Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Overviews Books and Magazines • Characters • Consumables • Credits • Expansions • Factions • Locations • Origins • Perks • Quests • SPECIAL • Skills • Weapons
“In 2077, the storm of nuclear war reduced most of the planet to cinders. From the ashes of nuclear devastation, a new civilization would struggle to arise. A civilization you will shape.”— Modiphius.com
Fallout: The Roleplaying Game is a tabletop role-playing game created by Modiphius using licensed intellectual property from Bethesda Softworks and the Fallout franchise.[Ext 1] It uses the 2d20 tabletop system translated onto a modified SPECIAL system. Prior to Fallout: The Roleplaying Game, Modiphius developed Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and its expansion, the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Roleplaying Game. It is 15th in the Fallout series, following Fallout Shelter: The Board Game.
Background
A closed beta was announced on January 8, 2020 with participants needing to sign an NDA.[Dev 1] Fallout: The Roleplaying Game was slated for a 2020 release, but the release was delayed to Q2 of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The official weekly development blogs began releasing on March 16, 2021, detailing gameplay mechanics, protagonist options, and combat. The game was officially released digitally on March 31, 2021.[1]
The physical release contained missing rules and weapon handout summaries and weapon rules handouts as well as errors. Modiphius announced the inclusion of any missing elements after the delivery the initial set along with a PDF download for those that had pre-ordered sets that included the handouts. Corrections and updates to the PDF versions of the sourcebook were planned for the future. Modiphius plans to provide long-term support of Fallout: The Roleplaying Game like the Star Trek and Conan tabletop series.[Dev 2]
Content
Releases
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Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook | This 438-page hardbound rulebook features a gorgeous cover design evoking the iconic Vault-Tec jumpsuit. Inside, you will find rules and lore for roleplaying in the Fallout world, as well as concept art from the Fallout videogames. Utilizing Modiphius' celebrated 2d20 cinematic role-playing system, the Fallout RPG will take players on an exciting journey into the post-apocalypse! | March 31, 2021 |
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Fallout: The Roleplaying Game GM Screen | This 3-panel Gamemaster’s Screen features evocative Fallout art on the exterior and a host of handy tables on the inside. Tables include: Action Points in Combat, Hit Locations, Weapon Qualities and Range Difficulties, Damage Effects, Injuries and Critical Hits, Minor and Major Actions, Hunger and Thirst States. | June 23, 2023 |
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Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Gamemaster's Toolkit | A post-nuclear roleplaying game needs the best storytellers and material to bring the Wasteland to life. With the Gamemaster Toolkit PDF you will have everything a GM could want to delve into the world of Fallout. | |
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Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Quickstart | Post-apocalyptic adventures await in the wastelands of the Commonwealth! A chance encounter with an injured member of the Brotherhood of Steel leads to a daring rescue attempt, conflict with deadly military robots, exploration in the ruins of an irradiated town, and a life-or-death firefight to liberate a new safe haven! | June 24, 2022 |
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Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Starter Set | Immerse yourself in the genre-defining setting with this introduction to the official Fallout tabletop roleplaying game. This starter set gets you playing Fallout using the 2d20 System designed and tailored for an authentic wasteland experience. Roleplay as a unique character in the familiar setting of the Commonwealth around Boston. | August 12, 2022 |
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Fully Operational | In this digital adventure for Fallout The Roleplaying Game, a former Brotherhood of Steel Scribe has identified the location of a previously-undiscovered West-Tek facility. Rumour has it that they may have been developing prototype Power Armor and other tech, but the site has been lost since the bombs fell. A journey through the Wasteland is likely to be fraught with danger, but this is a prime opportunity for a scavenging run that simply can’t be passed up. | May 18, 2023 |
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Map Pack 1: Vault | Map Pack 1: Vault is the first map pack for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game. It includes poster maps of the multiple levels of a Vault at a 32mm scale, as well as a quest booklet to use for the location. | Q4 2023 |
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Map Pack 2: Wasteland Locales | Map Pack 2: Wasteland Locales is the second map pack for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game. It includes poster maps of various wasteland locations, as well as a quest booklet to use with the maps. | Q2 2024 |
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Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland | The scenario is followed by With a Bang, or a Whimper from the game's Core Rulebook. It can be played as a standalone. The area of the scenario is set around the Commonwealth before the events of Fallout 4. | August 11, 2022 |
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Orange Coloured Sky | In this PDF quest for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game, a group of doctors and other caregivers have established a clinic in “Mt. Sin Central,” an ancient hospital in the middle of a ruined city. They offer treatment for ailments of all sorts and Mt. Sin has recently received an influx of chem-addicts who are resistant to the usual forms of medical intervention. The problem is becoming more widespread and the already overworked hospital staff are running on fumes while their supplies are rapidly dwindling. Moreover, the chems involved seem to originate within the territory of a raider gang, which makes fixing the problem even more difficult. The Board of Caregivers has sent out a distress call via Mt. Sin’s Emergency Broadcast beacon. Will you answer their desperate pleas for help? | April 24, 2023 |
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Royal Flush | Royal Flush is the second campaign book for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game and takes player's back to the West Coast and New Vegas | Q3 2024 |
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Rust Devils NPC Pack | A raider gang with a taste for technology and the smarts to use them. Face off against heavily modified robots and their raider overseers at an abandoned satellite array. This digital NPC Theme Pack for Fallout The Roleplaying Game is designed to give gamemasters all the necessary rules, stats, and tools to inject the Rust Devils raider gang into their games at any level of play. | |
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Settler's Guide Book | The Settler's Guide Book is a 192-page guide book announced on September 22, 2023 and released on September 29, 2023. It introduces new character origins, settlement building, automatron building and much more. It requires the Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. | September 29, 2023 (Digital) November 2023 (Physical) |
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Showdown in Skull Canyon | November 6, 2023 | |
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Wanderer's Guide Book | The Wanderer's Guide Book is the second guide book and supplement for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game. It introduces new character origins, scavenging locations and an extensive bestiary of New California, the Mojave, Appalachia and more. | April 5, 2024 |
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Winter of Atom | A campaign expansion book announced on May 13, 2022 and released as a PDF on May 11, 2023. The campaign is set in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts during a harsh atomic winter. The campaign begins with an adventure known as "The Train Job" which allows players to define their own objectives and explore the Commonwealth. As the chapter advances, the main quests narrow in focus in order to launch players into the growing conflict within the region. | May 11, 2023 (digital) July 2023 (physical) |
References
- ↑ Modiphius.com: "In 2077, the storm of nuclear war reduced most of the planet to cinders. From the ashes of nuclear devastation, a new civilization would struggle to arise. A civilization you will shape. How will you re-shape the world? Will you join with a plucky band of survivors to fight off all comers and carve out your own settlement? Will you team up with pre-existing factions like the Brotherhood of Steel or Super Mutants to enforce your own ideals on the wasteland? Ghoul or robot, paladin or raider, it’s your choice - and the consequences are yours. Welcome to the Wasteland. Welcome to the world of Fallout. Create your own survivors, super mutants, ghouls, and even Mister Handy robots, and immerse yourselves in the iconic post-nuclear apocalyptic world, while gamemasters guide their group through unique Fallout stories. This 2d20 edition of Fallout is as close to the bottlecap-bartering, wasteland wandering, Brotherhood battling excitement of Fallout you can get. Immerse yourself in the genre-defining setting with the official Fallout™ tabletop roleplaying game. Create your group of original characters, including vault dwellers, ghouls, super mutants, and even robots. Tell your own stories of survival in post-nuclear America using a host of non-playable characters and horrific mutated creatures. Use iconic weapons, armor, chems, and items translated straight from the video game. Scavenge the ruins of the old world and make your mark on the wasteland. Utilize the 2d20 System—a roleplaying rules set that supports both story-led adventures and detailed gameplay. Use Action Points to power your incredible wasteland wanderers, and augment their actions with your fantastic Perks. Use an extensive catalogue of creatures and characters from the world of Fallout."
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