Blade Runner Lore: The Blade Runner Expanded Universe

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This category collects the Blade Runner expanded universe on AvP Central, from Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel through Ridley Scott's 1982 film. In Dick's book, bounty hunter Rick Deckard retired escaped Nexus-6 androids in San Francisco in January 1992. The film moved the hunt to neon Los Angeles and gave the street Cityspeak the book never used. K. W. Jeter's 1995 sequel picked up from the film in August 2020, followed by Replicant Night and Eye and Talon. The novels are listed under Blade Runner Books, an authorized alternate sequel line that Blade Runner 2049 later contradicted, and the Marvel and BOOM! Studios comics are covered in Blade Runner Comics. Both films are listed under Blade Runner Movies, while Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099 and the anime Black Lotus are covered in Blade Runner TV Series. The 2017 prequel shorts Black Out 2022 and 2036: Nexus Dawn are gathered in Blade Runner Short Films. The Blade Runner canon guide explains how the film, novel, and Jeter lines split, and where Alien and Soldier fit. The Blade Runner timeline puts those films, the Titan comics, and Black Lotus in year-by-year order. Westwood's 1997 adventure game followed rookie blade runner Ray McCoy through the same November 2019 week as Deckard's hunt. It is listed with the unreleased Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth under Blade Runner Games, and profiles from every continuity are gathered in Blade Runner Characters. Free League's Blade Runner RPG sets tabletop casework in Los Angeles in 2037. The Blade Runner Name Generator creates replicant serials and LAPD agent designations in the style of the films.

The upper face of the Tyrell Corporation pyramid glowing with blue-lit windows under a searchlight at night in Blade Runner

Tyrell Corporation: History Of The Replicant Maker


The Tyrell Corporation built the replicants of Blade Runner from twin pyramids in Los Angeles, lost its founder to Roy Batty in 2019, collapsed after the 2022 Blackout and ended inside Wallace's empire, with the Rosen firm of the novel and Jeter's shadow company beside it.

By Janno Vares November 03, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Rachael's eye magnified on the Voight-Kampff machine screen during her test in Blade Runner

Voight-Kampff Test: Blade Runner's Empathy Detector


The Voight-Kampff empathy detector measured blush and iris to expose replicants, from Holden's fatal test of Leon and Rachael's hundred questions to Philip K. Dick's original scale and the K. W. Jeter sequels, where the test itself became part of a conspiracy.

By Janno Vares November 01, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Night skyline of San Francisco under a streaked black sky in Dust to Dust, the BOOM! Studios prequel set after World War Terminus

World War Terminus: The War That Made Blade Runner


World War Terminus was the forgotten third world war of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, whose radioactive dust killed the animals, emptied San Francisco, drove survivors to Mars with android servants as reward, and in Dust to Dust set off the first android hunt.

By Janno Vares October 31, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Rows of Nexus replicants in the Blade Runner universe

Replicant Types: Every Nexus Model 1 To 9 Explained


Replicant types run from the Nexus-1 to the Nexus-9. Tyrell built the first eight generations, from the early prototypes to the long-lived Nexus-8, and Wallace's obedient Nexus-9 ended the ban. This guide follows each model's strengths, limits, known units and the stories where it appears.

By Janno Vares October 30, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

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Blade Runner Canon: The Three Continuities Explained


Blade Runner canon centers on Ridley Scott's film continuity, expanded by Alcon's sequels and spin-offs. In addition, Blade Runner has two lesser-known continuities: Philip K. Dick's original novel with its BOOM! comics, and K. W. Jeter's sequel novels.

By Janno Vares October 29, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

CRL Blade Runner 1985 Commodore 64 cover with a trench-coated bounty hunter and spinner

Blade Runner (1985): Full Game Overview


Blade Runner is a 1985 shoot 'em up published by CRL Group PLC for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. Unable to license Ridley Scott's film, CRL based the game on Vangelis's score and cast the player as a bounty hunter retiring Replidroids across Los Angeles streets.

By Janno Vares October 27, 2026   Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Games

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Blade Runner: A Story Of The Future: Plot & Lore


Blade Runner: A Story of the Future is Les Martin's 1982 Random House photo-illustrated novelization of Ridley Scott's film. Rick Deckard hunts four Nexus-6 replicants through 2019 Los Angeles while Rachael learns what she is, and the short book ends with Batty dead on a roof and Deckard leaving with her in a stolen spinner.

By Janno Vares October 27, 2026   Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Books

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Mercerism: The Empathy Church Of Wilbur Mercer


Mercerism was the empathy religion of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, built around Wilbur Mercer, the empathy box, and a climb under thrown stones. Buster Friendly branded it a Hollywood fraud, yet the novel left faith intact. It returned in Dust to Dust and Blade Runner 2099 trailer imagery.

By Janno Vares October 24, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game core rules cover with a Spinner above a detective holding a blaster

Blade Runner RPG: Rules, Setting & Case Files


Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game is Free League's 2022 core rulebook for the Blade Runner films. Set in Los Angeles in 2037, it casts players as human and Nexus-9 Replicant detectives of the LAPD Replicant Detection Unit, working Case Files with Espers, Spinners, and Voight-Kampff tests.

By Janno Vares October 15, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

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Salander 3: Tyrell's Lost Ship To Proxima


The Salander 3 was the Tyrell Corporation ship that set out for Proxima in K. W. Jeter's Blade Runner novels. It turned back with Sarah Tyrell as its only living passenger after her father killed her mother and himself, and its contaminated hull was later sunk in Scapa Flow.

By Janno Vares October 15, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Marvel Comics Blade Runner #1 from October 1982, with Rick Deckard and Spinners

Blade Runner: Marvel Comics Adaptation


Marvel's Blade Runner is Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson's 1982 comic of Ridley Scott's film, first sold as Marvel Super Special #22. Rick Deckard hunts Roy Batty's Nexus-6 replicants in November 2019 Los Angeles, and the comic ends with Rachael on the theatrical mountain escape.

By Janno Vares October 07, 2026   Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Comics

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Blade Runner (1997): Full Game Overview


Blade Runner is a 1997 point-and-click adventure developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive for Windows. Rookie blade runner Ray McCoy hunts Clovis's replicant group through November 2019 Los Angeles in a case that runs beside Ridley Scott's film and ends in one of thirteen outcomes.

By Janno Vares September 22, 2026   Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Games