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In the Outlands - Reference Sheets Draft

Added 2023-07-10 18:54:26 +0000 UTC

These are the draft reference sheets for a quick play rules system (ie for one-shots primarily) that is Powered by the Apocalypse with a few Forged in the Dark flourishes. I intend to write self-contained scenarios using these rules, or even simpler versions of them (and rewrite scenarios we've already released, like A Box of Starlight and the Imperial Mine Revolt, for example).

I've been working on the rules for The Company of Monsters again (and a human-centric PbtA game with similar rules currently called Outlanders), and one thing I found quite useful was to strip the rules back in layers, as far as I could. This has made it easier to re-build TCoM and (hopefully) take it from "just another PbtA hack" to a game that is actually innovative and (more importantly) useful in supporting its premise at the table.

Anyway, this is A Version of similar stuff to come.