Starforged

You live in the Forge. This is a globular cluster in orbit around your people's home galaxy. It is 1,700 light years above the galactic plane—a bright island in a dark void.

Interstellar nebula span the depths of the Forge, interspersed with denser clouds of vibrant interplanetary dust and strange energies. It is a chaotic galaxy wracked by fiery stellar storms and unpredictable gravitational currents. The planets and stars of this place are born of that chaos.

Your people came to the Forge two centuries ago in the wake of a cataclysm in their home galaxy. Today, this new home offers opportunity and peril. Remnants of ancient civilizations hold dangerous knowledge and forbidden power. Your people build settlements on new worlds, but those places rarely offer a safe haven. Conflicts rage between people and factions. Pirates prowl the spaceways in search of easy prey. Baneful creatures and dark forces dwell on corrupted planets and in the abyssal void between stars.

Starforged is human-centric science fiction on a perilous frontier. This is a scavenged future, with equipment often cobbled together from salvage. People cling to survival on inhospitable worlds and in remote space stations. Much has been forgotten or lost. It's a dangerous life for anyone living on this frontier, and doubly so for the Ironsworn—those adventurers bound to sworn quests.

Inspiration comes from the quest-driven stories of The Mandalorian, the lived-in aesthetic and fantasy-infused trappings of the original Star Wars trilogy, the workaday exploits of Firefly, the isolated horror of Alien, the mysticism and faction politics of Dune, the retro-tech and desperation of Battlestar Galactica's modern reboot, the cosmic mysteries and class struggles of The Expanse, and the gonzo adventures and fantastic locations of Guardians of the Galaxy.

We will be starting a game of Ironsworn: Starforged. It is a game of perilous quests and snow-balling action where nothing is ever certain, in space. The three pillars of play are Quests, swearing vows and seeing them through, Community, creating connections and building relationships, and Discovery, exploring the Forge and unlocking its mysteries.

I have reading material available and the game is easy to learn. This game will be guided (played with a GM) and I already have two players, we are looking for two more to complete the group. I have played some solo Ironsworn in the past but it is going to be our first Starforged campaign. In the past I've run a variety of like-minded systems, mainly Forged in the Dark games, City of Mist and some others like Spire and Technoir.

Sessions are on Thursday evenings at 8 PM EST and typically go for about 3 hours. We will hold session 0 Thursday March 31. During this session, we will:
- Establish our truths, which means putting down the bases for our setting.
- Create characters as a group.
- Create a starting sector.
- Maybe play a short day-in-the-life intro session if time permits.

Please apply in the thread below using the form provided if you are interested, I am going to send invites Monday evening. I am looking forward to meet you and explore the Forge with you!