I recommend using the pre-generated zones as a basis to create your own in order to populate the map. A Nintendo Switch version of the game was released on July 30, 2019. Five complete and ready-to-use “Special Zone Sectors”. Instead of choosing what mutant power your character has, you either randomly pick a card from a deck of cards or you roll two d6’s and live with the result. Your choices will also affect what the Ark turns into – mine was heavily focused on farming, to the detriment of its military strength, which we paid the price for several times. Old Jyko, whom they know as the oldest tree in the Zone, sends her minions after the Stalkers when they arrive. These Special Zone Sectors, which each come with an illustrative map, can be placed anywhere in the Zone by the GM. Mutant: Year Zero has two major game environments, each with its own style of play: The Ark, your home in the dawnworld.A nest of intrigue and Lord of the Flies-style power struggles, it’s far from a safe haven.But it’s the only home you know, and just maybe the cradle of a new civilization. However, the Zone is also populated by Ghouls, human survivors driven violent and insane from the aftermath of the bombings who worship the old world civilization as the Ancients. Mutant: Year Zero is a post-apocalyptic tabletop RPG set in the aftermath of a conflux of disasters that have turned the world into hell on earth. These are scenario locations with NPC’s, backstory and suggested events. In order to reach Eden first, the Stalkers will have to travel through the Forbidden City, the ruins of an old Red Plague quarantine zone populated by hostile Ancient robots. Unstoppable but highly unpredictable mutant powers, such as Flame Breather, Insect Wings, Human Magnet, and Pathokinesis. During the ensuing fight, they destroy her spore pods which kills Old Jyko. In contrast, these are are a poor way to experience the game, as they alternatively are either too difficult for low level characters or are simply bland. [18] An expansion titled Seed of Evil was also released mid-2019, adding more missions and extending the story. There’s also an overarching metaplot that focuses on the search for the origin of mutants, which takes up an entire chapter of the corebook. The Dog Handler had the bioluminescent mutation this way, which was almost never used, while the fire-breathing Chronicler used his powers in almost every conflict. The Stalkers enter Eden and explore the facility, discovering that the Ancients were experimenting with creating mutants before the project was shut down. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Swedish studio The Bearded Ladies and published by Funcom. Mutant Year Zero Package Description. [8] The Zone is a series of interconnected maps that players can freely explore. When the Elder learns that the Stalkers have disobeyed him, he leaves the Ark. They also learn of the Nova Sect, a group of fanatically religious Ghouls who seek to restore Ancient weapons technology that can be used against the Ark. The Nova Sect was able to capture Hammon, and are attempting to force him to assist in their plans. Hammon is a technical genius and is the only person capable of keeping the Ark's systems running, but he and his team disappeared during an expedition, and his absence puts the entire Ark at risk. An illustrated bestiary of humanoids, mutated monsters and Zone phenomena. The community has put the bartender Pripp in charge while they were gone, but he is not competent enough to deal with the situation, so he asks the Stalkers for help. [4] The team as a whole levels up as the game progresses, and new weapons and gears could be unlocked. The tree survived, became self-aware, and decided to "purify" all the creatures in the Zone by transforming them to mindless drones under her control with spores. Each set of dice represents either Ability, Attributes, or Equipment, rolling different variations of the die depending on what the situation requires. [11] Players can also kill an enemy stealthily. An extensive collection of artifacts for the characters to find in the Zone.