A roleplaying game about convictions, many worlds, and a broken universe.

The universe is breaking.

PLEASE REMAIN CALM

You have discovered a coded message in the cosmic background radiation, but the decryption keys are hidden deeply across conflicting timelines.

WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO WAKE YOU UP

From the bridge of an impossible vessel, you will cut into the fabric of physics and launch your consciousness into the many Verses. From war-torn industrial sprawls, to fantastical lands awash with magic, you will hunt down the clues you need to solve the ultimate mystery. But causing too much dissonance in these travelled Verses can have terrible consequences. And mysterious forces are slowly but surely gathering to stop you.

PLEASE REMAIN CALM
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO WAKE YOU UP

Versal-RPG is an advanced roleplaying game covering themes of universal history, quantum mechanics, and free-will — with a deep character identity and motivation system at its core. Characters are built from diverse genres and settings, then their consciousnesses are crossed into other characters every time you visit a different Verse. Your host's body, skills, and background change as you travel the timelines, while your core consciousness fights to retain your true identity and mission.

What Versal-RPG is

  • A custom, modern, D100 system with a focus on character beliefs and convictions, and world and genre hopping.
  • Highly modular: adjustable to your preference in levels of crunch and the kinds of games you enjoy, whilst remaining anchored to the cosmic framework and experiences of the Versal.
  • Batteries included: Versal-RPG makes every effort to support the GM and inspire them, allowing games to be run with limited prep, and to help with more thorough prep when wanted.

What it is not

  • Rules-lite.
  • Powered by an apocolypse or forged in anything.
  • Written or illustrated using any kind of AI.
  • Entirely suitable for complete beginners to tabletop roleplaying games, though that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it if you are interested and willing.

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  • Philosophy
  • Cosmic Horror
  • Genre Mashups
  • Physics
  • The Matrix
  • Gene Wolfe
  • Inception
  • Mark Z Danielewski
  • Post-modern literature
  • Mathematics
  • The Backrooms

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