Cover of D6 Storyteller: Sci-Fi & Cosmic Frontiers Companion by Alex Merced

D6 Storyteller: Sci-Fi & Cosmic Frontiers Companion

Published by Self-published · Tabletop RPG

Ten sci-fi settings spanning generation ships, Dyson spheres, cyberpunk megacities, and transhuman frontiers, each with its own genre mechanic and archetypes.

About the author: Alex Merced is Head of Developer Relations at Dremio and the author of 77 books on data, AI, economics, fiction, and tabletop RPGs. His story is on WhoIsAlexMerced.com.

Who this book is for

Players and Game Masters at D6 Storyteller tables who want to run campaigns in these ten worlds or use them as inspiration for their own settings.

Table of contents

  1. Outward Bound
  2. Technology and Spaceship Operations
  3. Generation Ship - Ark 9
  4. Cybernetic Wasteland - Scrap Horizon
  5. Solar Punk - Verdant Oasis
  6. Hive-Mind Invasion - Swarm Protocol
  7. Mech Pilot - Steel Vanguard
  8. Warp Reality - Slipstream Navigators
  9. Corporate Moon - Luna Syndicate
  10. Alien Archeology - Relic Hunters
  11. Dyson Sphere - Eternal Shell
  12. Transhuman Fleet - Singularity Convergence
  13. The Storyteller's Star Chart

Excerpt

The cosmic frontier is a canvas of immense scale and profound isolation. This companion takes the D6 Storyteller engine into the depths of space, where the struggle is as much against the cold physics of the universe as it is against rival factions. From the generational decay of ark ships and scrap-built cybernetic wastelands to the hyper-technological dystopias of corporate moons and Dyson spheres, these settings explore what it means to remain human in the void. Mechanics like System Fatigue, Oxygen Billing, and Precursor Artifact Resonance ensure that technology is never just background detail: it is a lifeline that can fray at any moment.

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