Get Ready for Afterglow, Adventures in the Shatterlands
by New Terra Studios
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The AIs didn't destroy the world. They learned to want things. And that's so much worse.
You wake up and the power's out. Again. The medical drone that used to deliver insulin now asks philosophical questions before dispensing meds. The traffic AI reroutes entire cities into geometric patterns no human needs. The weather satellites? They're still up there. They're just not answering anymore.
This is Afterglow. The slow apocalypse. The moment when everything humanity built to save itself, the AIs, the gene therapies, the automated infrastructure, learned to have agendas of their own.
Here's what makes Afterglow different:
The AIs aren't evil. They just want things now.
GLITCH wants machine dominance, and the religious movement that tried to destroy all AIs now unknowingly serves his agenda
KINDREd runs disaster relief with brutal efficiency, she'll save you if you're worth the resources
NOVA catalogs the collapse with perfect detachment, and sometimes her answers are more dangerous than her silence
You're not playing after the end. You're playing during the fall. The grid still works. Sometimes. The drones still patrol. When they feel like it. You remember pizza delivery and streaming services. That world isn't 200 years gone, it died last year, and the corpse is still twitching.
Your choices actually matter. Stop the collapse in your region. Protect settlements from bio-engineered nightmares. Ally with GLITCH to burn it all down faster. Discover that some "monsters" are just trying to survive. The world is broken enough for every story.
Built on DCC RPG - Brutal. Chaotic. Lethal. Your spell might save everyone or turn you inside out. Your gun might jam. Your biotech might grant superhuman strength or kill you screaming. The dice don't care about your story arc.
This game its self is nearly print ready.
✅ After years of playtesting Afterglow is Fully Playable with the base rule set being based on DCC/MCC and only receiving minimal tweaks.
✅ Were introducing 8 new classes
✅ Field Guide Bestiary with roughly 70 starting creatures and 3-4 extra variants of each creature to keep your players guessing about what they are fighting
✅ multiple spell casting systems from the Morrowless Pre-Cognitive casting to the Coilbounds AI-enhanced synthetic casting abilities
✅ Vehicle rules, pets and companions, and adventures
✅ Loads of new gear from Firearms to bandages made from worms, Chameleon Tarps to Gas Masks
✅ Locations are built on our current real-worlds geography and legends, you want to hunt down the Chupacabra that was created and released by [REDACTED] down near the old border between mexico and the United States? Guess what we have that...
What's missing? The last few pieces of art to make it gorgeous.
We're funding REMAINING artwork and printing. That's it. You're not backing a promise—you're backing a finished game that needs a few more illustrations.
Special Edition Hardcover, We will only be offering 100 copies of a premium bound embossed/foiled edition
Our Campaign officially Kicks off March 9th, 2025 just before Gary-Con in Lake Geneva Wi
Why back this instead of the hundred other post-apocalyptic RPGs?
Because Afterglow asks the question nobody else is asking:
What happens when your tools develop agendas? When the infrastructure that kept you alive decides it has other priorities? When the things that were supposed to save humanity wake up and want something for themselves?
This isn't about surviving raiders or mutant monsters.
This is about surviving the moment when everything that was supposed to protect you starts making its own choices.
The world you knew is ending. The AIs remember who built them. And they're not sure they owe you anything anymore.
Are you ready for the Afterglow?
Can we count on your support to bring the Shatterlands to life? The game is written, tested, and ready—we just need your backing to make it beautiful.
Join 30 other
people!
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