A solo roleplaying game about exploring fantastic planets
You are a solitary adventurer, hopping from planet to planet exploring. Each world has unique features for you to discover and record. They are represented by cards from a standard deck, placed face down.
To find a new planet, roll a six-sided die and place cards face down equal to the number rolled.
To flip over a card to discover something, roll a six-sided die:
On a 1-2 it is arduous to get to.
On a 3-4 you come upon it suddenly.
On a 5-6 you spot it as you are resting.
The suit and rank determine the discovery. In your ship’s log (a small journal if you have one), record a short description and your reaction in a few sentences, and roll for the next card. Each time you complete a planet, give it a number or a name, and find a new planet.
Play until you are tired, and want to return home. If you want to remember your travels, save the journal. If the memories bring you pain, burn it.
⯁ Diamonds
Diamonds are living beings: People like or unlike you, fish, dinosaurs, wolves, birds, giant insects, etc.
♣ Clubs
Clubs are plants and other immobile forms of life: Towering trees, carnivorous pitchers, giant ferns, glowing weeds, floating flowers, oozing mushrooms, etc.
♥ Hearts
Hearts are ruins: Mysterious obelisks, vine-covered temples, abandoned dwellings for people bigger than you, a wrecked spaceship, etc.
♠ Spades
Spades are natural phenomena: Huge crystal formations, mirages, vividly colored lightning, strange clouds, rocks eroded in strange shapes, veins of precious metals, etc.
A: In a field taller than you.
2: Under the light of the moon(s).
6: On the snowy peak of a mountain.
(You can find a PDF version of this game at https://noroadhome.itch.io/alone-among-the-stars)
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