version 1.2
$21+S&H, $13 PDF, $26+S&H bundle
Far future, transhumanist hard SF about humans.
Now up on Kickstarter!
Reading Lathe of Heaven and fucking LOVING IT and thinking to myself, "This isn't gameable." Oh wait, you could totally do this in Shock: Rock on, man. -Luke Crane, author of |
Shock: Social Science Fiction is a fiction game of culture and future shock. Based on the works of Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Philip K. Dick, the game pushes the players to make stories that matter to them — stories about politics, philosophy, love, and death.
Shock: is a game which fulfills the promises of both role-playing and science fiction. -Ben Lehman, author of Polaris |
Create a World
At the core of the world-creation system is the Grid, a method of world creation that uses social concerns and Shocks, to build a fictional world custom-built for the type of story the players want to experience. It cross-references concerns of the players with Shocks to create characters devised to confront those issues.
The Most Important Character in the Universe
Players are responsible for both Protagonists and Antagonists, principles with motivation and resources: they represent what you care about as a player and act in a way that highlights and questions the things you care about.
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-Judd Karlman, author of |
The Future is Now
Order your copy now through the buttons at the top and bottom of this page. You might want to see it in its spot over at the Indie RPG Un-Store, too, and see what else you might want!
Keep abreast of Shock: news though author Joshua A.C. Newman's weblog xenoglyph and through the forum, the glyphpress forum.
version 1.2
$21+S&H, $13 PDF, $26 + S&H bundle
Buzz
actual play
reviews
Matthew J. Neagley's review at Gnome Stew
Malcolm Craig's review of v.1.1
Jono DiCarlo's very perceptive review of v.1.0
Resources
Community
xenoglyph blog,
a blog about design and observation
the glyphpress forum
on the forge
