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Designed By	Delmer Esau
Art By	Delmer Esau
Published By	The Game Crafter, LLC Warpunk Studio
Year Published	2008
# of Players:	2 − 4
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Playing Time	60 minutes
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Category	Abstract Strategy Card Game City Building Computer/Internet Mafia Science Fiction Show More »
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Area Enclosure Campaign/Battle Card Driven Hand Management Modular Board Tile Placement Show More »
Primary Name	Cell
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Cell - a Cyberpunk Strategy Game - is a card based board-game that mixes a cyberpunk meme with the ancient Asian game of Go. Combat is quick and card driven.

Click here to download latest PDF set: Prime 2.

Click here to download older version PDF set: Prime 1.

The Corporate War

Players' build the Sprawl city with Sprawl Cells while fighting over control of those Cells by deploying Corporate Samurai and Hover-bikers. Neurohackers are also used by owning the Matrix to provide advantage in battle and add points at the endgame. Control markers are used to convert ownership of Cells like in the game of Go. There are four Sprawl-wide Events that can occur which include Terrorists Nuke, Mass Rioting, the Nemesis Mecha, and a Net Plague. There are two versions of Cell, Cell and Cell: Prime. Cell: Prime is the Beta version and and is available for free as a print-and-play product online.

Cell is due to be released by end of 2009. Cell: Prime Beta has been released.

Click here for a preview of Cell: Prime 2 art.

Cover illustration by Nathan Trimmer. Game design and card graphics by Del Esau.

This is a Blak Universe product.

The Blak Universe is a near future history of war for our solar system. The world was nearly obliterated by machine communists and former NATO spooks are democracy's only hope. Join the action with the Cell: Prime card game and the ongoing written story of Dirtgirl, an exotic covert operative. The following page is the heart of the Blak Universe; a web portal to high adventure:

The Blak Universe home page.

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It is the Year 2045.

I don't know how much longer I have. The North American States have seceded from UN membership and the national army sits idle while blood flows in the streets.

The Sprawl cities exist as corporate forts. Towering arcology Cells built by blood and money are shelter for the masses and a warground for gangsoldier armies of the Mass Corporations. Food is scarce and violence is cheap. Many young people desperate in an economy that rewards only the CEO join the hover-bike gangs, hack the neuronet, or become the shadowy combat operatives known as Corporate Samurai. These are the minions of the Mass Corporate.

Corporations compete to control the Sprawl market and the profitable information neuronet known as the Matrix. As the Sprawl grows so will the market network and the Mass Corporation with the longest and stronger of Cell networks will be victor. Long has man built and grown in space but many will never even see the stars once through the choking smog.

Those of us who remember how it used to be weep as we watch from our fortified and hidden apartments. I'm tired of junk food.

Lord save us from our future.

- Report of the Free

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Cell: Prime 2 (Latest Version)

This is Build 2 of the Cell "Prime" Beta - Rules have been refined and clarified and full color cards are provided. As well there is an Events Reference Sheet and Example of Play included. This is a PnP product. Feedback is welcome!

Del_Esau

2009-06-27

Cell: Prime complete game - download here

This is Cell: Prime which is a free DIY Beta version of Cell. It comes with rules and three different card sets suited for different types of production. This folder also comes zipped with a quick playtest evaluation form and a free desktop wallpaper.

Del_Esau

2009-04-07

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