The Metabarons Roleplaying Game
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The Metabarons Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game
set within the mystically-inclined
and oppressive space opera
setting, the Jodoverse created by Alexandro Jodorowsky originally in the form of French language comic books. In the game, players play, not the Metabarons themselves, but common folk in the same universe affected by the Metabarons. Progress in the game depends heavily on adhering to a personal (and in many cases, self-created) honor code
, though not one usually based on a simple good/evil or wrong/right dichotomy, and on resisting the Necrodream, representing complacency, laziness and apathy
.
seems to no longer support it.
rulebook volume featured original color artwork by Travis Charest
, who provided the cover, as well as original Jodoverse comic book artists Jean Giraud
, Juan Gimenez
, Zoran Janjetov
and others.
comic book appeared in 2002.
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...
set within the mystically-inclined
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
and oppressive space opera
Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced technologies and abilities. The term has no relation to music and it is analogous to "soap...
setting, the Jodoverse created by Alexandro Jodorowsky originally in the form of French language comic books. In the game, players play, not the Metabarons themselves, but common folk in the same universe affected by the Metabarons. Progress in the game depends heavily on adhering to a personal (and in many cases, self-created) honor code
Honor code
An honour code or honour system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. The use of an honor code depends on the idea that people can be trusted to act honorably...
, though not one usually based on a simple good/evil or wrong/right dichotomy, and on resisting the Necrodream, representing complacency, laziness and apathy
Apathy
Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical or physical life.They may lack a sense of purpose or meaning in...
.
Books and Supplements
Only three books were released for this game, though there were plans for several others that never materialized. The game is currently out of print and West End GamesWest End Games
West End Games was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania...
seems to no longer support it.
Rulebook
The 288 page hardcoverHardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
rulebook volume featured original color artwork by Travis Charest
Travis Charest
Travis Charest is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker and painter, known for his work on such books as Darkstars, WildC.A.T.s, Grifter/Shi, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age and The Metabarons...
, who provided the cover, as well as original Jodoverse comic book artists Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
, Juan Gimenez
Juan Gimenez
Juan Antonio Giménez López is an Argentine comic book artist.-Biography:Giménez López was born in Mendoza, Argentina...
, Zoran Janjetov
Zoran Janjetov
Zoran Janjetov is a Serbian comics artist. He lives in Novi Sad. Janjetov is best known as the illustrator of The Technopriests, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. In 1986 he was chosen by Moebius to continue his work The Incal.- Biography :At very early age he started to draw with a strong support...
and others.
- ISBN 1-930753-50-0
The Metabarons Game Master Screen
The color game master screen came bundled with an 80-page supplement called The Metabarons Companion Book 1.- ISBN 1-930753-51-9
Metabarons Guidebook #1: The Path of the Warrior
A supplement with information derived from the first volume of the MetabaronsMetabarons
The Metabarons or The Saga of The Meta-Barons is a science fantasy comic series relating the history of a dynasty of perfect warriors known as the Metabarons. The Metabarons series was written by creator Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Argentinian artist Juan Gimenez...
comic book appeared in 2002.
- ISBN 1-930753-54-3
External links
- A press release announcing the game.
- West End Games (US Publisher for the game)