Respawn Roulette

Encyclopedia of lives

Respawn Roulette's next lives are spread across more than 500 million years of history and a millennium into the future. This encyclopedia explains what each of those lives would actually be like: where and when you would live, what you would eat, what would try to eat you, and how that life usually ends.

We are writing the entries era by era. Lives that do not have their own page yet are listed in their eras and will get one over time.

Eras

Microbes and micro-animalsBacteria, archaea, protists, fungi and the tiniest animalsPaleozoic era538–252 million years ago: trilobites, giant insects and the first land animalsMesozoic era252–66 million years ago: dinosaurs, pterosaurs and sea monstersPleistocene Ice Age2.58 million – 11,700 years ago: mammoths, sabre-tooths and cave bearsAntiquityc. 800 BC – AD 476: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia and the CeltsMiddle Agesc. 500–1500: serfs, knights, monks, plague and pilgrimage20th century1901–2000: factories, world wars, the space race and punkAnimals of todayFrom cockroaches and pigeons to elephants and pandasThe future2100–3100: orbital stations, Mars colonies and cryosleep

Described lives

Microbes and micro-animals

Paleozoic era

Mesozoic era

Pleistocene Ice Age

Antiquity

Middle Ages

20th century

Animals of today

The future