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Designed by Christophe Boelinger The end of the world does not come suddenly. It is much more insidious. 500 years after the devastation of the Earth, two factions arise from their underground cities. NORAD, militaristic, scientific, paranoid. Salemites, occultists experimenting with the revival of the dead. Both factions meet for the first time and instantly clash. Earth Reborn is a highly realistic, scenario-based simulation game which is rich in depth and possibilities. Although it may seem complex at first glance, it is in fact quite simple and intuitive once you have learned the basics. This book guides you step-by-step through the process of mastering all of Earth Reborn’s secrets. It serves as a rulebook, a tutorial and a scenario book all at once. First, read the Core Rules common to all scenarios. Then put these rules into practice with the first scenario. Move on to the next set of rules and then to the second scenario, and so on to progressively unleash Earth Reborn’s full potential. The rules are designed in a modular fashion: each scenario selectively puts new rules into play and allows you to practice with them before moving on to the next level. Do not worry if you see icons or game elements that you do not understand or that have not been explained yet: it just means that you do not need them at this point. The corresponding explanations will come later and be put to use in future scenarios. When you reach the final scenario of this book, all that Earth Reborn is will have been revealed to you! Go to the Earth Reborn website (link on right) to get downloads of multiplayer scenarios, map editors, and more. Earth Reborn pre-painted minis for sale. Click here for all the info.
Below is a group shot of the miniatures that come with the game. They will come stickered and on the base already so no fussing with them - just read the core rules and play! The miniatures will also be undercoated, making them ready to be painted.
Here's how to read the base. Inner circle: the blue and gray pie slices reflect the close combat effectiveness of the miniature (see the character cards below). Miniatures fighting facing their dark blue arc will do better than in their light blue arc which does better than their gray arc. The dagger determines miniature facing: i.e. the tip of the dagger is where the miniature is facing. Outer circle: the red, orange and white arcs represent the Arc of Sight. A miniature can shoot in the red and orange arcs but cannot see anyone in its white arc. The red and orange arcs also determine shooting efficacy - equipment cards will give the stats for red and orange fire arcs.
IN GAME SHOT
Jack Saw Jack Saw is the reanimated cadaver of Jack Sawyer, deceased in 487 p.a., who was buried under rubble during the restoration of the old Salem city hall. The renovated building, now dedicated to Jason F. Kendall, is currently being used by the Salemite High Command. Jack is reanimated within minutes of his death. His mind still has vague recollections of his old job and the physical tasks he used to perform. Jeff Deeler studies the reduced mental activity of the freshly reanimated body, and detects signs of violent tendencies, as well as a constant desire to work. He makes a proposal to the S.S.C. to leverage this excess of energy and hate by turning Jack Saw into a fighting and demolition machine. The S.S.C. approves the project and grafts onto Saw's brain an advanced model of a neuronic helmet. For his part, Jeff Deeler affixes a cybernetic arm equipped with a tempered steel circular saw to his body. Jack Saw is born. He is soon assigned to close combat missions: his rage and violence are devastating in direct contact. He is also given many physically exhausting tasks like demolishing walls, cutting wood, cutting doors out of existing walls, etc. Saw's modifications prove so popular that a line of cybernetic saw-equipped zombies is created. Below is his character card (front is healthy and backside is wounded) that gives you his stats. The line on the bottom is the game's unique I.P.S. system. What the icons below translates to is: Jack Saw can use his saw- equipped
arm to cut through adjacent doors or walls. The wall or door to
be destroyed must be in his dark blue close combat arc. The two
IPS lines are to be considered as two different options from which
Jack Saw can choose. For 2 CPs, roll 6 yellow dice. If 10 or more hits are rolled, Jack destroys an adjacent wall. Place a small wall-destroyed marker. Also, check out his painted mini
(it has not yet been determined if pre-painted minis will come with
the game, but you can at least see the sculpture).
SOME TILE IMAGES
Below is her character card (front is healthy and backside is wounded) that gives you her stats. The line on the bottom is the game's unique I.P.S. system. What the icons below translates to is: When Vazquez is activated, if she has line of sight to Franck Einstein, she can try to charm him and take control of him. She has to spend 2 CPs (Command Points) and roll 3 yellow dice. If she gets 5 or more successes, Franck becomes a NORAD character until the end of the game. Note that when she is wounded she has the same ability, but Franck takes more pity on her and thus she only needs to spend 1 CP and succeeds on 3 or more hits. The other stats reflect her health, armor, movement, varying melee combat strength depending on her miniature's facing, plus her firing stat, the number of CPs she is allowed to spend and how many she gives her player when in play. Plus a few other things. It may seem like a lot but the game also offers a tutorial pace - you only need to know a few things on the left side of her card in the core rules. As you read more chapters, you learn more rules (and new scenarios to use those new rules). So by the time you are done with the rulebook, you will understand the whole card.
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