If you've been curious about N.E.W., you might enjoy this free download of the 12-page introduction section of the rulebook. It introduces the game, provides a short play example, a brief glossary, and a discussion of technology advancement levels and science-fiction tones ranging from hard sci-fi to science fantasy. Rather than including a setting itself, N.E.W. is very much pitched as a toolkit full of rules and guidelines which help you create your own setting or model your favourite TV, movie, or book setting. To that end, a full quarter of the book is devoted to world (universe) building.
Attached here is the intro section (12-page PDF).
Attached here is the intro section (12-page PDF).
