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Setting the Stage Episode 46 – Ben and Cybertopia

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Ben tells us about his setting and independently designed TTRPG system, Cybertopia. Cybertopia is a fiction first system set in the near future. Amazing Corp saved the world from climate and energy catastrophes with a magical clean energy machine. As the world moves into a post-scarcity economy, Amazing Corp has risen in power and influence beyond most governments. The players are small pieces in this machine, trying to take care of any problems that get in Amazing Corp’s way. And maybe they discover something sinister that shakes their confidence in Amazing Corp? Who knows? That’s up to the GM.

Cybertopia as a system is a d20 system. Characters pick a Core which is like a class, but is really just a guide to what your character is good at without the rigid framework of D&D applied to it. The Core provides a +3 to rolls. Characters also have skills, items, and situational things that provide +1 or +2. All these modifiers stack together just like other d20 systems. Experience points are gained by rolling a natural 20. Three experience points can be exchanged for a skill improvement.

This episode was recorded in September where the temperatures were 95°F in California (me) while being rainy and 57°F in Scotland where Ben is located.

Ben’s itch.io shop where you can check out Cybertopia
Ben has a actual play podcast to demonstrate Cybertopia. The second season is starting its release now. You can listen to that in any of your favorite podcast apps.
The Cybertopia podcast is also available on YouTube but still audio only.

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I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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Michael tells us about a D&D horseback riding experience at SaddleSnaps! The Chicago-based stable hosted a weekend camping, horseback riding, and D&D event. About 50 players came from across the country for this new experience. During the event, the players were split up into three groups. Each of the groups engaged in the "Exploration" and "Social Interaction" pillars of RPGs as a LARP. They used horses to go out on rides around the area to find clues to a developing mystery. After returning to their base camp they'd set up around tables for the D&D "Combat" pillar. Michael was the main DM of the adventure along with lots of support DMs and NPC actors helping him out.SaddleSnaps is planning to do more rides like this in the future, both single day rides as well as full weekend campouts like this first one. There are evening rides every Thursday for the rest of July 2026 with more to come in future months. You can check out everything about SaddleSnaps on their website.Michael has his own website for his RPG resources called Paragon Provisions that you can check out as well.Michael also runs his own Discord server that you connect with him on if you'd like to keep up with all the cool D&D stuff he's doing.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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