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Welcome to the world behind the world. A datastream known as the Signal underlies reality, describing all things in the universe. A network of spies have learned to access the Signal to learn intelligence and grant themselves superhuman abilities. In this game where The Matrix meets The Bourne Identity, their factions war back and forth over access to the Signal and the power it represents.

Reality, Redacted uses the Cortex Prime rule system (cortexrpg.com), the latest edition of the ruleset that powered such games as Firefly, Leverage, and Marvel Heroic Roleplaying.

The book includes:

  • Six operational specialties, armed with numerous reality-hacking programs for reshaping the world.
  • Twelve factions of reality-bending spies.
  • Complete rules--a copy of Cortex Prime is not required.
  • GM advice on how to run a fun, safe game.
  • Bookmarks, hyperlinks, and a complete index to make navigating the book a breeze.
  • A whole host of NPCs ready to challenge your players.
  • A starter adventure and sample characters.
  • A boatload of awesome photographic art.
  • A glossary of spy lingo to help immerse you in the world of intelligence.
  • Reference cards for key game concepts.
  • PDF files in both 16x9 format for laptop screens and letter-size for tablets, with and without appendices, plus a black-and-white printer-friendly version with most of the art stripped out.
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorPsychogenesis Games
GenreRole Playing
TagsAction RPG, cortex-prime-rpg, Dice, espionage, Multiplayer, Sci-fi, spies, Superpowers, Tabletop
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish

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Buy Now$15.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Reality, Redacted 16x9 98 MB
Reality, Redacted letter 100 MB
Reality Redacted letter (printer friendly) 107 MB
Reality, Redacted Extended Edition 16x9 168 MB
Reality, Redacted Lo-Fi 1 letter 104 MB
Reality, Redacted Lo-Fi 2 letter 75 MB
Reality, Redacted Extended Edition letter 113 MB
Reality Redacted appx 1 briefing abbreviated 16x9.pdf 5.5 MB
Reality Redacted appx 1 briefing abbreviated letter.pdf 5.8 MB
Reality Redacted appx 2 glossary 16x9.pdf 3.1 MB
Reality Redacted appx 2 glossary letter.pdf 3.5 MB
Reality Redacted appx 3 influences 16x9.pdf 1.2 MB
Reality Redacted appx 3 influences letter.pdf 1.6 MB
Reality Redacted appx 4 dice combinations 16x9.pdf 2.2 MB
Reality Redacted appx 4 dice combinations letter.pdf 2.5 MB
Reality Redacted pregen PCs.pdf 14 MB

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Reality Redacted reference cards.pdf 3 MB
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Reality Redacted character dossier.pdf 2.5 MB
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Reality Redacted team dossier.pdf 1 MB

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Hey, everyone! I've put out a spiritual sequel, Crosstime--a game of time-traveling espionage powered by Fate. Check it out here: https://psychogenesis-games.itch.io/crosstime

Just an FYI, this isn't tagged with the system, which will help in discoverability. I would use cortex-prime-rpg because there are already gams with that tag.

Are you sure? The system says it's tagged, with a number of tags I decided on like "spies" "rpg" and "superpowers". I'll add "cortex-prime-rpg", that's a good idea.

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Hi.What's the appropriate place to ask questions about the game? (I mean, other than here, which is not really practical.)

As this is a commercially licensed Cortex Prime game, perhaps there could be a #reality-redacted channel in their official Discord server? Or does Psychogenesis Games have one of their own?

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We now have a Discord server set up! Here is an invite for anyone who's interested: https://discord.gg/8eAMCm8QKH

The not-printer-friendly versions are very nice, but slow (specially in a low-end tablet). The printer-friendly version is faster, but b&w.

Perhaps there would be some way to optimize the color versions?

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No promises, but I'll see if I can make a faster color version that doesn't look like garbage.

Thanks!

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Okay, there are now two lo-fi options. 1 is the printer-friendly version but in color. 2 is the extended letter edition but at 96 dpi. Hopefully one or the other will work for you.

Yeah, I've tried the 96dpi version and it's much faster. Thanks!