From the introduction: The year is 20XX. It has been exactly twenty years from the current date. The city of Tokyo has become a technological juggernaut leading the world into the future with the power of scientific achievements and human ingenuity with just a little thanks to human evolution. User summary: A Certain Role-playing Game is a tabletop adaptation of a setting presented in a series of Japanese-language novels and mangas. The setting presents a blend of psychic and fantasy powers that in many ways resemble traditional "super powers". Characters have Attributes, Skills, and Powers.