Another SF bundle - Ecipse Phase 2E

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This is a bundle of the second edition of the Eclipse Phase RPG, a transhuman SF setting. The first edition was in bundles in 2014 and 2018, and I must admit I didn't really remember it until I checked (this says nothing about the game, I just have a terrible memory!).

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Eclipse2E

This all-new Eclipse Phase 2E Bundle offer presents the 2019 Second Edition of Eclipse Phase, the game of transhuman survival from Posthuman Studios. After losing Earth in a war with AIs, transhumanity disperses throughout the Solar System and beyond, struggling to survive. In a typical Eclipse Phase game, characters belong to Firewall, a secret cross-faction organization that protects transhumanity from biowar plagues, self-replicating nanoswarms, nuclear proliferation, terrorists with WMDs, net-breaking computer attacks, rogue AIs, alien encounters, and anything else that could drive an already decimated transhumanity to extinction. Alternate campaigns involve "gatecrashing" – traversing the mysterious Pandora gates to explore extrasolar worlds – or navigating the treacherous terrain of high-tech criminal cartels.

Funded in an April 2017 Kickstarter campaign, Eclipse Phase Second Edition improves the game with faster character creation, streamlined "resleeving" (body switching), new skill and gear systems, updated combat and hacking rules, and four sample teams for Firewall, gatecrashing, and criminal ops. Most First Edition source material is compatible with the 2019 Second Edition, including sourcebooks such as Sunward, Rimward, Gatecrashing, Panopticon, Firewall, Zone Stalkers, Argonauts, and The Stars our Destination – all presented in our June 2014 and June 2018 offers of Eclipse Phase First Edition.

We provide each title complete in .PDF. Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these ebooks have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.

Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to this Eclipse Phase 2E offer's pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.

The total retail value of the titles in this offer is US$54. Customers who pay just US$14.95 get all eight titles in our Eclipse Collection (retail value $54) as DRM-free ebooks, including the complete Eclipse Phase 2E corebook (retail price $25), plus the free QuickStart Rules, Rules Primer, and Character Pack; three 2E adventures (retail $7 each) – Router Case Files, Xenovore, and Overrun; and four "Nano Ops" two-page mini-scenarios ($2 each): All That Glitters, Better on the Inside, Body Count, and Grinder.

Last time I said "I'll be honest - these look like good deals, they're just not where I want to be right now with role playing. As usual with these bundles you get a shedload of stuff for your money, and they do look like pretty good deals. I'll probably download a couple of the supplements because they address areas that interest me - most notably Panopticon - but I'm not going to try to get my head around another new (to me) RPG at this stage in my increasing decrepitude. But I think I can recommend them, subject of course to all the usual YMMV disclaimers."

This time the offer is a bit different, with fewer supplements, but it's a good starting point if you're interested, and all of the supplements from the earlier offers are still compatible.