Anna-X66 - Redux

ANNA-X66: REDUX is a tabletop roleplaying game that mixes together 80s and 90s sci-fi films, comics, and novels with a pick-up-and-play ruleset that powers Into the Odd. You wake up in a world that hasn't recovered from devastation and desperately needs your help. Luckily, everywhere you turn there's a friend and a half-buried artifact that defies the laws of physics. You can bet some shady characters want to get their hands on what you've found. Are your characters special? We don't know yet. Make them special! So far, they're just incredibly weird. There is also a super-intelligent AI that wants to "assist" you, but that hasn't gone well in the past.


For Protagonist Players:

Make your characters in minutes by rolling a few handfuls of dice and making a few simple choices. You've got just 4 stats to keep track of: Strength, Dexterity, Willpower, and Hit Points. You also have a small collection of useful items and abilities.

You're an Explorer? take: several maps, night-vision binocs, and a radiation suit.

You're a Zoner? take: a jar of nutritious self-replicating fungus, and the ability "Node - you can hear radio waves."

If your stats are low, you'll also roll NPCs or items that can provide help in sticky situations. If your stats are high, you'll owe some debts or favours.


For Game Masters:
I don't want the Facilitator (our GM) to know exactly what to expect as the game progresses. To that end, the book contains many random tables to roll on, for basic things like food, tools, NPC names, and monsters, to locations within the hex-crawl city and Mythics, which are powerful items that "break the game a little". There is also an ANNA, an Autonomous Neural Network Algorithm, in every game. It's a powerful AI NPC that can be a follower for the players or an antagonist, as needed. ANNA is Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Holly from Red Dwarf, Skynet and Terminators of the Terminator franchise.