep is a games designer and freelance writer, living in Derby, UK. Shep’s writing and design credits include SLA Industries, Devil’s Run RPG, Kings of War RPG, Dragon Dice and a whole host more. As the creator and writer of The Gaia Complex, his life is largely spent tapping words into a Macbook. When he’s not writing games he can usually be found playing them.
Jesús Blones
Jesús is the artist and illustrator responsible for The Gaia Complex and is currently tasked with turning Shep’s words into gorgeous visuals that flesh out the world of New Europe in 2119. When he’s not drawing a dystopian future, Jesús works as highly sought-after tattoo artist out of Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
