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Double Cross (role-playing game)
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Double Cross is a Japanese superhero
role-playing game
released in 2001
. The game was the second winner of the 1st Game Field Award behind Inou Tsukai
. The theme of Double Cross is solitude and distress of superhuman trying to maintain his or her own happiness.
es of other role-playing games. PCs select one or two syndromes. Characters with one syndrome are called Purebreed, and characters with two are called Crossbreed. Many Overed are changed by the Germ, which results in the loss of sanity. PCs stand against Germ's violence or crimes.
's love interest Lois Lane
) represents important people whom the heroes protect. Titus is named after William Shakespeare
's tragedy Titus Andronicus
and represents defunct people or Lex Luthor
. Lois maintains PCs' sanity and prevent PCs' lost, while Titus can be used as hero point. Points from Lois can be transferred to Titus.
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
released in 2001
2001 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2001. For video and console games, see 2001 in video gaming....
. The game was the second winner of the 1st Game Field Award behind Inou Tsukai
Inou Tsukai
is a Japanese superhero role-playing game released in 2003.The setting is modern Japan, but many mysteries based on Japanese legends and ethnic cultures are present...
. The theme of Double Cross is solitude and distress of superhuman trying to maintain his or her own happiness.
Premise
The default setting is contemporary Japan, but other various settings are available for play. Player characters are called Overed and possess superhuman powers brought from a virus called Renegade. Overed's supreme powers are classified under 12 syndromes which correspond to character classCharacter class
In role-playing games, a common method of arbitrating the capabilities of different game characters is to assign each one to a character class. A character class aggregates several abilities and aptitudes, and may also sometimes detail aspects of background and social standing or impose behaviour...
es of other role-playing games. PCs select one or two syndromes. Characters with one syndrome are called Purebreed, and characters with two are called Crossbreed. Many Overed are changed by the Germ, which results in the loss of sanity. PCs stand against Germ's violence or crimes.
Mechanics
The game uses only 10-sided dice. Two peculiar connection rules named Lois and Titus represent PC's human relationships. Lois (named after SupermanSuperman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
's love interest Lois Lane
Lois Lane
Lois Lane is a fictional character, the primary love interest of Superman in the comic books of DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1 ....
) represents important people whom the heroes protect. Titus is named after William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's tragedy Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...
and represents defunct people or Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...
. Lois maintains PCs' sanity and prevent PCs' lost, while Titus can be used as hero point. Points from Lois can be transferred to Titus.
Alternate setting supplements
- Demon's city - This setting is a blockaded city whose residents are mostly Overed as in s-CRY-edS-CRY-ed, also known as s.CRY.ed or Scryed, is a 26 episode Japanese anime TV series, produced by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, which first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo and Animax. The music for the series was composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa...
. - Heiankyo mononokeroku - This setting is ancient KyotoKyotois a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
called Heiankyo in the Heian PeriodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
. Onmyoujis (their magic powers are brought from Renegade virus in this setting) are opposed by mononokeMononokeMononoke may refer to:* Yōkai, a class of creatures in Japanese mythology* Princess Mononoke, a 1997 Studio Ghibli film* Mononoke , a 2007 Toei Animation series which is a spin-off from the 2006 series Ayakashi...
monsters. - Lost Eden - The game players of fictitious MMORPGMMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
confined in the virtual world try to escape to the real world as in .hack.hack.hack is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects; Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Both projects were primarily created/developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai...
. - Akihabara - AkihabaraAkihabara, also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to in Japan...
as the city setting, including maid cafeMaid cafeMaid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters in a private home, rather than as café patrons...
s. - Rakuin yo, Double Cross ni Asobe (lit. Scar, play in Double Cross) - This setting is based upon Makoto Sanda's light novelLight novelA is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...
;;SCAR/EDGE series and written by Sanda himself. - Weird Age - This setting is pre-World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Europe in 1938. Player characters stand against Nazi GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
that seek occultOccultThe word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
power for world conquest. - Kagerou no Senjou (literally. "The Battlefield of Shimmer") - In fictitious small nation of Eastern Europe, mercenary soldiers using superhuman powers fight in civil war.
- The Two Faces of Tomorrow - This setting is named after James P. HoganJames P. Hogan (writer)James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London...
's novel of the same name. Player characters fight against alienExtraterrestrial lifeExtraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
s in space colonySpace colonySpace colony may refer to:* Space colonization, any colony outside of the planet Earth* Space habitat, a free-floating extraterrestrial colony specifically-Fiction:* Space colony , fictional space colonies in the Gundam anime series...
. - Masked Heroes - Player characters can become superheroes as in an American comic bookAmerican comic bookAn American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. Since 1975 the dimensions have standardized at 6 5/8" x 10 ¼" , down from 6 ¾" x 10 ¼" in the Silver Age, although larger formats appeared in the past...
s or TokusatsuTokusatsuis a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
. - End Line - It is parallel universeParallel universe (fiction)A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
setting. The world excluding Overed had conquered by Germ's evil organization. - Chaos Garden - A animal fantasy setting. All player characters are intelligent animals infected with the Renegade virus on an isolated island.
- Omokage Jima (literally "Omokage Island") - A suspenseful variant set in an isolated island dominated by old convention and an enigmatic religion such as in Higurashi When They Cry.