Introducing the Vast & Starlit library.
A nano-game of interstellar crime & rebellion by Epidiah Ravachol
Pay-What-You-Want
Vast & Starlit: The core rulebook. A universe of adventure that fits in your pocket. Just under 445 words long, and jam packed with all you need to play:
- Character creation rules;
- Rules for creating your rogue vessel;
- Aggressive GM-full, drama-forward, scene now, story framing mechanics;
- Complete rules for creating alien species, cultures and environments;
- And bold diceless resolution mechanics.
Bodies in the Dark: The sex and warfare supplement. Romance among the stars! Orbital bombardments of the moon! The longest book in the library, clocking in at just over 460 words long in two full-color pages, this tome includes:
- Rules for commanding troops and seducing lovers;
- Tension mechanics for turning up the heat on a firefight or romance;
- Add-ons to make sexier or more warlike alien species, cultures and environments;
- Mechanics for handling long military campaigns and drawn out love affairs;
- And forbidden taboos!
Stellar Atlas: A full-color map of the entire galaxy rendered in loving detail over a gorgeous two-page spread. Also included:
- Mechanics to govern interstellar travel and pursuit;
- Add-ons to customize alien species, cultures and environments to their origin in the galaxy;
- And a complete account of the Seven Wonders of the Galaxy.
Renegade’s Technical Manual: This is the one for all you savvyheads out there. Gear, gear, gear. Almost 450 words of technical know-how, this full-color manual includes:
- Rules for creating new and alien technology;
- Calibration mechanics to make sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to the wacky, weird and powerful;
- Guidelines for customizing technologies to the cultures that created them;
- Customization rules for the player character’s personal gear;
- And rules for building, repairing, inventing, constructing, jury rigging, and demolition on a deadline or at the sort of leisurely pace only interstellar travel can allow.
Awesome! How do I buy this?
You can now pick up a PDF of the game for whatever amounts of credits you desire!
Also available at:
Dig a Thousand Holes Publishing 
Do the games fit in a standard envelope?
-Dave Bapst
Yup. I have all four of the books in my wallet at the moment. Plus several extra copies of the core rulebook, and the usual assortment of wallet material.
I’m hoping quality of drawings isn’t an issue, because mine are bound to be pretty awful. Still gonna give it a shot, though, I might surprise myself.
Quality is no issue. I embrace the pretty and the awful.
Just bought all four at PAX East today, and sadly only had a pass for today otherwise I would have camped by the booth where I bought them and got others to play. Some of my usual gaming crew are excited and really like the idea, but I had some questions and was wondering where a good place to ask you would be.
Feel free and ask here, or catch me over on Google+, especially in the Design Matters community: https://plus.google.com/communities/116367745679867372894
How does the hard method work for international orders? Will it work if I stamp the enclosed envelope with a Belgian airmale stamp?
There are new rules for international shipping. It should make things easier: https://dig1000holes.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/interstellar-shipping/
Next time you should put your game on a postcard, easier to send 😉
Just sent out four of my best alien masterpieces.
I eagerly await them!
My eyesight is going, is there a way to get the texts and images in a standard format? I’ll gladly pay the $1 per title.
I’ll see what I can do without changing the production costs too much. I’ll have to investigate some options and get back to you.
Thank you. 🙂
Can the drawings be on the dollars?
I do not advocate anything as illegal as defacing legal tender; but I accept all sorts of filthy money. Even money where the filth on it makes interesting or pretty patterns.
Is there anyway to send the 5 dollars via paypal? As a international buyer, it would cost a lot more to send the money. I’ll send the drawings too, of course.
Possibly . . . I must ponder on this. I’m away from home at the moment and not really in the position to fulfill anything, but if you bug me about it next Wednesday, Oct. 16th, I’ll set you up.
Any chance for a European customer to get hold of a pdf copy of these ? Maybe laid out in some foldable A4 pages ?
My policy up to now is to not do a PDF, because the method of purchase was part of the experiment, but I’ll be doing some re-examining of that next month. No promises at this point.
Meanwhile, you can check out the entire core rulebook exactly how I tweeted it last Free RPG Day: http://storify.com/nathanblack/vast-and-starlit
I understand ! Thanks for the reply, best of luck in your future endeavours 🙂
I prob’ly should have checked before I mailed everything, but your address is still current here, right?
It is and I believe I just got your order yesterday. So all is good.
If you have any print copies (or do some more) let me know I would like to buy a set..
I don’t have any at the moment, but if I do print more, I’ll let you know.
Thanks.. I’ll prob pick up a copy of Dread House while I wait then;) (and put Time & Temp print edition on my never ending shortening list of rpg’s to track down (I only do print versions of games).. 100 made of those?
I suspect you may find physical copies of both V&S and T&T at Modern Myths (http://modern-myths.com/). At least, last time I checked they had some.
sent them an email.. no replay as yet.. I’ll give them a couple more days.
Hey Epidiah, What happened to the gallery of images we sent you to get our copies? I was just going to show someone mine…
I’ll have to investigate. I can’t seem to get the images to show up on the Tumblr. If all else fails, I’ve got the originals in storage.
Might be working now! Does this work for you? http://vast-starlit.tumblr.com/post/46422732846/the-stolen-biomech-ship-laval-over-hadresh-the
Thanks, that’s what I was looking for! Was it down, or could i just not find it?
It looked like it was down when I first looked.