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.
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 Games seems to no longer support it.
Rulebook
The 288 page
hardcover 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.
The Metabarons Game Master Screen
The color game master screen came bundled with an 80-page supplement called
The Metabarons Companion Book 1.
Metabarons Guidebook #1: The Path of the Warrior
A supplement with information derived from the first volume of the
Metabarons comic book appeared in 2002.
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