The latest update for Cyberpunk 2077 includes a hidden treat for those interested in the tabletop experience. With a bit of digging, players can find a copy of Cyberpunk Red: Easy Mode, giving them a small taste of the latest version of the foundational TTRPG.
Cyberpunk Red: Easy Mode in Cyberpunk 2077
In a recent report by Polygon, a spokesperson from R. Talsorian Games stated that anyone who owns a copy Cyberpunk 2077 and can access their Bonus Content folder will find a PDF of Cyberpunk Red: Easy Mode.
For those that play the game on PC, all you have to do is go into the game's files, find the Bonus Content folder, and download. For those playing on console, the PDF should be available through the Digital Goodies folder via the GOG account linked to your game.
Cyberpunk Red: Easy Mode contains the quickstart rules for the latest version of Mike Pondsmith's iconic TTRPG set in the dark future. It contains an abridged version of the core rules, an introductory mission, and five pre-made characters for players embody: Rockerboy, Solo, Tech, Medtech, and Media. A great entry point for those interested in the hobby.
Cyberpunk Red is set in 2043, thirty-four years before the events of Cyberpunk 2077. It's still set in the capitalist dystopia that is Night City, but in The Time of the Red, the literal nuclear fallout of a terrorist attack that devastated Arasaka Tower. Everyone still needs to deal with corpo scum, cyberpsychos, and brutal cops, but they also need to navigate dangerous storms and suffocating radiation.
This isn't the first time that Cyberpunk 2077 recognized its tabletop foundations. The Bonus Content in the game includes a PDF of the Cyberpunk 2020 Core Rulebook.
This is the second edition of the foundational TTRPG released in 1990. It contains crucial elements of lore such as the aftermath of the Fourth Corporate War, and is a snapshot of the game's design ethos of the era..
