The shambling corpses of The Strolling Lifeless refuse to relaxation, and now the zombies will probably be gracing tabletops (although not for the primary time (opens in new tab)) courtesy of Free League and The Strolling Lifeless Universe RPG. A Kickstarter (opens in new tab) will probably be launching quickly, on March 14, and whereas the completed sport will not be showing till this autumn, the core rulebook will probably be accessible alongside the crowdfunding push.
Swedish writer and developer Free League is fairly rattling prolific, and has currently grow to be synonymous with high quality diversifications of notable licences like Alien, Blade Runner and Tales from the Loop. I haven’t got as a lot time for TTRPGs as I used to, however even once I’m too busy to play, typically I am going to simply gawk on the books, that are all lavish, dense tomes.
The pedigree of the design workforce suggests The Strolling Lifeless Universe RPG will probably be one other one to control, because it contains designers, writers and artists behind the Alien, Blade Runner and Tales from the Loop diversifications, in addition to the wonderful Symbaroum, Vaesen and Twilight: 2000 video games.
It is a survival RPG romp, naturally, with Free League promising excessive stakes and excessive stress misadventures, the place gamers might want to “not solely hone their bodily expertise, however deeply discover what makes them tick.” It ain’t a zombie apocalypse with out quite a lot of emotional and psychological toil. A spin-off of Free League’s 12 months Zero engine will probably be fuelling the factor, although it seems like we’ll have to attend till subsequent month to see how precisely it has been tailored for the brand new setting.
Whereas I obtained a bit worn out on The Strolling Lifeless half-way by AMC’s preliminary TV present and have not loved any of the sport spin-offs since Telltale’s implausible collection, a TTRPG continues to be a reasonably seductive prospect. I look ahead to making horrible choices that may undoubtedly piss off my mates.
