Kick Murder
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Your Emotions Make You Human¸ Even The Unpleasant Ones Have A Purpose"
In Kick Murder¸ the players are catapulted into a world of danger and uncertainty. Their humdrum jobs¸ their dangerous jobs¸ the sorts of jobs that no-one would want to do - no human anyway. And the moment they discover that they're not so different from their human masters is their first Moment - the first opportunity they have to escape the Containment of their life.
Kick Murder is a tabletop roleplaying game inspired by great movies - Blade Runner¸ Equilibrium¸ Never Let Me Go¸ THX1138¸ GATTACA¸ Logans Run¸ Cloud Atlas¸ It's an interpretation of this seminal science fiction in RPG form.
We examine the hubris of humanity¸ the moral implications of genetic engineering and of making moral shortcuts. Repros represent an underclass of humanity¸ discriminated against from birth for what they are and what they represent. Their creators¸ like mythological counterparts¸ left the Promethean fire of "emotion" available to them and for that they strive¸ juxtaposed with a cold and un-empathetic Natural upper-class of human.
We do not dwell on the Naturals outside of their position as oppressors. We wish our Repros to defy social conformity and revolt against a social order which conspires against them even before they are born. The Repros therefore represent innocents (though they may be far from innocent) attempting to return to Eden (Earth) where they can live out what remains of their lives in peace.
Kick Murder is a 32 page core book with three additonal PDFs of Adventures (Furukontakudo¸ The Prodigals and Ad Terminum)