[Interest Chat] Mutant Year Zero

Planning ahead for the next game I'm planning to run, for this one, I'm casting the interest net wide, because there are a number of enjoyable options to choose from. I idealistically hope to run them all at one point, because while each game is a complete stand-alone, Free League has written a mega-campaign that links all the different sub-settings into one ambitiously connected whole.

The game is Mutant Year Zero. It's the end of days, and yet slivers of humanity (and some others!) have survived the Apocalypse. Consider:

1. The core game. In the Ark, a small settlement at the edge of a dead city, the People live. None of you are over 30 years old, the remnant spawn of humanity but not quite human. You are a mutated freak.


2. Genlab Alpha. A paradise, a vast valley where your tribe lives. But paradise is a prison, with walls and fences, guarded by the Watchers. And despite never having tasted freedom, your experimental animal self yearns to be free.


3. Mechatron. You were built to serve and obey as part of the Mechatron-7 collective of robots that produced everything the humans needed. But the humans went away, and you have waited since, becoming self-aware as you pondered.


I'm thinking 3 to 4 players for each game; we'll be playing an abridged version of the full-length scenario included in each of the core rulebooks. If all three games come to completion, who knows, there might be a mega game that brings everyone together, assuming you survived.

Talk me out of this!

Cross-pollinated mega games is one of my Manchurian Candidate triggers. I will have to crack open my copy of Genlab Alpha.

I would love to try Mutant Year Zero. Only have access to the main book however.

Count me in!

I waited quite long for another Y0E (its in my top 3 of RPG rulesets) game here as sadly my previous one were closed by the GM, quite soon after it begun:( I was thinking recently that I would like to experience the whole campaign of one of those books, and then... even further into the stars! :) So maybe my wish will come true? :) I have ready character for core game: Salomon but I have the feeling that because of his rolled up mutation he could be quite good fit for Genlab Alpha version ;) But I don't have Genlab Alpha book at all.

My second choice would be Mechatron, but I also don't have book for this:(

Love the idea about connected games that will meet someday! Could be also positive in terms of lasting. As if one group would break, the players that are left could go to the other -> so the global campaign could go on.

(No Elisium.... ? Don't feel tempted... ;) )

So my priority is:
1. Core game
(1.5 Elisium if it is as good as I think it can be... ;) )
2. Mechatron (maybe if I had the book it would be on the 1str place, but RPing robots can be hard some times...).
3. GenLab

Besides: if you ever will want to GM Forbidden Lands campaign, especially THE BITTER REACH - you can consider me as good as ready :) And I plan to GM Coriolis game one day here.

One caveat: I don't play at weekends (Friday evening, til Monday morning)

I'm intrigued by Mechatron, but I never played Mutant Year Zero and don't have the book. But if it's fine, then I'd like to try it! (...can I be a sentient robo-car in it?)

Ooooh I have the Core Rules and GenLab Alpha books but have never played any Mutant Year Zero (but have solid Alien RPG experience so not new to YZE)... mutated beasties sounds like a lot of RP fun to me, so would be very tempted by this...

I would love to play M:YZ!! I played once, and it was very short-lived. I barely get my feet wet, so I would be excited to get some real experience in!

I played this via Xbox game pass and absolutely loved that game. It would be much fun to play by post it

I like the sounds of the Core game.

Nice to hear a burst of interest on this! If you have the core book, but want to consider the two other related settings, I can definitely make available the character creation options, so don't feel too constrained if you want to play a furry or a robo but don't have the chargen rules for that.

Pedrop, Elysium is a solid setting too! Sequentially I believe that comes after the first three, so I see that fourth game as a payoff if we ever see this though.

Let's see who else is toying around with this idea, after which I'll create a poll so that we can sort ourselves out by preference. Earliest start is April I figure.

Guess being a car is not on the menu today as I don't have any of the rulebooks, core or otherwise. But good luck to you all with the games! :D

I'd love to play MYZ.
I got the pdf (core) but never played yet.

I would prefer the core game.

I'm sure we can work something out! That'd be Mechatron, I believe they come in all shapes and sizes!

As long as it's alright that I don't have the book, I'm all up for it! :D Beep-beep.

I'd love to play MYZ. I got the pdf for Mechatron but never played yet.

On the other hand, I don't have the core rulebook, as Mechatron can also be played standalone. If that's not a problem, would love to play with the robot group.

I have been thinking about playing a paternalistic, worrying, top-tier coordination robot.

I have never played Mutant Year Zero, but I hear good things. I love post-apoc games, and all three variants sound appealing to me. I don't have any books though. If I can get by the free starter rules and player options for whichever game, then I'd like to give it a try.

I want to play the game, preferrably with the Genlab Alpha addon, since I want to make an animal mutant. Count me in, whichever game or addon you will choose!

(edit: If you can add vehicles too, Mad Max style it will rock hard!)

Bua ha ha, Road Hogs will never die!

If you have space I would definitely be interested in joining

I swear, every time I stumble upon a game that looks like just the thing I'd love to play, it's BedzoneII setting it up.