What kind of power level do you want cybernetics and psionics to have in your Starguild game? Whether you like rare and dangerous or powers that wouldn’t look out of place in a superhero movie, Adventures in the Underbelly has you covered.

Psychic powers cover a wide range of science fiction mental powers. They are broadly divided into six disciplines, each of which have a number of talents which can be gained within them.

Cybernetics are man-machine interfaces. Characters and opponents can use money to build in additional capabilities, but at a cost – every bit of embedded tech causes you to lose a little bit of humanity. And when the chips are down, the horror of what you have done to your body can cost you dear.

In this post I hope to cover a broad overview of the design of Starguild - what mechanics are used to define characters, to accomplish things, to avoid harm and so forth.

When setting out to write an RPG, it is useful to consider all the influences which you have had along the way. Starguild was a long time in the making, and these are some of the key things which affected design decisions about what I was doing

As a result of the successful kickstarter, art is coming in from the three main artists that I have commissioned. These page excerpts show their work and my goodness I'm pleased with the way things are coming along. Great art really does lift a book!