Zeta Complex - 48 Hours In
over 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 10:06:29 PM

Stretch Goal #2 UNLOCKED!!

We are currently only $20 from the 2nd stretch goal, so we have gone ahead and unlocked that one. We will now be making a Custom PDF character sheet for Zeta Complex!! Everyone who has pledged the $10 Zeta Complex setting rules PDF and above will receive this form. 

Stretch Goal #3 On Deck

The next stretch goal will provide a section of Villains that can be used as ongoing trouble for Zeta Complex or build a whole campaign about bringing just one of these foes down. 

New Reward Tier Opened

We also wanted to let everyone know that we opened a new reward choice. This one provides both the Zeta Complex setting rules the Intro scenario and the PDFs for both. This bundle saves you $5, so if you were wanting both the physical copy of the books along with the PDFs, then this bundle is for you. It is the $45 level tier. 

The Intro Module: Latest Technology PDF has also been added as an ADD ON for only $5. 

Zeta Complex Notes

A few people have suggested Zeta Complex is just Paranoia. Since they have not played Zeta Complex or read the rules, we are not sure where they are getting their information. We believe since it is in the same genre as the Paranoia RPG, they assume it is the same. So we will begin to layout differences for everyone. We hope you like these changes as we believe more variety opens up more possibilities. 

Paranoia has always had a hard cap on Clones. In Zeta Complex, there is no hard cap. There is a minimum as you do not have to roll for your initial or 2nd clone to be activated. After that, you must make a vigor check and a failure means, time for a new character. You never know if your next death is your last for your character.

Another difference is that in Paranoia everyone is a human. In Zeta Complex, several other races including Dwarfs, Elfs and Half-folk are also allowed to be used. The AI feels like variety best serves its mission for mankind to survive. It no longer filters these DNA sequences out of the selection process.

In addition, if we can unlock a future stretch goal for Zeta Complex Allies, even more races will be opened up for use. 

We will outline more of the differences in future updates, but we want to assure you, that the two games are very different. 

Sidenote: It is widely believed this history the Authority is teaching is a bunch of hogwash, and that the Authority is nothing more than the AI-ZC with a few front men, holding tightly to power with a totalitarian fist. Many factions are still struggling to rest control away from the Authority. The Authority denies these allegations.

Sidenote: No one really understands what ‘hogwash’ means in the previous note but is seemed appropriate to use in that context.

Until next time, keep on gaming! --Ben

Zeta Complex: 3rd Stretch Goal Unlocked!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 10:05:53 PM

We are coming up on one week into the campaign and we just passed our 5th STRETCH GOAL!! We will now include a section on the top Arch Enemies to Zeta Complex.  Each one can be an entire campaign to deal with, or a really tough short series of adventures. 

Next up is to flush out and fully describe one of the pre-generated missions that will be in the book. We have already outlined this adventure in anticipation of hitting this stretch goal, and will be play-testing this scenario over the next few months. We think it will be a lot of fun. 

Until next time, here is a small quote out of chapter 2, and what it is like to be a Gate Guard at Zeta Complex.  

"Sidenote: Gate guard is possibly the worst assignment in Zeta Complex. The biggest problem is the cats that incessantly knock on the gates, ring the buzzer, and make a horrible caterwaul noise to enter. When the guards finally break down and open the gate, the cat just lays there licking itself. Then as soon as they close the door, the cat starts up again. If they feed the cat, it will go away, only to be replaced with another cat."

Until next time, keep on gaming, --Ben

ZETA Complex - 1st Stretch Goal Unlocked!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 05:32:32 AM

We are less than 24 hours into this campaign and have already unlocked our 1st stretch goal. We will now include 6 per-generated PC characters into the back of the Zeta rule-book, ready for you to sit down and play at a moments notice. 

Next Up - A custom Zeta Complex Character Sheet as a PDF that all backers from the $10 PDF level and up will receive.

In addition, we revealed another future stretch goal. We will flush out one of the per-generated scenario's in the rule book, so you will be able to run it with minimal effort.

A Huge Announcement

We are now Canada Friendly when it comes to shipping to our friends up north, thanks to our buddy Pat from Arcana Creations who has helped us with shipping before from an earlier Kickstarter!

Now for a bit of History from Zeta Complex.

"Sidenote: There was much debate on whether the year for Zeta Complex should start at year 1, or year 0 (zero). People argued vehemently from both sides. One side claimed you had to start with 0, while the other argued people would think it was the letter O and would keep screwing it up. This went on for several weeks, until one day, one of the parties shot the other arguing for 0 and did a copy-replace all year 0’s and year O’s into year 1 in the official transcript. No further arguments on the matter arose and all parties accepted year 1 as the official start year for Zeta Complex."

That is all for now. Until next time let's keep this ball rolling!! --Ben

Zeta Complex - FUNDED!!!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 11:33:26 AM

Thank you all SO MUCH!! We knew we would fund, but were not expecting it to be in the first few hours. Now we can really bear down and push this Kickstarter to where it deserves to be. 

We have already added some Stretch Goals, so go check those out below the Add Ons section, and we are working on more already. 

Please do all you can to help spread the word and get this campaign out there. Some people have sent me messages saying this is just Paranoia reskinned, but it is so much more. We will talk more about that in future updates. For now, sit back and relax knowing you'll have your own copy of Zeta Complex very soon!!

--Ben