Astral Tourists

Astral Tourists is a simple roleplaying game for adventures in the Astral Plane, the space in-between realities where thoughts, dreams and demons live.

Each download includes:

• A complete, easy to learn role-playing game system, adapted from Into the Odd. You can also easily use it as a supplement for Into the Odd (or Cairn and other similar games).
• 20 distinct character ‘origins’ which act as simple character classes unique to the Astral Plane setting, each with a selection of evocative, high-strangeness class features  and distinctive starting equipment. 
• Over 160 supernatural abilities, magical items and other strange features - eight for each origin
• A collection of sample monsters with usage and behaviour guides

The game is presented as 22 tiny, eight-page zines. Twenty of these are character-specific rulebooks that players can use at the table, and two are GM-facing zines with more detailed rules, equipment, setting information, and a bestiary.

Players quickly generate unique, highly-thematic characters by choosing a zine and following the simple instructions unique to the character archetype represented by that zine. Play as a time traveller unstuck from spacetime, the soul of an undead unable to pass on to the afterlife, a cultist who had a vision of the 'real' world and travelled to the astral plane to find it, or a survivor of an apocalyptic event now caught in the void between universes.

The lore and flavour of the Astral Plane is woven into the character options, equipment and game mechanics - giving an idea of who exists in the Astral Plane and what sorts of things they can do there without relying on a rigid "setting guide". We also include a bestiary of flavourful sample monsters - either adapted from the classics or unique to the Astral Plane.

There are three versions of the game to download below:

• The Printable Zines version contains a set of zines as a PDF file for you to print out and fold into booklets. Instructions for doing this can be found here.  These should be printed out single-sided and using a "borderless" setting if you can. This is the standard "physical" edition of the game, containing everything you need to play.
• The Digital Zines version is the same as the above but, instead of print-outs, each zine is a separate digital booklet. This is good for online play.
• The Digital Book version presents the game in a more traditional book format. Instead of cards, all the information is contained within a single 64 page PDF. This version contains everything you need to play, but also has an expanded list of monsters, equipment and magic items that wouldn't fit in the printable version.

For the most complete experience, we recommend using both a set of Zines for the players and a Digital Book for the GM - but just the Zines or just the Book will still work fine.