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I don't know if you need this info, but I was pretty disturbed to see unexpected child pornography on a casual community. Thankfully it didn't take place on SLRPNK.net directly, but if anyone has any advice besides leaving the community in question, let me know. And I wanted to sound an alarm to make sure we have measures in place to guard against this.

In a thread on reddit, someone said that they didn't see what kind of problems the setting would present, and I thought that u/lawrencelot's response was excellent enough to save and share here:

Someone stubbed their toe but has a fear of doctors. An organization develops a robot that can replace a deceased loved one. A family of badgers have built their home under railway tracks (note: this recently happened in my country). Alien contact. Someone is mean to a racist. Trees are growing their roots through nuclear waste from the past. A package was delivered to someone's neighbour and that neighbour ordered the same thing. Clouds start forming mysterious shapes. A kid's balloon flew away. All inhabitants of a city start having nightmares of an apocalypse. Someone throws soup at a famous painting to ask attention for robot rights.

It makes me really happy to see that other people get the concept, especially because I don't pretend to have enough imagination to come up with as many ideas as this, so I'm really hoping that this game inspires others to come up with ideas like this that I can play some day.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6081311

This is the background art for the cover. Before I share the full cover, I wanted to give a peak at what artist Sean Bodley has done for the background.

You can find more of his work at https://seanbodley.com/ and support him at patreon.com/seanbodley .

This is the background art for the cover. Before I share the full cover, I wanted to give a peak at what artist Sean Bodley has done for the background.

You can find more of his work at https://seanbodley.com/ and support him at patreon.com/seanbodley.

I just realized that since this community is new, it's going to be listed on the front page of SLRPNK.net, so I should do a bit more explanation and promotion.

Fully Automated is a solarpunk tabletop RPG.

If I were to hear that, my first questions would be:

• *"What kind of solarpunk?"
• "What kind of stories is this for?"*
• and "How solarpunk is this? Are we talking science fantasy with solar panels? Or something more?"

First and foremost, it's meant to be flexible. That said, the default flavor is a scientifically grounded version of high density, post-scarcity urban adventure.

The first set of playable stories are meant to be accessible, exciting adventures, especially to people new to solarpunk. It's assumed that the game may be played by game groups at the request of one player, but not everyone in the group has ever encountered this genre. These stories are primarily investigative, with a mix of diplomacy and possible violence.

Finally, how solarpunk is it? Ultimately, I don't want to confine people, and different people have different tastes. But we've made an effort to provide a starting point that doesn't feel like capitalism with a green coat of paint. The default setting exists somewhere between Libertarian Socialism and Anarchist Communism. It describes a world with a very different set of technologies, social expectations, and philosophical relationships to neighbors and nature. This game is meant to appeal to people new to solarpunk stories, but hope that folks who've read all the classics will not find it shallow.

Most importantly, though, this is not a manifesto. It's a game, and it's meant to be easy to play and genuinely fun. If you like TTRPGs, we hope you'll try it out with friends! If you want to try it, let us know and we'll help get you started.

We're getting ready to release Fully Automated, which means setting up social media accounts and our website:

fullyautomatedrpg.com

I'm not sure how much activity this community will have, but if people are interested in discussing the game, here's the place to do it!

If you're unfamiliar with the game and have found your way here, go ahead and ask questions.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rA1LE5

I just came across João Queiroz and I'm absolutely floored by their work.

It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. Nowhere is this more visible than on the shelves of game shops, where our choices for the future are dystopia, apocalypse, and space. Fully Automated is an open source tabletop RPG project developing a free game meant to provide for solarpunk what Dungeons & Dragons provides for fantasy. It's now in beta version 0.3 and we're looking to build our community of play testers and contributors!

Fully Automated! Solarpunk tabletop RPG

Gameplay: Fully Automated can be used with whatever your favorite system is. But for the best experience, we’ve designed a simple 2d10 system for roleplay built specifically for a world of interdependence and care rather than the logic of individualist domination that underlies most RPGs. For combat, Fully Automated uses a custom card-based system that’s fast and fun, and designed with defense and preservation of life in mind.

Characters: Who do you want to be? A healer? Hacker? Negotiator? Athlete? Customize from dozens of augmentations and abilities or play as one of 12 unique pre-made characters such as a Capoeira monk and a streetwise bike courier.

World Guide: You don’t have to study the economy, governance, and legal structure of Fully Automated to play it. But if you’re curious or looking for inspiration for your own writing, it’s all there. Learn about everything from food production to housing, along with a history that tells how we got from here to there. There's no one vision of solarpunk, but whatever your taste you can find things to use in our grounded, hard-sci-fi lore set one hundred years in the future.

Plus: playable stories! Fully Automated! Campaign 1- Regulation has a full three-mission campaign with 16+ hours of content to demonstrate what thrilling adventures look like within a world of fully automated luxury communism.

If you want to play or join this project visit our Discord server and help us work toward releasing version 1 in February 2024!

I saw an effort at trying to systematize solarpunk elsewhere that felt a bit confused, but it reminded me of this. I'm not typically inclined to try to taxonamize everything, but I'll admit that the appeal definitely isn't lost on me. This felt useful.

Displaced Palestinians give a bleak first-hand account of how the Israel-Hamas war has torn apart the lives of their families.

Conferences have been abruptly cancelled, media appearances suppressed and demands made to fire critics of Israeli policies.