Arcana Familia - Fresh Meat on Gamefound at March 5, 2024!

On March 5, 2024 2PM GMT+1, aGoN - a Game of Nerds will launch the crowdfunding campaign for Fresh Meat, the first official adventure module for Arcana Familia, the Esoteric Cyberpunk ttrpg!

In recent weeks, in the megalopolis of Nuova Este, in what was once northeastern Italy, several people of different origins and social status have mysteriously disappeared into thin air. Despite the considerable technological means at their disposal, the metropolitan police have not obtained even the slightest clue as to what happened. This is causing irritation in the city authorities, and therefore has been requested the intervention of the Arcana Familia, the para-governmental organization that deals with the most particular and unsolvable cases of the Earth Union. Unaware of their true nature, urban legends and sensationalist blogs describe its operative agents like real invincible superheroes. Little does the dispatched team know, however, that their investigation will start a chain of events that could lead to open war against one of their oldest and most insidious enemies, whose sprawling plans are intertwined all across the globe.

Arcana Familia is an esoteric cyberpunk ttrpg with an original rules system based on the Blackjack card game, set in a future where occult worlds interwine with dark technology. In a future Earth where the appearance of the god of reality,The One Who Has Many Names, has allowed an unprecedented technological advancement in exchange for humans freedom to decide their own destiny. The players will play creatures from another dimension, the Aos, who infiltrate our universe for their own mysterious purposes, offering diabolical deals to desperate people in exchange for the power to manipulate the world by ignoring its physical laws, and their human servants and contractors known as the Lost Children. Together they have been co-opted by the mysterious Arcana Familia for the purpose of controlling and supervising the movements of these entities so that they do not bring chaos to the Earth Union and to the plans of its enigmatic ruler, Basileo. They also have the task to keep in check the other unnatural creatures who have infested the world in recent years.

Fresh Meat is a three sessions adventure of investigative game, the events of which however will start an extended plot that could influence the future of the Arcana Familia, the Earth Union and even the entire world. It can easily be used as an incipit for a group of newly recruited Aos and Lost Children to begin a wide-ranging extended chronicle, and constitutes the first element of a saga that will be further expanded in other modules, although it can easily constitute a case in itself. The book will also describe in detail the building that serves as the headquarters of the local department of the Arcana Familia of Nuova Este and at the same time as a dormitory for its agents, the latter each presented in their own roles. Finally, additional optional rules will be described to allow agents to use vehicles of various types, both during breathtaking chases and in combat. Despite being convenient and practical, it is not always possible to use the subway!

If you want to know more about Arcana Familia, you can visit theKickstarter campaign page (successfully concluded three years ago) of the core rulebook, and download the free Quickstarter by clicking on the following banner.

Arcana Familia - Fresh Meat includes
-the namesake adventure lasting three game sessions of approximately three to four hours
-a complete description of the department of the Arcana Familia of Nuova Este, including the map of each individual floor and a brief presentation of its most important inhabitants.
-optional game rules for the use of vehicles
-example characters sheets and their background, which can be used as inspiration for creating your own or for any one-shots

It will also be possible to order the Arcana Familia core rulebook, in a single overall package.

For those who become followers of the project before the start of the campaign, a separate short story set in the world of Arcana Familia will be added to the pledge for free, to fully enjoy its atmosphere and idiosyncrasies!

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