Jay Parker and Jonathan recorded this episode LIVE in the seminar room at TotalCon 2024. Jay Parker was on Episode 291 where they talked about AI Art.
This time the pair discuss Jay’s new cyperpunk themed RPG called Katana-Ra.
Jay explains how his game mechanics are different from others on the market. He gives an example of a sample turn for us to better understand how the system works. Jay also covers the always important character creation and advancement. Along with how you can customize your character after you have created them.
The cyberpunk setting is filled with fantastic cybernetics and technology to use, while at the same time having the overbearing corporations and challenging players with moral and ethical dilemmas of a dystopian society.
Jay covers some of the corporations and organizations in the world as well as some of the challenges and obstacles that the players will encounter in their adventures.
They move on to talking about the playtesting and how the feedback impacted the games development before talking about the mixed reviews the game has received so far. Even the one star reviews compliment the worldbuilding and the setting overall. The main drawbacks brought up are system and dice rolling itself, Jay talks about the critiques and how he thinks people might be misunderstanding the rules and system.
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