A Sunless Space, my Andor-inspired postcard game about making a Struggle, creating Rebels, and striking back at your oppressor, is now live on Itch and DriveThruRPG! It’s a game built around quick, focused play that creates the kind of inspiring and exciting story seen in Andor’s Aldhani arc (Ep. 4-6) but can be used for any setting and any style of strike the table can think up!
It’s $2 USD, printable at home, and has form-fillable character and struggle sheets!
Players collaboratively decide on the setting (sci-fi, fantasy, historical, modern), the form of their oppressor (a totalitarian government, an insidious AI, a powerful demon), the state of their rebellion (split factions, lone spies, soldiers), and how they will fight back (a heist, a rescue, an assassination, a jail break).
Rebel creation is quick and focused on why and how you rebel, rather than a list of more traditional skills and stats.
The game itself is played in three distinct phases: The Day Before, The Day Of, and The Day Between. What final preparations do you make? How does the strike play out? How do you celebrate the victory or clean up your mess?
It’s designed for ~90 minute sessions and uses a d6 dice pool system loosely inspired by WEG's Star Wars The Roleplaying Game (1987).
Grab it HERE if that sounds like something you’d dig!
I’m hoping to have a physical playset version of this game (including several copies of the game rules and a pad of pullaway Rebel/Struggle sheets) up for sale early next year. I’ll report back when I have more information on that front!
That said, I’ll be back in about a week or so with the next full Missive (including another monthly TTRPG freebie for you to take to your table)!
- Christian