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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Third Doctor
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Fourth Doctor
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Robot • The Ark in Space • The Sontaran Experiment • Genesis of the Daleks • Revenge of the Cybermen • Terror of the Zygons • Planet of Evil • Pyramids of Mars • The Android Invasion • The Brain of Morbius • The Seeds of Doom • The Masque of Mandragora • The Hand of Fear • The Deadly Assassin • The Face of Evil • The Robots of Death • The Talons of Weng-Chiang • Horror of Fang Rock • The Invisible Enemy • Image of the Fendahl • The Sun Makers • Underworld • The Invasion of Time • The Ribos Operation • The Pirate Planet • The Stones of Blood • The Androids of Tara • The Power of Kroll • The Armageddon Factor • Destiny of the Daleks • City of Death • The Creature from the Pit • Nightmare of Eden • The Horns of Nimon • The Leisure Hive • Meglos • Full Circle • State of Decay • Warriors' Gate • The Keeper of Traken • Logopolis • Shada
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Fifth Doctor
Sourcebook
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Sixth Doctor
Sourcebook
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Seventh Doctor
Sourcebook
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Eighth Doctor
Sourcebook
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Ninth Doctor
Sourcebook
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Tenth Doctor
Sourcebook
The Christmas Invasion • New Earth • Tooth and Claw • School Reunion • The Girl in the Fireplace • Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel • The Idiot's Lantern • The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit • Love & Monsters • Fear Her • Army of Ghosts/Doomsday • The Runaway Bride • Smith and Jones • The Shakespeare Code • Gridlock • Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks • The Lazarus Experiment • 42 • Human Nature/The Family of Blood • Blink • Utopia • The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords • Voyage of the Damned • Partners in Crime • The Fires of Pompeii • Planet of the Ood • The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky • The Doctor's Daughter • The Unicorn and the Wasp • Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead • Midnight • Turn Left • The Stolen Earth/Journey's End • The Next Doctor • Planet of the Dead • The Waters of Mars • The End of Time
The
Eleventh Doctor
Sourcebook
The Eleventh Hour • The Beast Below • Victory of the Daleks • The Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone • The Vampires of Venice • Amy's Choice • The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood • Vincent and the Doctor • The Lodger • The Pandorica Opens • The Big Bang • A Christmas Carol • The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon • The Curse of the Black Spot • The Doctor's Wife • Rebel Flesh/The Almost People • A Good Man Goes to War • Let's Kill Hitler • Night Terrors • The Girl Who Waited • The God Complex • Closing Time • The Wedding of River Song • The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe • Asylum of the Daleks • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship • A Town Called Mercy • The Power of Three • The Angels Take Manhattan • The Snowmen • The Bells of Saint John • The Rings of Akhaten • Cold War • Hide • Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS • The Crimson Horror • Nightmare in Silver • The Name of the Doctor • The Day of the Doctor • The Time of the Doctor
The
Twelfth Doctor
Sourcebook
The
Thirteenth Doctor
Sourcebook
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