The Cog Wars: Zero Edition is a steampunk game of rebellion coming December 19th from Amagi; "Zero Edition" is to mark the fact that the game may well see significant further development after release, if there is enough interest.

As a preview of this game, a fillable, saveable character sheet has been uploaded.  This sheet is filled out with a sample character (Clarence) which can be overwritten. Also contained is a summary of the character creation rules.

Please note that the rules summary included is an excerpt from a prerelease version of the book; chapter references are included, and some rules may be outdated by the book.

If you want to 'warm up' for the release of the game, try your hand at building a character and uploading it to the file gallery at Amagi-games.org for The Cog Wars!  Site registration is not required.

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I get the sense that this is a beer & pretzels RPG that is designed for one-shots or mini-campaigns.  Is this correct?  Is the system tied to a specific setting, or is it a generic steampunk game?

Quote from: Drohem;273267I get the sense that this is a beer & pretzels RPG that is designed for one-shots or mini-campaigns.  Is this correct?  Is the system tied to a specific setting, or is it a generic steampunk game?

There's a specific setting, though I can easily imagine "resetting" the stuff to something else; it wouldn't be terribly hard.

In terms of play, I'd say that "mini-campaign", about five to seven sessions or so, is about where I would expect the sweet spot to be for most groups.  Though contact with outside groups always shows me strange things.

As to Beer & Pretzels...  Hm.  Depends; light and goofy is certainly on the menu, but there is some leeway and some potential for pulp, or even actual punk (dystopian rebellion) as more the focus than the goofy.  Though if you're in the setting as written, you'll always have some goofy.

Sounds cool!  Thank you for the information.  I hope that it does well for you.