Degenesis

Degenesis is a pen-and-paper role-playing game created by Christian Günther and Marko Djurdjevic. Under the working title of "Endzeit" (Engl: End of Time), Degenesis was created as a fan art project, supported by Projekt Odyssee. It was originally produced and distributed by Sighpress-Verlag. It is currently produced and distributed by SIXMOREVODKA.

Background

The game is categorized by the designers as "Primal Punk", a description detailing a world in which humanity is at its end and denying its end-of-times struggle for survival.

Within the Degenesis world, earth and human civilization has been ravaged by armed conflicts and damaged by asteroids containing Primers. The Primers force mutations within the human genome, creating a new subspecies of homo sapiens by a process the book describes as Homo Degenesis.

Characters within the universe are shaped by three different ideals: culture, concept and cult. Culture is defined as the home region, the concept as the character's personal background theme and the cult as the player's team or organization. The story universe spans 13 different cults, which are either at war, partnered together or neutral within the current world state. Players choose characters whose attributes and actions are defined by their choice of cult.

Rules

The gaming system is based on five attributes (mentality, mobility, body, expression and psyche). Players add skill and attributes to get the "action value" and rolls two 10-sided (2d10) die below it.

Difficulties are described by numbers the players must "beat".

Fighting is an expansion of the basic rules of the game by which the characters are "action points". The action points are modifiers within the game that either set initiative or other actions within the battle scenario. Players do damage by rolling a number of d10 under a specified number (defined by the weapon stats). There are also experience points that can be collected via battles or free experience points that can be freely distributed amongst the players.

Generally, however, players strive to roll as little as possible.

Publications and Special Editions

Title Publication Date Type Contents
Degenesis Winter 2005 (2nd Edition) Original Work The original work lays the groundwork for the series with descriptions of all cultures and cults. All necessary background information about the game's world, history and citizens is described in detail. The gaming rules are also included
Eisbarriere Fall 2005 Storytelling Screen The playing screen displays all the important tables necessary for the game master. It is produced on a DIN A1 Format across Europe and northern Africa.
Justitian Fall 2005 Background Series The 204-page background series provides information about the Borcian metropolis, Justitian, and its established protectorates. Included are detailed city descriptions and over 100 NSCs
Fieldreport: Psychonauts Summer 2006 Background Series This 106-page background series provides detailed information about Psychonaut Threats.
Cult Book: Spitalians Spring 2008 Background Series Full, detailed description of the Spitalian cult
Campaign Band: Nichtfraktal Fall 2008 Campaign Band Chroniclers describe the discovery of a legendary artifact, the Nichtfraktal (the Unfractured), after which thousands of people begin to search. The player has a new quest: to search for the artifact and discover its mysteries.
Primal Punk October 2014 Source work Complete reworking of the original Series (Rebirth Edition) with updated, full descriptions of all cults, clans and worlds within the Degenesis universe.
KatharSys October 2014 Groundwork Complete reworking of the original Series (Rebirth Edition).
In Thy Blood October 2015 Campaign Band and Source Work This campaign book describes the adventure "In Thy Name" as well as detailed descriptions of the northeastern region Pugares and the cult Wiedertäufer.
Homo Degenesis October 2015 Storytelling Screen On the backside of the poster are tables for the game masters as well as a DIN A1 color copy of the playing world.
Degenesis: Sacrifice Everything October 2015 Artbook Rare artbook and collector's edition with illustrations by SIXMOREVODKA artists Marko Djurdjevic, Gerald Parel and Michal Ivan. An artistic interpretation of the November 2015's Degenesis trailer.

Reviews and awards

The Degenesis: Rebirth Edition was awarded the 2015 Special Jury Prize by the German Role-Playing Game Prizes (Deutschen Rollenspiel Preis (DRSP)).

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