Using dice and cards, two players explore the intricacies of relationships by writing letters that span across the galaxies. Plus, help reprint out-of-print Press Pot RPGs.
Astronomical: a 2-player RPG Zine about writing letters across across space
The galaxy is an enormous space, devoid of heat and mass. While many star-crossed lovers desperately want to be reunited, others who crave solitude are content simply being by themselves.
Astronomical is a 2-player RPG zine played with dice and cards. In it, players explore relationships between people separated on distant planets. The game comes with two A6-sized 8-page zines. No GM. No prep.
This is also a Press Pot Games RPG Zine reprint campaign. By backing this, more copies of Our Innermost Thoughts, this world is not yours, the Portal at Hill House, and Reunification will be available.
In Astronomical, each player receives their own 8-page zine. While many of the rules are the same, the outcomes, prompts, and idea generating are specific to the zine. By using a table, 12 six-sided dice, a deck of cards, and some sticky notes or index cards, players use the zines to explore the relationships across distant galaxies.
Step One: Grab your Zine > Both zines are 40% the same and 60% different. They provide both the same and unique instructions and prompts for each player. One is turquoise and the other is purple. It's easy to distinguish between the two.
Step Two: Roll Dice > The 12 dice you roll represent planets in space. More importantly, the represent people on planets in space. Dice that are rolled as pairs are long-lost lovers. Dice that have no matching die face are people perfectly content being alone.
Step Three: Follow the rules of die selection and prompt-writing > Choose a die, use the cards to choose a prompt, and write a small 2-3 sentence letter from the person on that planet.
Continue until all 12 dice have been chosen and written about, then discover the fate of these worlds.
Reprint Campaign: Portal, Innermost, this world, and Reunification
This is also a Press Pot Games RPG Zine reprint campaign. By backing this, more copies of Our Innermost Thoughts, this world is not yours, the Portal at Hill House, and Reunification will be available. While Portal remains mostly in stock, the others don't. In order to produce larger print runs, I thought this would be a good way to 1) raise the funds to print and 2) get more of these titles into the world.
Receive Astronomical and all of Our Innermost Thoughts, The Portal at Hill House, Reunification, or this world is not yours.
Any of the reprint zines for $8 each!
You can add on any of the reprint zines, multiple copies of the same one even!
Note that shipping is free in the US, but will increase by $2USD outside of the US for each additional zine added on.
The Press Pot Games RPG PDF Bundle for $10, containing:
Black Cat, Blue-Collar Conjurer, Chain Mail, Close Encounters, Humans., Meeting Memos for the Modern Mage, Syncopation, The Mirror in Hill House, and What if you could fly away?
