Mutant

Mutant is a series of Swedish role-playing games that were developed and published by Target Games using their Äventyrsspel (Adventure games) brand. The current version is developed by Fria Ligan under license by Cabinet Entertainment and published in Swedish and English by Fria Ligan and Modiphius respectively. A video game adaptation named Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden was released December 2018. Publication history Mutant (1984) was the second role-playing game published by Äventyrsspel after Drakar och Demoner, and like it, was based on the Basic Role-Playing system. Instead of a fantasy setting, however, Mutant adopted a setting full of mutants (humans with enhanced powers) and mutated animals (anthropomorphic intelligent humanoids with similar powers) in a post-apocalyptic Scandinavia. It was written by Gunilla Jonsson & Michael Petersén with illustrations by Nils Gulliksson. The game was expanded by Mutant 2 (1986) and published throughout the 1980s. In 1989, however, Äventyrsspel completely reset the game with a second edition with a completely different setting (a cyberpunk setting heavily inspired by the Blade Runner movie) and new character options. This game was simply called Mutant, but is commonly referred to by fans as "new Mutant" (Nya Mutant in Swedish). Mutant RYMD (1992), which translates to "Mutant SPACE", changed the setting once again, by taking it out into the solar system. This iteration, however, was short-lived: after the English release of Kult came Mutant Chronicles (1993); this new edition was actually a synthesis, combining elements of Mutant RYMD and Kult — but removing all the religious elements from the latter, and, as a first for Target Games was released almost simultaneously in Sweden and in the US, as both a pen and paper role-playing game, collectible miniatures game (Warzone) and board game (Siege of the Citadel). The English translation of Mutant Chronicles was provided by Heartbreaker Hobbies and Games.