Play Rough
PLAY ROUGH is a roleplaying game set in the surreal, post-apocalyptic wasteland of what was once California. It's a place where humans live side-by-side with living cartoons, twisted abominations of ink and flesh, and... Clowns...?
RPG
Released
31 Dec 2026
This year
PC
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Overview
Summary
PLAY ROUGH is a roleplaying game set in the surreal, post-apocalyptic wasteland of what was once California. It's a place where humans live side-by-side with living cartoons, twisted abominations of ink and flesh, and... Clowns...?
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About This Game
FEATURES
- An army of weirdos - Every enemy is a unique encounter, each testing the limits of your party and item management.
- A branching story - Your actions and words have far-ranging consequences. Making enemies is usually a bad thing, but maybe you’d like the extra challenge…?
- A world of secrets - Confront strange landscapes and stranger foes when you travel off the beaten trail in pursuit of loot and EXP.
- A beast - Something is coming.
About the Game
THE WORLD
A hundred years in the future, the dregs of the human race struggle to survive in a contradictory world of VIOLENCE, MAGIC, and LIVING CARTOONS.
Guide the sheltered psychic Beau Chartreuse in a turn-based RPG journey through the ruins of California, meeting strange assets and stranger enemies. A world where brutality reigns supreme and kindness is never easy… A world that frays at the edges, allowing something wonderful in!
THE PARTY
All of this is a lot for just you and Beau, so it’s good that you’ve got some strong allies on your side!
Oh, I’m sorry. It’s just a fox and an old man. They’re both bitter and full of regrets, but who isn’t? I’m sure that Valentine and Dr. Woland will have their uses.
Or they may stab you in the back. You can never be sure of people, these days. Best not to get too attached.
THE OPPOSITION
Men and women, clowns and dreams and cartoons and nightmares! This world is full of things that will want to take your money, your life, or something worse.
With every enemy a unique encounter, it’s up to you to decide exactly how much you’re willing to bite off!
Will you blaze through the world, hunting for every enemy while putting your party’s health at risk? Or will you cautiously hoard your money and food for those foes you can’t avoid?
Eh? Why are they fighting you?
…Let’s not ask questions without happy answers.
THE BEAST
It’s not all doom and gloom. There’s whispers of something coming, sent by Heaven itself. Something that’ll shake up this dying world and make way for a new paradigm!
I’m sure that you’ll love to meet it.
