The Android: Netrunner universe is getting a role-playing game — and the story comes from 80 Days’ writer

One of the most popular table-top games in the world is about to make a leap into video games.

Legacy Games is working on an adaptation of the well-regarded Android universe, which includes the Android: Netrunner living card game, but the studio isn’t trying to digitize the tabletop experience. Instead, Legacy is building a new role-playing game set in the same universe as Android, and it will craw from the board games, novels, and the Worlds of Android art and background book. This is the first time anyone has tried something like this with the property, and it could help introduce the franchise to a much wider audience when the “Android RPG,” as Legacy is calling it, hits mobile devices next year as a free download.