CALIBAN

CALIBAN is a science fiction, survival horror, tabletop role-playing game.

It is a game about a small colony that's trying to survive, after a disastrous use of an experimental black hole generator. The players are prisoners, convicts that are given a last chance. If they help the colony, they'll be free. They are given a suicidal mission: venture into the Anomaly - a field of wrecks held together by an unnatural gravitational pull. There they must scavenge for resources, food, fuel, parts, to keep the colony alive. But they are not alone. In the Anomaly there are wreckers, cultists and weird things that came from the void.

CALIBAN is played with original, minimalistic rules. All tests are made with a d10 roll, and with one roll you get both: how close you are to success and how taxing the test is for you. And although it is a horror game, it is not about dying. It is more about the pressure of dwindling resources. Player characters are not the ones that die. They watch the death of others.

The game is complete. It is a 57 pages (a5 format) pdf document with full rules, character creation, equipment and an extensive wreck generator - for players to salvage. It is illustrated with 32 black and white illustrations, to get into the feel of the game. There is also a printer friendly: character sheet (based on a prisoner transfer form), a ship sheet (for the players) and a wreck sheet (for the GM). You will need a minimum of one d10 to play (but it works best if each player has one or two).

The Anomaly awaits for those brave enough to enter it.