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Katie Wickens

The Electric State Roleplaying Game review: "The quintessential road trip movie turned TTPRG"

The Electric State Roleplaying Game core rulebook lying on a glass table.

Saturated in '90s nostalgia, The Electric State Roleplaying Game brings an intimate, heartfelt road-trip vibe to an alternate history America. Throughout the 219-page rulebook, Simon Stålenhag's haunting, retro futuristic artwork breathes life into a story of survival, companionship, and atonement for a spotted past. One that will challenge even the most seasoned tabletop player to set powerful scenes that draw out the drama in order to advance.

Here, players strive toward deeply personal dreams and goals as they meander their way across the fractured nation of Pacifica (prev. California), in the wake of a nine-year civil war. Unlike The Electric State movie, which pits humanity against robot kind, the tabletop game reflects the aftermath of devastating human infighting that paved the way for one megacorporation's rise to dominance. It's a story that pokes at humanity's flaws, while navigating wild tales of ghosts in the machine. In other words, it's exactly what the best tabletop RPGs should be.

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