Exiles
On the far end of the galaxy¸ a dead civilization left a world of ancient wonders and fell plagues. Now under orbital blockade¸ all who set foot here struggle to survive as exiles.
Exiles is a super-slim¸ self-contained¸ lo-fi sci-fi RPG about strange castaways trying to get by in a xenotech-riddled quarantine world. Inspirations include Numenera¸ Ultraviolet Grasslands¸ Acid Death Fantasy¸ and the comic art of Moebius. It's 3 pages and a cover¸ fitting on two sides of a letter-sized page.
- Basic rules for play based on the FREE 24XX SRD and Emergency Rules
- 20 weird backgrounds¸ including the AI core from a crashed starship¸ a psychic monk with a plasma sword¸ and a symbiont that looks like a human giving a piggyback ride to a lobster
- 22 pieces of starting salvage¸ including ambulatory but edible slime¸ a bloody but serviceable cyber-arm¸ and a glitchy¸ non-sapient sexbot with sand in its joints
- GMing prompts including 20 succinctly described fellow exiles¸ 20 jobs¸ 20 places of interest¸ and 20 especially valuable pieces of salvage
What is 2400? 2400 is lo-fi sci-fi. It's centuries in the future¸ and it's a decades-old modem that screams like a dying robot when it connects to the net. It's a space ship with an FTL drive¸ artificial gravity¸ and a flickering display you gotta tap a few times to see the jump coordinates. It's hacking something together with whatever cheap materials you have on hand¸ ignoring the rules until you need them¸ banging out something that might not sound finished¸ but definitely sounds fun. It's a series of micro RPGs that might all be in the same setting¸ unless they aren't.