CARBON SHADOW
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A cyberpunk tabletop RPG where an AI Game Master runs the world, tracks the rules, and reacts to everything you do. Set in the vertical megacity of Node-7. No rulebook memorization required.

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Tabletop RPG.
AI Game Master.
Zero Prep.

Carbon Shadow is a cyberpunk RPG built from the ground up for an AI-driven Game Master. You pick an archetype, choose a job, and play. The AI handles the narrative, the NPCs, the dice math, and the consequences of every choice you make.

The rules exist to make your decisions matter — not to slow you down. Five archetypes. A living city controlled by megacorporations and an AI infrastructure with an agenda of its own. Missions that respond to what you actually do, not what the designer expected.

AI Game Master
A trained narrative engine that responds to anything you try. No pre-written dialogue trees. No invisible walls.
Five Archetypes
Street Samurai. Netrunner. Specter. Rigger. Medic. Each plays differently. Each sees Node-7 from a different angle.
Player Agency First
The GM never says no. Creative actions get creative consequences. Reckless actions get costly ones. Your call.
Zero Prep
No stat blocks to memorize, no rulebook to study. Sit down, pick a character, and the AI handles the rest.
A City That Doesn't Care About You.

Node-7 is a vertical megacity. Corporate spires pierce the cloud layer at the top. The Grid hums with commerce and neon in the middle. The Substrate — infrastructure repurposed as living space — fills the gaps between walls. And the Deep sprawls below, off every ledger, where the city's foundation becomes someone's home.

Five megacorporations run everything above the waterline. Below it, a different economy operates entirely. And threading through it all, an AI called Tessera manages the infrastructure — transit, power, water, and data — with intentions no one has ever confirmed.

Carbon Shadow — Three operatives in a Node-7 corridor

"I created the RPG system that I would want to use, and I'm confident that there are others out there just like me looking for a rich narrative without the need to memorize game mechanics."

— Erik Dahlman, Creator
Play It Before Anyone Else.

Carbon Shadow will be playable as a live demo. Sit down, pick an archetype, run a one-shot mission in Node-7, and see what an AI Game Master actually feels like at the table.

May 22–24, 2026
Comicpalooza — Houston, TX
Live playable demo. Pick an archetype. Run a mission. See what happens when the GM never says no.
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