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Subway Runners is a 32 page, color, Forged In The Dark game about a neon weird city where immortality has been discovered so no one gets to retire, and you have to work a gig job hunting monsters in the train tunnels.

It's fun. It's pulp. It operates on a little bit of dream logic, but if it were a movie, I would for sure watch it.

The Forged In The Dark engine has also been modded a little bit here, in a way that absolutely works for the game. The players absorb a little bit of the GM role (they're the final arbiter as to whether a roll needs to be made, and also what trait they roll,) there's some dice pools that are just part of the character and not traits, healing and stress recovery happen automatically at checkpoints, and the game fully embraces being a thing born of 2020, designing its intended play around online tools.

In fact, both characters and missions are created by an online generator, which the book links to, fully automating that aspect of setup.

This may also be a downside for people, as the game isn't quite fully playable without the generators.

This and some other gameplay elements felt a little odd (the skill list is gargantuan for a FitD game,) but in the end as long as you have an internet connection, nothing interferes with the quality of the game.

Overall, this thing is like a chill synth-pop version of Metro 2033. I earnestly recommend it to anyone who likes clever worldbuilding, solid balance, and mild-mannered hellscapes. Also probably anyone who likes Red Markets---as there's definitely a similar feeling at play here, if with a different tone.

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Do you have a youtube channel or newsletter we can subscribe to? All your reviews are so thoughtful!

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Whoah, thank you. I have my twitter account linked off of my profile, but the reviews aren't really a formal thing. I just decided to try and work my way through all the trpgs that were in the big bundle. I struggle to get feedback and ratings on games, so I sort of figured other people might be in the same spot, and I'm hoping some of my reviews help a bit.

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I have also been very impressed with these reviews. Every time I find a thoughtful and thorough one from one of these bundle games, it's almost always signed 'kumadal'. Thank you!

Thanks!