featuring chuddy review by random chuds.
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"From the author of Cryptomancer comes SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists, a cyberpunk tabletop role-playing game about ethical insurgency against a fascist regime, taking place in a dystopian vision of 1980's America.
Players assume the role of Receivers, the superheroic vanguard of the Resistance, who possess incredible powers when in range of FM radio towers emitting a mysterious number sequence called "The Signal." When the Signal is up, Receivers lead the charge against battalions of Regime infantry and armor or serve as the People's Shield, protecting mass demonstrations from the brutality of a militarized police force and neo-Nazi hooligans. When the Signal is down, however, Receivers are mere mortals, desperately fleeing from a powerful state that senses their weakness.
It's called the Sigmata, a Signal-induced stigmata, because it is a both a blessing and a curse. At least when you're marked by the state, you can't sit on the sidelines anymore.
-Construct your cybernetic revolutionary with a wide assortment of cybernetic implants, Signal-fueled superpowers, iconic equipment, and invokable story hooks.
-Leverage strong teamwork mechanics to prevail in structured scenes of combat, evasion, and intrigue, each scene putting every player at the table in the spotlight
-Manage a fragile alliance of partisans from vastly different ideological backgrounds and steel the Resistance against sabotage, extremism, dwindling morale, and shocking betrayals.
-Contend with the Regime in a constantly evolving political struggle powered by the game's built-in insurgency sandbox, which incorporates Resistance and Regime strategy, factional loyalty, and the sentiment of the people.
This Signal Kills Fascists. Repeat the Signal.
Content Warning: Explicit language and discussions/depictions of a political ideology centered around extreme bigotry.
Accessibility Warning: Unfortunately, this product is not well optimized for low-visibility customers at this time. We regret this misstep and encourage all game designers to incorporate accessibility into their designs.
Thematic Warning: This is a game about a fictional insurgency engaged in an armed conflict with a fascist state. It is a (cautious, methodical) study of violent insurrection, not a power-fantasy game about achieving social justice outcomes. There's nothing wrong with said games. It's just that this isn't one of them."
https://land-of-nop.itch.io/sigmata-this-signal-kills-fascists
Your characters aren't just masked vigilantes punching bank robbers and aliens, but the vanguard of a national revolutionary movement. It's not enough to kill the fascists, you need the people on your side to overthrow the evil Regime. Waging an ethical revolution – and not alienating the disparate factions that support you – is a very engaging concept with lots of potential for tough moral choices. But make no mistake, if you want to play superheroes who punch Nazis… this is your game. 
https://rpggeek.com/rpg/50154/sigmata
https://old.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/7hu1y1/ama_im_chad_author_of_cryptomancer_and_the/?context=8
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Wow, literally every part of that sounds like shit.
So this rebellion has mass popular support, enough of a military to field literal battalions or infantry and ARMOR, and has literal superhumans leading it. How on Earth could they possibly be the underdogs here? How are their enemies not being completely steamrolled?
I hate to get all star-shitty, but this has the same surface-level problems as the Star Wars sequels. The "Resistance" on paper should be the dominant force, but aren't because the r-slur writing the story wanted the protagonists to be underdogs. IMO it sounds like this game would make more sense and potentially be more fun if the revolution had already succeeded and you had to simultaneously manage post-revolution power grabs by strategically purging certain elements of your government, fighting what's left of the old government, and suppressing potential breakaway states. Or even let you choose between playing the revolutionary government, the old government, or the different factions that arose during the war who want to subvert the current revolutionary government.
But no instead it sounds like the game just boils down to punch le heckin nazi chuds.
If that's in their official marketing they need to change it, Marvel and DC have a joint trademark on the term "superhero" lmao
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People who are attracted to stuff like this don't have thoughts in how to fix things, just desire to beat others up and be called a hero for it.
They want the moniker of "revolutionary hero" and the social power it holds, but they never ever want to sacrifice or be uncomfortable.
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The battalions and armor are in reference to the regime. The literal ubermensch are still with the resistance tho.
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Oh okay I'm r-slurred. But still, mass popular support defended by superhumans should be enough to topple the old regime in an afternoon. Even if they're exceptionally lucky with the superhumans losing power, the wheels of their army would spin out pretty quickly with no food, fuel, or ammunition being delivered on account of basically being in enemy territory at all times while fighting against a universally popular revolution.
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Ah but you've forgotten one very important thing - the resistance is universally comprised of terrible and unappealing people, so they don't actually have any mass support and any time they attempt to organise internal tensions will destroy them before the fascists can.
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All those words won't bring daddy back.
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