Games like Grasping at Ashes and Smoke

Space is unimaginably vast. Despite all of the advancement, all of the knowledge, that humanity has gained, it all still pales in comparison to the emptiness of the void. And so it’s easy to see things solely on a galactic scale, looking only at that which affects the fate of billions.  But every planet has a story, as do the people on those planets. It may not touch anyone anywhere else, but each…

All gear included in this pack is accessible to every pilot, starting at LL0: 19 GMS Weapons - The titular T-4 ‘Off-Catalog’ Line: it fills some gaps in the GMS repertoire and offers high-power options with impactful drawbacks that must be played around.9 GMS Systems - A Shield, A Grenade, Some Mods, Invade Options, and Invisibility & Reaction counterplay.2 GMS Chassis Configurations - A brand new…

This third-party expansion for Lancer: the Mech RPG is a homebrew mech corporation based in the Karrakin Trade Baronies features 10 mechs and their unique gear and Core Bonuses. Baronic Defense Forces frames emphasize positional control, combined arms, and reactions, rewarding Lancer battle system mastery.  Pierce the heart of enemy formations with the dextrous AKRAFENA; weave through fire as the…

At the farthest edges of Union space, the Long Rim, the Dawnline Shore, and beyond, a humanity at the periphery of the Third Committee's reach fields strange and fantastic implements of war, resistance, and spectacle. Separated as they are by distance, time, and culture, what manner of machines have the people of these distant frontiers crafted?Burning Memories is a homebrew supplement for LANCER:…

Fight the Power! Pierce the Heavens is a third party module for the Lancer RPG system, inspired by Gurren Lagann and intended for a party of three to five LL0 characters. This 8-12 hour module centers the player characters (PCs) as orchestrators of a miners’ revolt, liberating workers from a deep underground mine while evading the clutches of a despot and her cronies. Pierce the Heavens plays like…

And so the Emir Julian Ambrose Khan the First and Only, Bearer of the Sacred Key, Custodian of the Great Games, the Wisest and Noblest Ruler of All Suldan, died for the 17th time that could be remembered. Out along the Karakoram line, far from the greater struggles which embroil stellar nations, Suldan is a world at war. For 50 years the undying tyrant Emir Julian Khan subjected the people of Suld…

FIELD GUIDE TO MFECANE (Narrative and data for comp/con) FORWARD A note from the author: This setting includes references to real life events of war, the forced removal of people and social and political upheaval. The term Mfecane alludes to a period in South Africa when European colonization caused a massively disruptive impact upon the native people of South Africa. Associated with this impact,…

Union’s revolutionary project faces countless threats from within and without. War rages in the outlying territories of the Orion Arm, and humanity continues to wrestle with the legacy of imperialism, cultural hegemony, and anthropocentric ideologies. Human wealth, military power, and the post-capital utopia of the Core worlds have been built - at least in part - upon the back of advanced machine …

“It’s a shame, and again I must apologize, but the Embrace is in no condition to fly. Eight hours ago, our onboard astrographic and navigational NHP, Emily, was abducted. Her casket was disengaged from the ship’s systems and removed from its architecture. Without Emily, the Embrace won’t go anywhere, and even if it could, I won’t leave a member of my crew on this rock after they’ve been abducted.”…

SPAR IS CURRENTLY A 64-PAGE BETA RELEASE. This means SPAR is fully playable but might have some tweaks and fine-tuning remaining. This also means that there may be incomplete, unfinalized, or absent artwork and supplemental materials (such as extra GM tools and tables). Funds from this beta will be put towards cover and internal art, as well as print publication efforts. As time passes, you will r…