The Roleplaying Game: Second Edition

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Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game - Second Edition was a revised version of the Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game by Cubicle 7. Its initial rulebook was released on 30 July 2021

Built upon the Vortex System, originally created for the First Edition of the game, it made several significant changes and modifications to the rules while remaining backwards-compatible with sourcebooks from the previous edition.

Game mechanics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Like the the previous edition, a group of players took the role of characters while a single player, the Gamemaster, described the scenario and the consequences of the players' actions. Success or failure of a player's declared task is determined by combining scores from the player's character sheet with the roll of two six-sided dice.

Changes from the previous edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

Significant changes were made to the mechanics compared to those of the previous edition, including an overhaul of character stats, changes to the way successes and failures were handled, and the introduction of a system for gaining Experience Points which could be used to purchase upgrades for your character.

Two of the character skills - Fighting and Marksman - were merged into one skill, Combat. A new Skill, Intuition, was added, described by the core rulebook as "[covering] the trained ability to spot things, notice those discrepancies that reveal the hidden, and the body language that betrays a lie." Functionally, Intuition was similar to the Insight skill in Dungeons & Dragons.

The design of the character sheet was simplified, allowing more room for character background such as short- and long-term goals, notable experiences from the character's history, and a space for conditions, described by the rulebook as "a negative status that the character gains that has an impact on how well they can do things in future."

In addition to the rule changes, the second edition contained instructions for how to convert characters from the first edition of the game into the second, allowing existing games and campaigns to continue without having to rebuild characters from scratch. The same instructions can be used to convert materials from sourcebooks released for the first edition of the game.

Publications[[edit] | [edit source]]

Since the initial release of Second Edition, Cubicle 7 have continued to support the game with additional content. The first supplemental release was a free adventure, The Einstein Engine, which was released as a downloadable PDF on 12 August, 2021. Later releases have included module books, a GM screen (the first since the original GM screen released for the First Edition over a decade earlier), and a sourcebook covering the Thirteenth Doctor's era.

Beginning with the adventure book A Stitch in Time, material for Second Edition features the new 2023 version of the Diamond Logo, as opposed to the logo for the Chibnall/Whittaker era.

Released materials[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Adventures / content PDF release date Physical release date
Second Edition Rulebook to be added 30 July 2021 Q2 2022
The Einstein Engine The Einstein Engine 12 August 2021 N/A - Free PDF
Second Edition Starter Set The Timeless Library, The Echo Chamber, The Hermit's Lantern 17 November 2021 Q2 2022
Tardis Tales: Volume One The Beast of the New Forest, The Appliances of Auttley Isle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Antelopes?, Flesh of the Vampire, Ground Strike, The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, The Night Terrors, Unwelcome Guests, Endless Summer, Time and Time Again 2022 N/A
The Secrets of Scaravore Paradise Lost
A Kind of Magic
Westward Bound
The Mandala of Scaravore
14 June 2022 Q1 2023
Gamemaster’s Screen GM screen
Additional content booklet
14 June 2022 Q1 2023
Adventures in Space Alien, spaceship and planet creation rules
Settings for planets including Skaro, Trenzalore, Karn and Akhaten
The Terror of Elbonia-2
2022 Q2 2023
A Stitch in Time First release since the Eighth Doctor Sourcebook to include a complete "series" of linked adventures 2023 Q3 2023
The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook Stat blocks and information for all TV stories during the Thirteenth Doctor's era, as well as series 1 of Doctor Who: Redacted 2023 Q4 2023
Sixty Years of Adventure Two volume set integrating all television Doctors and companions to 2nd Edition. Has a linking series of scenarios spanning every Doctor. 29 November 2023 29 November 2023

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