TAZ - A Roleplaying Game of Post-Cyberpunk Resistance

Hey Rebels,

K14R4 here with new intel from the Resistance!

We’re almost done with the Italian layout of TAZ.

A little behind-the-scenes detail: we’re laying out the Italian version first because Italian text generally takes up more space than English. Once everything fits and works with the longer text, we can move on to the English layout.

In the meantime, we managed to get our hands on a few previews from the Italian corebook.

Keep your eyes on the network.

Hey Rebels,

K14R4 here! Good news from the Resistance network: work on TAZ is moving forward, and we're now about halfway through the layout.

This time, we wanted to give you a little sneak peek of what’s waiting for you inside the book.

Among the scenarios included in TAZ, you'll find one written by Grant Howitt, and today we're sharing a short extract from it.

“There is a creature, bound and broken, far beneath the blasted sands of the surface.

It is a vast and impossible thing. It is acres of flesh fastened upon a monstrous skeleton of echosteel, powered by vat-grown organs the size of armoured personnel carriers and filled with hundreds of kilometers of capillary. Shackled and bent as it is, obscured by siding and scaffold, it is hard to imagine what it could look like; naked and unburdened, it would look like a titanic human being melded with the sort of industrial equipment you’d need to hollow out a mountain. 

They call it a BehemO₂th.

The collective knows its position, and they’re going to take it. Or kill it. Or free it. Or eat it? Whatever - this thing is so important to Subterrea that they’ve kept it hidden even from each other for centuries. And the TAZ is we’re big enough, and mean enough, to stand a chance of making an impact.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Job one is stealing something that can punch a hole in the ground the size of a Sprawl neighborhood.”

There’s still plenty more being assembled behind the scenes, and everything is progressing well.

More intel soon!

K14R4

Hey Rebel,

K14RA here! Important information has leaked from the Resistance network.

First of all, the operation is moving forward. Despite the constant surveillance of the Corporations, work on TAZ continues steadily. Lara Ongis and Officina Infernale are pushing ahead with the artwork and bringing the world of TAZ to life.

Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan. During a demonstration in Subterrea, our network suffered a severe cyberattack. Between that and a few manufacturing issues, some parts of the operation have taken longer than expected. Nothing catastrophic, but enough to force us to revise our timeline.

Right now, we expect to send the PDFs in about three months.

Physical shipments should begin between October and November, barring further interference from hostile systems.

We have a question for you.

Let us know in the comments.

End of transmission.

- K14RA