“Disconnecting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.”

We plunge into weightlessness as the ship detaches from the station, drifting away from the spinning ring. I stare upward, focusing on the metal.

“You alright, Shoemaker?”

It’s not alright, but there are no words for it. “Just trying not to get sick.”

I try not to think about what lies beneath the white clouds of Pearl. There’s something wrong about it, something wrong about us.

ABOUT

Xenogeny is a sci-fi roleplaying game in which the players take on the role of human-alien hybrids sent to explore a mysterious world.

Although they have been raised with the assumption that the strange fauna used as the genetic base to create them is the only life on the planet, there is more to Pearl than meets the eye.

DETAILS

System: Custom

Type: Stand-alone one-page game

Genre: Sci-fi, horror

Mechanics: Roll d20 under a Threshold set by character attributes and GM difficulty modifier.

Intended Players: 3-5

Supplies needed: d20

Setup time: 5-15 minutes

Session time: 2-4 hours.

License: CC-BY 4.0

Included Bonuses: Character sheet, print-friendly version.

Last Updated: August 4, 2022