Alpha Star Magazine: Sci-Fi Resources for your D&D games!

Alpha Star Magazine: Sci-Fi Resources for your D&D games!

Introducing Alpha Star Magazine! The quarterly magazine with sci-fi content compatible with the core D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E.
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Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up A5E games into space!

Alpha Star is a quarterly (print and PDF) magazine with science fiction content for your D&D 5E and Level Up A5E games. It's compatible with the core D&D rules and with A5E rules.

This year we released the Voidrunner’s Codex, a boxed set which introduces sci-fi to your D&D and A5E games, with rules for starships, space travel and exploration, starship combat, alien player options, and psionic abilities. Alpha Star magazine expands the sci-fi content from the Voidrunner’s Codex, adding new player options, equipment, psionics, and more.

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Alpha Star Issue 1




This crowdfunder is for Issue 1 of Alpha Star magazine. Get involved right from the start and rocket your games into space!

In Issue 1 you’ll find: 

  • 9 new archetypes—bioengineer, peacekeeper, psyknave, fulcrum, mesmerist, timestealer, warder, voidclaw, and whiskernaut.
  • a new alien heritage—the catlike felan.
  • 3 new cultures—flotsam, hustler, and Nyxaranii.
  • 2 new destinies—survival and ascendance.
  • A new background—the free trader.
  • An array of street-level technology for less scrupulous voidrunners!
  • We also include (for free) a Foundry VTT module for all backers.




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Book Contents


by Nathalie Nováková
Imagine living off someone else’s trash - life where safety and stability are luxuries - the gutter rats of Allavin 6 live in such a reality. Their lives are ruled by whichever gang currently dominates the area. Yet, do they not have something we lack? An ability to truly choose who they are without any societal restraints or expectations? On the other hand, think of the possibilities that they do not have - not dying of sepsis for one. New cultures and destinies for those who live off the scraps of others. The Flotsam and Highroller cultures are accompanied by the Survival and Ascendance destinies.




by Theodore Kacavas
From the back alleys of sprawling metropolises to illegal dens of revelry, some technology is made for the more unscrupulous citizens of the universe. However, a good voidrunner is a resourceful voidrunner, and one can find interesting uses out of some less than reputable inventions. From credit skimmers to voice modulators, this street gear will help your voidrunner get by!





by Russ Morrissey
Felans, unimaginatively named by the first human explorers to encounter them, are a cat-like heritage. Like their four-legged namesake, Felans are often beautiful to the eye, and move with a graceful, acrobatic purpose. Easily able to jump and climb, Felans like to make use of their environment, and tend to sleep in precarious locations high above the ground. Felans have a deserved reputation for being easily distracted, and often flit from career to career, unable to settle.



by Andrew Engelbrite
The Bioengineer holds a pinnacle of scientific progress, power over life itself. With designer seeds and biomass they can grow plant life like a sculptor shaping clay.  The Peacekeeper wields force they pray they never have to use. Instead they use the authority of law and the threat of force to keep safety and order. The Psyknave received no training, no discipline to curb their emotions and shield the world from their raw psionic wrath. Most psyknights, even untrained ones, learn to eventually control their power and curtail their outbursts. The Psyknave instead embraces them, their mind and body are one, both acting on impulse as a truly dangerous and unpredictable force of chaos.


by Andrés Olán-Vázquez
Discover new archetypes for the Psion! The Fulcrum telepathically connects their allies. The Mesmerist is able to alter the very way their targets perceive the world. The Timestealer masters temporal manipulation. And the Warder uses telekinesis to protect themselves and others.

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Pledge Tiers




If you would like to pick up other books in the Level Up Advanced 5th Edition range, checkout our web store at enpublishingrpg.com
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Shipping & Fulfilment


Your PDFs will be with you December 2025. Digital (PDF) rewards will be fulfilled as soon as the crowdfunding campaign ends. We pride ourselves on the fastest digital delivery of rewards in the world! 

Your books will be with you January 2026. We will place the print run order for the books the same day the pledge manager surveys close in December -- the printer is standing by! Printing and shipping via DriveThruRPG is estimated to take 2-4 weeks depending on your location.

Some destinations may impose separate customs charges upon delivery of the Voidrunner's Codex Box Set.

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The Voidrunner's Codex Add-on



This beautiful boxed set rockets your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E  games into space! It's compatible with the core D&D rules and with our A5E rules.

  • Voidrunner's Codex is a hardcover containing new player options, equipment, psionics, and more!
  • Star Captain's Manual details starships, space travel and exploration, and starship combat--along with rules for building your own starships!
  • Escape from Death Planet is an introductory adventure for character levels 1-3. Can you get off the planet of Ninemoon before the Imperium destroys it?
  • Plus 200+ tokens, 20 poster maps, and a magnetic Narrator's Screen--all in a beautiful slipcase!

Read more about the box set on the original Kickstarter page here.

This is not a standalone ruleset. You will need either the Dungeons & Dragons 5E or A5E core rules in order to use it. The A5E core rules can be added as part of this Kickstarter, or accessed for free on our comprehensive tools site.

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Open Licensing



We are strong supporters of the Open Gaming movement and encourage third-party support for Level Up Advanced 5th Edition.

Creators can publish for A5E under the licence of their choice: Creative Commons, the Open Game License, or the Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.

We are developing a new System Reference Document (SRD) for Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E), which will be designated the A5E System Reference Document (A5ESRD). You can read more about this at a5esrd.com.

We already have a thriving community of third party creators for Level Up A5E which can be found here.
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