Bundle of Holding has revived its Neon City Overdrive offer, bringing back a compact but surprisingly adaptable cyberpunk RPG line built for fast play and quick improvisation. If you like your near‑future action rules‑light, character‑driven, and easy to get to the table, this bundle is very much in that space. Neon City Overdrive is built on FU: Freeform Universal, with a bit of Fate’s narrative looseness and Blades in the Dark’s clocks and pressure systems folded in. The result is a game that doesn’t get bogged down in gear lists or tactical grids. It’s all about who your character is, what drives them, and how far they’ll push themselves in a city that’s always ready to chew them up.
The corebook gives you the full system, complete with Trademarks (your background or vibe), Roles (your job in the crew), and the mix‑and‑match Skins, Cyberware, and Edges that define your approach to the streets. Missions run on the Rule of COOL – Concept, Objective, Obstacle, Link – which keeps sessions focused and lets the GM build threats on the fly. Clocks track danger and escalation, and Leverage gives characters a way to heal, grow, or even buy themselves a new body and escape the city entirely. It’s a system that rewards momentum and improvisation rather than meticulous planning.
For a mere $5.95, you get the full Neon City line. This comprises four titles, all DRM‑free:
- Neon City Overdrive (Core Rulebook): This is the full game. Ultimately, it’s all you really need to get going with Neon City Overdrive.
- The Grid: A supplement expanding the digital side of the setting, including hacking, virtual spaces, and the networks that bind the city together.
- Skinjobs: Rules and options for body‑swapping, synthetic forms, and the messy identity questions that come with changing your physical self.
- Psions: Adds psychic abilities, mental intrusion, and the strange edge cases where cyberpunk bleeds into the paranormal.
This is a small bundle, but it’s tightly focused and easy to use. Neon City Overdrive is the kind of game you can run after a long day without needing to prep a dossier of NPCs or map out a megacorp’s floor plan. It’s fast, flexible, and built for players who want to hit the ground running in a neon‑soaked sprawl. If you’re looking for a cyberpunk system that prioritises momentum over minutiae, this is a tidy, well‑priced way to pick up the entire line in one go.
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