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Could someone sum up briefly (or provide a link to a similarly brief summary of), please, the metaplot of Engel, a German-language RPG (whose English translation was published by one of White Wolf's studios until its rather early cancellation)?

Years ago I read (though never played) the Corebook, Dreamseed and Pandoramicum, and would now be interested in a brief summary of what happened / has been revealed in the rest of the German product line published after these three books. (I'd gladly buy the books and read them myself, but I do not speak German, unfortunately.)

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The German wikipedia page has some more info than the English one, but nothing resembling a metaplot, just a summary. – migo Mar 18 '11 at 10:41
When I first heard of this German game Engel, I thought it was a philosophical RPG based on the works of Friedrich Engels. Maybe it reveals some prejudices I had about the German gaming industry. ;) – Jakob Aug 7 '11 at 9:27
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I added a bounty because while Jakob's answer is good, I'd love to see a real answer that didn't require me to go hit Google Translate. If anyone manages to write an English summary of the metaplot within the next 12-15 hours, I will give them the bounty. <=) – Adam Dray Aug 13 '11 at 23:08

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I found a German-language timeline of the setting's metaplot. It's far too long to recount here, but the part of the timeline that describes events since the beginning of the game is fairly short. Since I don't know anything about the setting I'm afraid I can't summarize even that part for you. However, a Google translation should give you a pretty good overview. Judging from older copies in the Internet Archive, the timeline has been expanded greatly since the release of the game.

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