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Nightmares with Neon lights

Ivan Rinas
Room 212, (3 h)
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Have you ever wanted to experience what it’s like to be a Cyberpunk or Edgerunner tough guy in a bleak future where massive corporations dictate the world’s course and human life may be cheaper than ever before?

Well now is your chance.

The city where you live is finally starting to recover from the incident years ago when some madman detonated a bomb in the corporate district, after which chaos has reigned in the city between rival gangs. Ordinary people are basically just trying to survive from one day to the next. You’re hanging out with your crew at a bar popular with Edgerunners called Snake’s Venom when a Fixer, whom you know from before, sends a message about a new, extremely urgent job.

A new brain dance is lighting up the streets—and flat lining users just as fast.

Dubbed “Neon Nightmares”, the BD hooks users with hyper-real visuals before spiraling into violent sensory overload. Victims don’t just burn out—their neuralware spikes, frying their brains while broadcasting their location to unknown receivers. A local fixer had been tasked by a mid corpo before it spreads any further. There is possibly some powerful people now involved.

The source traces back to a gang-run BD den pumping out corrupted chips from a hidden studio. The crew’s job is simple on paper:

Break in. Shut it down. Make sure it doesn’t come back.

RPG system: Cyberpunk RED + additional mods + some house rules
Minimum attendance: 2
Content warnings: The game contains violence and deals with themes such as drugs, gang violence, human trafficking, and a very bleak dystopian future where money is all that matters. The game also contains profanity and is generally recommended for players 18 and older.
Hop in, hop out: No
Maximum attendance: 5
Revolving door game: Non-revolving doorProgram category: GamingTarget audience: Adults only (18+)Game style: Combat-heavyGame style: Serious game styleGame style: Light game styleGame style: Character-drivenGame style: Story-drivenGame style: Rules-lightOther categorization: Theme: DreamsOther categorization: Beginner friendlyOther categorization: LGBTQA+Inclusivity: Physical contact and/or limited personal spaceInclusivity: Program utilizes materials that may cause challenges to the colour blindLanguage: EnglishProgram topics: Role-playing games