For Immediate Release - CyberNet: 2087 (TM)

[baileyrecords]

CyberNet: 2087 ™

Press Release – May 2, 2004

For Immediate Release:

Welcome to the year 2087. The world as we know it no longer exists. The world of 2087 is not a friendly place. War and famine, diseases and drugs have all but wiped out numerous civilizations and complete cultures. Various wars over religion and oil has left much of the remaining civilized world to look inward toward self-preservation instead of on a global world of shared economy and peace. Political agendas and relief efforts of the later part of the 20th Century are stuff for history books. Democracy is all but a myth. This is the world of CyberNet: 2087.

In late 2004, Kiln Productions plans to release a campaign setting sourcebook based on OGL CyberNet called CyberNet: 2087 ™. The premise of the initial 128-page supplemental sourcebook is to provide an extensive overview of what the world MIGHT look like in 2087 - with a cyberpunk slant on it. Topics for the campaign setting would include geographical, political, religious, and cultural information on all of the key governmental bodies throughout the world and include NPC stats for the leadership plus archetype stats for a typical commoner from each "country". The CyberNet: 2087 Campaign Setting will also include some new feats, equipment, stats, etc. where it pertains to each environment. CyberNet: 2087 is co-created by Don Pedicini Jr. of Kiln Productions and Bryan K. Borgman (aka Stratos) of Bailey Records.

To use this product, you also need the OGL CyberNet Cyberpunk Roleplaying Game core rulebook by August Hahn. For players and Gamemasters, this product is compatible with other OGL & d20 roleplaying games.

CyberNet: 2087 ™ is created and released under the Open Game License. OGL CyberNet is available from Mongoose Publishing.

In 2005, Kiln Productions will release three supplements to CyberNet: 2087 ™ including The European Empire Sourcebook, The United Federation Sourcebook, and the Mechana Manual ™.

Kiln Productions will also release an original zombie thriller RPG called CHOMP! ™ in late 2005.

Additional CyberNet: 2087 ™ supplements will follow in 2006 as will additional titles based on other popular OGL titles.

For more information on CyberNet: 2087 ™ please feel free to reply to this post or E-mail: 2087@kilnproductions.com.

 

[Henry]

I'll move this over to d20 Publishers, as it's technically a press release.

 

[Razuur]

This is a product I need. because while I have the excellent OGL Cybernet, I have never played a Cyberpunk game, and am striving to figure out what to DO with it!

Looking forward to it!

Razuur

 

[Krypter]

It would be nice if this cyberpunk world updated some of the common stereotypes of the genre to the 21st century. Please, please, no ginormous japanese megacorporations or decaying rustbelt industries. Read something other than Gibson and Sterling.

If this is simply Generic Cyberpunk World #5, then I can do one of those myself. Take some cues from extropians and Huntington, and update it to current events, not old cliches from the 1980s (or 1990s).

And don't make it politically-correct, for God's sake. Cyberpunk was always anti-establishment, and political correctness is profoundly Establishment today.

If it's all Gibson and neo-marxist drivel, then it's garbage. If it's more like The Diamond Age or at least clever enough like Stand on Zanzibar, that would be worth buying.

 

[Arnwyn]

If it's all Gibson... then it's garbage.

Whatever, d00d.

 

[Kiln Publications]

It would be nice if this cyberpunk world updated some of the common stereotypes of the genre to the 21st century. Please, please, no ginormous japanese megacorporations or decaying rustbelt industries. Read something other than Gibson and Sterling.

If this is simply Generic Cyberpunk World #5, then I can do one of those myself. Take some cues from extropians and Huntington, and update it to current events, not old cliches from the 1980s (or 1990s).

And don't make it politically-correct, for God's sake. Cyberpunk was always anti-establishment, and political correctness is profoundly Establishment today.

If it's all Gibson and neo-marxist drivel, then it's garbage. If it's more like The Diamond Age or at least clever enough like Stand on Zanzibar, that would be worth buying.

I would like to address this post, first of all I do read books other then Gibson and Sterling. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. There will be megacorporations (run by the Japanese) and other places there will be Empires run by aristocratics. There will also be some wastelands. We are looking to have something for everyone. That is why after the sourcebook we are putting out supplements. Someone might want to play in the hi-tech streets of Japan and hop into the "Virtual Net" or someone might be tired of that and want to go for more of a "Mecha" based campaign. It is up to the buyer. This is not going to be a "generic Cyberpunk World #5", there are going to be many different takes on what we have seen in the past. Yet some people that is what they want to play so we will have supplements for them also.
Krypter you are more then welcome to develop your own campaign setting, The great thing about OGL is everybody can develop their own ideas and do what they will with them. As long as they follow the rules of OGL. If you do that I wish you all the best.

 

[one-end]

Is their a website we can check this all out at?

 

[Kiln Publications]

On June 25th the Friday of Origins: www.kilnpublications.com will go fully online with more details and maybe a frrebie.

 

[elforcelf]

I love Japanese cyperpunk.I would love to see a space book for this setting,too.elforcelf.

 

[Kiln Publications]

I love Japanese cyperpunk.I would love to see a space book for this setting,too.elforcelf.

We are seriously considering a SPACE supplemental book for release late 2005-early 2006. I know that is far away but I wanted to let everybody know we are taking it into consideration.