Blog - First Impressions - Otherscape RPG (#CityofMist Engine).

Overall, Otherscape rolled a 7-9 result for me, a 'yes-but'. That's more about my engagement with the setting than the mechanics, artwork or presentation. If you love Japanese-style cyberpunk and anime, then I wholeheartedly recommend this game. If you like the idea of a myth-fuelled cyberpunk setting then the core book will work for you too. The system is a delight at the table.

#ttrpg #Otherscape #pbta

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/04/first-impressions-otherscape-rpg-city.html

Bis jetzt eine wundervolle Rollenspiel-Woche gehabt. Am Montag war die erste #Coriolis Session bei @zeitiger , in der ich als Neuzugang teilnehmen durfte, und heute wurde #Otherscape bei @Frank82R gespielt. #pnpde

If you want a first look into #legendinthemist - the highly anticipated fantasy game from the makers of #cityofmist and #Otherscape #sonofoak and the new east European setting of #Zamanora don't look further we have you covered. #rpg #mistengine #actualplay

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In the Gloaming Mire, the Dreaming Willow whispers the dead’s memories, guarded by the Bolotnik — a broken spirit of forgotten truths.

Just spent a few hours creating an updated version of the #CityofMist #ttrpg cribsheet based on the great one in the Starter Set in preparation for #Airecon next weekend.

The update adds the two mythos based moves, the play relevant cinematic moves and a summary of how to make moves and apply statuses.

I am still tempted to explore removing moves altogether and going to the #Otherscape effects based approach.

I like the way #Otherscape has evolved from #CityofMist to make a much smoother game. The most significant changes are replacing moves with effects and streamlining the way that the status tags are incremented. It’s much more intuitive now. Looking forward to trying it at the table tomorrow at #RevelationRPG

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Upcoming supplements for the :Otherscape RPG - Neuro and Cairo.

Neuro is kinda expected, a book about cyberspace. Want it, will probably be right there with the core book as a must have. Not at all surprised.

Cairo, however, is chef's kiss and all the eeks and a basket full of heart emojis. Actual Egyptian writers involved. I am positively giddy.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/cairo-otherscape-the-mythic-cyberpunk-rpg

#ttrpg #Otherscape #CityOfMist

Je parle ici de #Otherscape, le nouveau jeu de Son of Oak.
Super pour faire du cyberpunk — mais ce n'est pas ce que je lui demandais.

https://tcheni.fr/donjonneries/2025/01/22/cybercon.html

So I have this pile of #travellerrpg books that I want to dig into, but I need to finish Tokyo #Otherscape first as I'm running it at Revelation and need to finalise the scenario. I kind of feel like I’m in that meme with the women dressed in red & blue and the man looking back at one distractedly, except they're #ttrpgs.

…except there are two girls in blue because I need to finish putting the final part of Secrets of Atlantis for the #AchtungCthulhu2D20 #ttrpg onto #Roll20

Of course, #CityofMist had already made itself distinct from #pbta by replacing unique playbooks with each character having 4 unique themes that define them and their abilities with tags.

The other signficant change I noticed was how statuses stack now (for example when you suffer damage). This has been simplified and made cleaner.

Looking forward to trying the game out when I run at #Revelation in February.

#Otherscape #ttrpg #FATE

🧵2/2 End

First thoughts on the #Otherscape #ttrpg having ready the core book (Metro: Otherscape). This game evolves the #CityofMist engine removing moves and replacing them with a choice about what effect you want to create. There are 12 core effects or outcomes you can look for.

Reflecting on this, it's a clever simplification, but it does feel that the system has become more of its own thing rather than the love-child of #pbta and #FATE.

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Son of Oak updates their :Otherscape free sample with quick start rules, pregens and an adventure #cyberpunk #otherscape https://www.geeknative.com/168010/free-to-download-otherscape-cybershrine-update/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-GN-Blog-Posts

:Otherscape is a tabletop RPG set in a cyberpunk future where humanity lives in Megacities, secretly infused with remnants of old-world magic and legends. #otherscape #ttrpg https://www.geeknative.com/167885/ttrpg-otherscape-as-a-cyberpunk-king-arthur-meets-ghost-in-the-shell/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-GN-Blog-Posts

I think I'm done reading metro: #otherscape, the sister/successor game to #CityOfMist. Managed to keep interest and focus up until I got to the #gamemaster chapter. Then the wordbarfing finally exhausted me. So. Many. Words.

Cool system. Cool setting. Too wordy core book.

Mythic #cyberpunk #faterpg X #PoweredByTheApocalypse

#ttrpg

The more I read of Metro: #otherscape the less I enjoy it as it suffers from the same bloated verbosity as #CityOfMist. It is tiring. But on the other hand it is well written. Just too much of it.

I think with clearer layout, especially better highlighting of the actual rules, it would have been more enjoyable to read. My thoughts immediately go to #Ironsworn as I would have wanted it. The rule clear front and center. Then and only then commentary on it.

#ttrpg #ttrpgDesign

One thing I never managed to wrap my head around with #CityOfMist was how legends worked and how to GM them. I just confused myself. Metro: #otherscape hits on similar themes but they are less at the forefront. But they did write something useful.

"Mythoi are not sapient, they are stories that want to be manifested through human life"

Or in #Glorantha terms: they want to be heroquested. With that change of perspective I may need to go back and reread parts of CoM

#ttrpg #cyberpunk #mythic

More from Metro: Otherscape, this time about the setting and the #megacity. Two snippets that strikes my imagination. They tell of a #cyberpunk setting where pollution (and other "natural" disasters) have caused the population to shrink. At the same time also concentrating the population to city centers leaving areas of abandoned city crumbling into ruins.

A cyberpunk setting in which society is stagnating hard and where tech will not save it.

#ttrpg #otherscape