{"product_id":"screams-amongst-the-stars","title":"Screams Amongst the Stars","description":"\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #7949ea;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChest bursting aliens, oh my!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Game:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScreams Amongst the Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a minimalist, classically-inspired RPG about weird space horror in the frontier of known space, where organizations with conflicting interest are colonizing and exploring alien worlds. These worlds, however, are not exactly empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharacters in this game are spacers, people who work in colonies, space stations or on spaceships doing all sorts of jobs. They can be explorers, freighters, scientists, miners, technicians or any other occupation that would put them in space. And in space, they will find disturbing things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese things can be flesh eating, chest busting aliens, for sure, but they can also be much weirder and terrifying things. Aliens that are always just in the horizon observing, but never truly revealing themselves. Astronomic phenomena that distort space and time. Ruins that change those that get inside forever. Can your rational mind resist these mind bending experiences?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn top of that, the game presents many different organizations, each with their own agenda and themes. And on top of all that, a complete toolkit to generate planets, ruins, weird phenomena, impending dooms and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe System:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe rules that power \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScreams Amongst The Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e were developed based on the amazing system created for \u003cem\u003eInto the Odd\u003c\/em\u003e and perfected with \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/electric-bastionland\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectric Bastionland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e by Chris McDowall. They came into being during the Game Jam he hosted called Eclectic Bastionjam. The rules themselves fit in a A5 sheet of paper, but they are incredible flexible and encourages a type of game focusing on exploration, dialogue and creativity few games can match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost of the actions are resolved simply by role-play and the dice are only called for when there are serious risk and important consequences at play. When that happen you don't make a test like other games, you make a save. You're trying to avoid a serious consequence here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCombat is also taken very seriously in a very simple way. All attacks hit and deal damage. You just roll for damage, and so does the Referee with your enemies. So think carefully if you really want to draw your weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll of this and more makes the game system ideal for new and veteran players who want to focus on the story being created together without being bogged down by the rules. Upping the consequences and impact of player choices and actions make every moment counts on these games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Team:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/oldskull-publishing.com\"\u003eDiogo Nogueira\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt by Grandedu, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTithi Luadthong, Christof Grobelski, Grzegorz Pedrycz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Exalted Funeral exclusive!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003e 64 pages, 5.5\" x 8.5\", saddle stitched zine, color cover \u0026amp; interiors. Includes PDF.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Exalted Funeral Press","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":47647939363112,"sku":"EFRPG1068","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6832\/0296\/files\/screams-amongst-the-stars-zine-673225.png?v=1708120619","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/screams-amongst-the-stars","provider":"Exalted Funeral Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}