Hard Wired Island reprint now on Kickstarter

After selling out of its original print run, Hard Wired Island is back on Kickstarter for a second round!

Hard Wired Island is a retrofuture cyberpunk tabletop RPG, inspired by 90s anime. It's set on Grand Cross, a space station in an alternate 2020 where a meteorite strike supercharged public interest in space exploration. The player characters are citizens of Grand Cross, doing their best to live their everyday lives while fighting for the station's future.

The 400-page book includes:

• An easy-to-learn system where social actions and problem-solving skills are at least as important as hacking and getting into fights.
• An alternate 2020 setting in an O'Neill cylinder near Earth.
• Descriptions of the many areas of Grand Cross, from the busy downtown Voyager Ward to the high-tech parkland of Mariposa to the Agriculture Ring that feeds the station.
• Seven Occupations, including the Fixer, the Hacker, and the Influencer, along with a plethora of character options.
• Over 100 detailed NPC descriptions, from corporate heavyweights to android crime lords to just regular citizens of an Earth-orbit city.
• A flexible mission prep system that allows characters to adapt their plans on the fly without wasting their earlier efforts.
• A wealth system that tracks the financial burdens placed on you by the capitalist system you live in.
• A cybernetics system that doesn't dehumanize you for installing augments.
• A lot of great art from a lot of great artists.
• No genAI because we're not gormless hacks.

Hard Wired Island was released in 2021. Since then it's sold out of the entire print run, so this campaign aims to fund a second one. Backers can receive a discounted copy of the book plus a PDF, or just get the PDF for now to help out.