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Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars

A topic by Black Armada Games created Aug 01, 2019 Views: 354 Replies: 2
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https://blackarmada.itch.io/flotsam-adrift-amongst-the-stars

Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars is a tabletop roleplaying game about outcasts, renegades and misfits living in the belly of a space station, in the shadow of a more prosperous society.

You each play a character living on the space station, and you'll explore their relationships and the drama in their lives. You also control a single situation which you'll use to create problems for the characters to contend with. 

A simple token-based mechanic is used to decide who gets what they want, and who gets deeper into trouble. And the system rewards exploring and developing your personal relationships and weaknesses. You watch your character change over time.

Characters you can play in Flotsam include:

  • The Thunder, a gang leader or law enforcer
  • The Spider, a trader, spymaster or criminal
  • The Voice, a cultist, community leader or demagogue
  • The Cast-Off, a drifter and freelancer
  • The Sybyl, a prophetess with uncanny powers
  • The Hybrid, a blend of human and something else (AI, alien, god)

You could push forward a Situation like:  

  • The Community’s social strife and internal divisions
  • The relentless effects of Poverty
  • The Gangs who run things down here
  • The Above, a more prosperous and powerful society
  • The Spirits who inhabit this place
  • The people and things that come and go from Outside the station


I'll be running this game at Big Bad Con in October! Can't wait!

Yay! I'm excited about it - I can't get to US conventions so it's wonderful to hear about it being run there :)

Josh