{"id":358153,"date":"2025-10-24T07:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:34:51","slug":"blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade Runner Tabletop RPG Announced For 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>A new tabletop RPG based on the Blade Runner universe is coming next year, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the release of the first film. The game comes courtesy of Alcon Entertainment and\u00a0Free League Publishing, which also distributed the award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/top-of-the-table\/2021\/03\/19\/5-sci-fi-rpgs-to-play-if-you-like-dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alien RPG<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game drops players in 2037 Los Angeles, shortly after the Wallace Corporation unveils its synthetic Nexus-9 Replicants. You assume the role of a blade runner working for the LAPD\u2019s Rep-Detect Unit. The backstory of your character is in your hands; you&#8217;ll decide\u00a0their memories, personality, and whether they\u2019re a human or a Replicant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/09\/22\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, the game is built using\u00a0the Year Zero Engine featured in games like Alien and Tales from the Loop.<br \/>\n<span><span>Alien RPG lead game designer Tomas H\u00e4renstam sits at the helm of Blade Runner, and he&#8217;s backed\u00a0by Joe LeFavi\u00a0and Martin Grip\u00a0who provide setting writing and artwork, respectively. Blade Runner<\/span><\/span>\u00a0consists of investigative gameplay where players have the tools to solve cases that explore the series\u2019 themes of corporate intrigue, existentialism, and morality. Expect plenty of gritty storytelling and tough decision-making as you navigate a crime-ridden neo-noir city.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no release date for Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game beyond 2022, but you can keep up with any updates by following a newsletter on the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bladerunner-rpg.com\/?mc_cid=e6d7292067&#038;mc_eid=2c6c1fb572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. If you&#8217;re looking for other tabletop games to keep an eye on, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/06\/04\/marvel-multiverse-tabletop-rpg-announced-with-official-rulebook-coming-next-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marvel Multiverse RPG<\/a> is also slated to arrive next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/09\/22\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new tabletop RPG based on the Blade Runner universe is coming next year, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the release of the first film. The game comes courtesy of Alcon Entertainment and\u00a0Free League Publishing, which also distributed the award-winning Alien RPG.\u00a0 Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game drops players in 2037 Los Angeles, shortly after the Wallace Corporation unveils its synthetic Nexus-9 Replicants. You assume the role of a blade runner working for the LAPD\u2019s Rep-Detect Unit. The backstory of your character is in your hands; you&#8217;ll decide\u00a0their memories, personality, and whether they\u2019re a human or a Replicant.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media Mechanically, the game is built using\u00a0the Year Zero Engine featured in games like Alien and Tales from the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blade-runner-tabletop-rpg-announced-for-2022\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blade Runner Tabletop RPG Announced For 2022 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new tabletop RPG based on the Blade Runner universe is coming next year, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the release of the first film. 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