R. Talsorian Games

May 19, 2020

Cyberpunk Red, Prequel To Cyberpunk 2077, Also Delayed

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Cyberpunk 2077, the long-anticipated RPG from CD Projekt Red of Witcher fame, has had its fair share of delays. The game takes its world and lore from a classic tabletop RPG, also called Cyberpunk, and its makers figured the excitement over the video game would be the perfect way to attract newcomers to the tabletop version. And so Cyberpunk Red was announced by R. Talsorian Games in June of 2019….its storyline is a prequel to the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, and connects the video game’s canon to the tabletop version. It also provides some hints as to what to expect from the anticipated game. Now it shares something else in common with Cyberpunk 2077: it’s been delayed, at least by several months. R. Talsorian himself made the announcement in a blog post today: “We’ll just come right out and say it. The TRPG industry got punched in the gut by the pandemic and there’s just no way we can release in June without compromising quality. We’re currently looking at summer’s

June 24, 2019

Just Revealed: Cyberpunk Tabletop Prequel To Video Game

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Most people are looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077, the next big video game from CD Projekt Red, creators of The Witcher 3. Not everyone knows, though, that Cyberpunk started as a tabletop RPG. Because of the exposure from the game’s hype, interest in the original has spiked, and publisher R. Talsorian Games has responded with a new prequel RPG. Cyberpunk Red is meant as an introductory set to the Cyberpunk world. and its storyline unifies the timelines of the original 2020 game and the 2077 video game. When you pick up the Jumpstart Kit, that term not only applies to the tabletop game but the video game as well. The first hints as to what will happen in the game can be found in here. Inside, you get: a full adventure scenario tailored for newbies, a lorebook, two custom dice, six ready-to-go character templates, four maps and a set of newspaper clippings from the Cyberpunk world (of course newspapers still exist in the future….) The first available copies of Cyberpunk