Cozy Catastrophes

Grapple with mobile carnivorous plants, hivemind mind-controlling alien babies, unknowable deep-sea aliens, and post-apocalyptic cult enforcers in this homage to the magnificent corpus of John Wyndham's close-to-home sci-fi stories.

Use your favourite novel for your adventure. Or play in a sandbox universe peopled with his characters and events. Critiqued by a contemporary writer for producing "cozy catastrophes" where the main characters didn't suffer enough, we are content to follow Wyndham's lead; "perhaps finding a kind of quiet happiness in the changed world." 

The pdf includes:

• 12 out-of-the-box NPCs and 3 factions
• 12 adventure hooks and 6 locations
• Multi-dimensional and quick character creation
• 5 spaceship loadouts with easy and quick dog-fighting mechanics
• a brutal (optional) radiation mechanic

This is what 2 random people said when I showed them the game:

Love it!

— Nathan

But can I have a sentient plant as a pet?

— Amy

Game Expansion

cull is now available as a ready-to-run adventure with 5 threats with 3D character development in a corporate plantation of dangerous, extremely valuable plants. PCs are sleeper cells activated by The Repentance to destroy this "unpure fruitage". 

A second adventure is on its way.

About Pilcrow

Pilcrow is a system to easily adapt literature into playable narrative-driven TTRPGs. Unknown conflict dice pools are rules-lite and the Narrator is guided to incorporate themes, plots, and settings. 

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System: 24xx by Jason Tocci CC BY 4.0. 

Needed: d4 - d12 dice, notetaking supplies.

Time to play: 10-minute character creation for an easy, enjoyable 2 hours.

Ages: As long as there's no danger of eating the dice.

Uncle Vova CC BY 4.0