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A Cyberpunk Eat The Reich Hack Launches on Kickstarter

Punch Space F*cists in the Face!

Hamilton Ross

Hamilton Ross

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A Cyberpunk Eat The Reich Hack Launches on Kickstarter
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EAT THE H.I.V.E. | ABATTOIR is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you play a pissed off commando hell bent on bringing down the f*scist powers that have controlled the H.I.V.E. (a Huge Integrated Vertical Ecosystem) for thousands of years. Cut a brutal and violent path through bootlicking P.I.G.S. and the rich families they serve as you climb higher and higher aiming to remove the head. The Marquis must fall!

Mock-up of Commando Randar the Weapons Expert

This EAT THE REICH hack is an ultraviolent game made to be played as a one shot over one to 3 sessions. During this time there will be murder, shootings, riots, revolution, dead fascists, arson, demolition and all manner of carnage as the Commandos RAGE kill their way to the top. 

This is but one story of many in the Abattoir, one group of Commando's, amongst a population of billions, will you get them to rise up with you? Stoke the fires of rebellion amongst the populace and get them to help you Eat the H.I.V.E.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theatremacabre/eat-the-hive

Written and developed by David Whitworth (Modern Vaesen, Warhammer Fantasy), illustrated by Hamilton Ross (WraithBorn) and David Whitworth, additional writing and editing by Chris Handley (Wrath & Glory) and Crystal Mazur (Vampire the Masquerade).

EAT THE H.I.V.E. | ABATTOIR  is a beautifully illustrated rulebook containing everything you need to get started:

  • A quick-to-learn D6 dice pool system - using the Havoc Engine - that encourages creative violence
  • 6 pre-generated extreme killing machine Commando's
  • Enemy reinforcement rules to keep the Commando's engaged
  • Porcine themed enemies each with their own unique set of skills and acronyms for the Commando's to fully murder hobo
  • B.O.A.R.S. - Beat Operations Armoured Reap and Serve 
  • S.W.I.N.E. - Special Weapons Initiate Negate Enforcers. 
  • P.I.G.S. - Police In the Government's Service, 
  • P.I.G.L.E.T.S. - Police In Government - Lieutenants Engaged in Training
  • P.O.R.K. - Paid Operatives Runners & Killers 
  • H.O.G.S. - Hunters Of Government Serfs - extreme fascists who take great pleasure in hunting the populace for sport
Randar - The Assassin “We once ruled the galaxy, now reduced to slaves. We don’t want the galaxy; we have learnt humility with our fall, and now we just want our lives. No one should rule over all. We are all life, and life is precious, not to be sold and treated as a commodity. We are old and dying, but we shall see the younger ones live free. I will gladly sacrifice myself for others to thrive and help bring down the brutal, uncaring world.” Menfred - The Muscle Or’rite bois, I nose uz fed up wiv da stinkin’ hoomans lordin it up abuv uz and wot not. In dare high towers and rulez and lawz and making everyone follow dem stoopid fings, taking over everything. Well, I’ve fookin had it wiv em. Letz go smash der stoopid faces in. Fuck da Marqiz. Nik - The Mechanic “It’s mine, I found it so it’s mine, I make the good bang with it you, you seez. Yous wants a launcher for the bang bangs; I makes u the launcher and da bang bangs. The vroom vroom no work? I fix that, make go vroom vroom vroooooooooom. You needs me, see small space, you biggies no fits….I fits, I go through, I opens the door from the other side. Tunnels, ducts, holes, best loot trash down them, my ickle fingers go hunt and grab and build.” Grugnar - The Explosives Expert “We were once a proud people, a united people; we worked together to help make the mines a safer place for all. We belonged to the community, we protected each other. Now we barely protect ourselves. Now is the time we take it fucking back. They trained us to use explosives to mine the hardest fucking rock down here. I reckon we show em what a proud and noble people we are, by forcing these demo charges up their fucking arses!” Fink - The Chemist “Magix, hexas and oil, mix em and watch em boil. They test on us, we test on them. See how they like the cage, the smoke and the poke. Needles in eyes, liquid in veins, drugs in food, rots the brains. We are legion, we can be free. Use them as lab animals we shall, cut a limb here, chop and bone there. The Green shall flow in them, as the Great Marsupial flows in us. Rise up underlings, chitter, claw, snap and hex, through the spells, make em specks. Burn the souls outta them, no more power to us they shall hold.” Jack - The Traitor “I was one of them, but fuck them; I was a P.I.G.S., I did some bad shit for them. But I was lied to; I saw them shoot people for disagreeing with orders. You don’t wanna beat that kid for accidentally kicking dust onto your boots, then labour camp for you. We HAD to beat you, or we were beaten. Fuck that; they took my wages to pay for my uniform, my gun, my ammo, everything was counted. The only thing I count now is how many of their fucking heads I kick in.”

David Whitworth: (writer, developer) A half crazed caffeine addicted academic known to lurk in various corners of the world at any given time. Full of ADHD caffeine fueled nonsense, he wrote Eat the HIVE in less than a month. Having also worked in Games Workshop with Chris back in the early 2000’s they have worked on the Warhammer RPGs and spent much time writing weird gothic horror stories for Vaesen.

Hamilton Ross: (artist) Bored of being stuck in the dark infinite void of corporate design, Hamilton decided to start designing dark infinite voids to roleplay in. Having worked on a number of D&D supplements, before jumping into the grim world of Mork Borg zines with Demon Slayer, Omen of the Blood God & more recently the standalone game WraithBorn. Alongside these adventures, he created the D&D Gameshow Dragons Duel & its many forms.

Chris Handley: (writer, editor) Somehow works on multiple projects while keeping down a day job, this former academic spent the early 2000s working part-time with David in a Games Workshop store while studying for his degree. Chris is an Ennie award winning writer, who has worked on many Warhammer RPGs (Wrath and Glory, WHFRPG 4e, Warhammer: the Old World, Age of Sigmar: Soulbound), Iron Kingdoms: Requiem RPG, Vampire the Masquerade 5e, Kult, and more. Chris is also developer for the upcoming rpg, Trashumanism, from the musician Le Destroy, and when not working on RPGs, he is painting even more wargames miniatures and podcasting. 

Crystal Mazur: (editor, sensitivity reader)

Rumours are that Crystal is actually haunted, often found wondering haunted abandoned buildings in the Midwest. Asides from being very likely half in this world and half in the other Crystal is also an Ennie award winning writer, having written and now lead developer for the Ennie award winning PIP system. She has also contributed to Vampire the Masquerade, Cyberpunk RED, Never Going Home and The Black Ballad.

Play testers: Tom Murr, Ben Walker, Paul Smith, Ambrose Neat, Stephen Greene 

This project is all 100% Human Made, with no use of Generative AI in any of its art, layout or writing.

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