Enter the Timeline: Introducing the DGU’s “Temporal Task Force” Investigation RPG

Prepare to unravel the mysteries of time and confront the dangers lurking in history’s shadows. “Força-Tarefa Temporal” (Temporal Task Force) is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the Die Gotica Universe, inspired by investigative classics including Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green and The X-Files.

Your mission: protect time, preserve the future

Players become elite agents of Captain Sofia’s Task Force, a specialist unit investigating crimes and events involving time travel, Elohim technology and paranormal activity. Prepare to:

• Uncover conspiracies. Infiltrate secret societies, question enigmatic suspects and expose plots that threaten the stability of time.
• Gather evidence. Examine Elohim artefacts, track temporal anomalies and decipher ancient codes to piece together the truth.
• Face supernatural threats. Fight creatures born from temporal paradoxes, protect witnesses from interdimensional agents and confront horrors in history’s forgotten corners.
• Deal with paradoxes. Actions in the past can alter the present in unpredictable ways. Make difficult decisions and face the consequences of disturbing time’s delicate fabric.

Game mechanics

Força-Tarefa Temporal uses a simple, intuitive rules system focused on narrative and roleplaying.

• Investigation: detailed rules for gathering clues, conducting interrogations, researching and analysing evidence.
• Tactical combat: turn-based encounters with futuristic elements, Elohim weapons, technological devices and special abilities.
• Time travel: rules for using Die Glocke and other temporal devices, including the paradoxes and consequences they create.
• Sanity: the horrors of time and exposure to traumatic events affect the characters’ mental stability.

At a glance

• Players: 2–5.
• Playing time: 2–4 hours per session.
• Materials: rulebook, character sheets, six-sided dice, pencils and paper.

Sample character sheet

• Name: [Character name]
• Speciality: [Scientist, historian, field agent, etc.]
• Skills: [Investigation, combat, technology, occult knowledge, etc.]
• Sanity: [Starting value]
• Equipment: [Weapons, devices, artefacts]