Eclipse Phase, created by Posthuman Studios, is a game of post-apocalyptic transhuman conspiracy and horror. Deriving its name from medical science, an "eclipse phase" is the period between when a cell is infected by a virus and when the virus appears within the cell and transforms it. During this period, the cell does not appear to be infected, but it is. In this game, players take part in a cross-faction secret network dubbed Firewall that is dedicated to counteracting "existential risks" - threats to the existence of transhumanity, whether they be biowar plagues, self-replicating nanoswarms, nuclear proliferation, terrorists with WMDs, net-breaking computer attacks, rogue AIs, alien encounters, or anything else that could drive an already decimated transhumanity to extinction.

The game mechanic is percentage based, with the aim to roll under a target number to achieve success. Doubles - 11, 22, 33, etc. - are criticals; if the double is under the target number it is a critical success, and if over it a critical fail.

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