From the introduction: While it is true that one of the greatest features of the Trancers RPG is the fact that you can literally play your characters in any time and on any different world, it is also a known fact that the best and most hyperrealistic game setting for any campaign is 1985 Los Angeles. This is the paradise that Martin Whistler chose to infect in the first Trancers film and which Jack Deth himself chose to spend the rest of his life—forsaking even the awesome clothing of the future!