The game is set in the year 2094, roughly 130 years after the events of the original
: The original standalone system. It is crunchy, uses poker chips and playing cards, and features deeply unique mechanics for every character type (like Sykers and Junkers).
To understand HoE, you must first understand its parent game: Deadlands: The Weird West . Released in 1996 by Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the original game posited that a cataclysmic supernatural event—the "Reckoning"—unleashed monsters, mad science, and magic into the 1870s American frontier.
Players take on roles like:
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