Born to the Purple

A sci-fi game of diplomats in space where power ebbs and flows between five major regimes. Either play as members of the same regime working together, or (for the adventurous or one-shots) play as diplomats from different regimes all with your own agendas.

Playbooks include

• Agent - the secretive spy
• Explorer - the resourceful loner
• Grifter - the silver tongued devil
• Mastermind - the planner
• Tinker - the maker
• Veteran - the retired soldier

There are no crews, but the regime you work for will influence some of your choices and missions

• The Gateway Alliance - ambitious capitalist explorers
• The Holy Republic - pious arrogant exceptionalists
• The Keron Federation - decadent weaponised archaelogists
• The League of Stars - plucky desperate outsiders
• The Martell Union - militaristic suspicious bastards

Facts

I love “Aspects” from Fate games, and I’m building those in as the name “Facts”. There are personal facts, scenario facts, world facts, regime facts, consequence facts - all of which can be invoked for additional dice on actions.

Actions

• Hack

• Spy

• Study

• Make

• Finesse

• Infiltrate

• Manouevre

• Skirmish

• Command

• Consort

• Lead

• Sway

Currency

Not coin or credits, the currency of choice is favour, which you can also bank into your Support Network to improve your lifestyle.