The Relay Covenant

LOOKING FOR PLAYTESTERS for a post apocalyptic RPG about survival, community, and what it means to be Human.

WARNING - THIS GAME IS FUELED BY DIFFICULT MORAL CHOICES AND MAY INCLUDE: BODY HORROR, DISMEMBERMENT, TORTURE, AND GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AGAINST JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. This is not a Fantasy RPG where it is assumed that most people are basically good. People are assumed to want to kill you and take everything from you in this game. You have been warned. - D.

Hello, my name is Dave, and I've been playing and running TTRPGs for over 35 years. Like many players, I started out playing D&D, but I quickly expanded my horizons into Palladium ( TMNT, Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, After the Bomb, and Robotech ) , World of Darkness ( which used to just be Vampire and Werewolf for White Wolf ) , and Cyberpunk 2020. There was much to love about all these games, but they all have their problems too. After decades of discussions about game systems not supporting the fiction or giving a real voice to the player characters, I just decided to create my own game from scratch! What makes a roleplaying game fun? What are the rules pitfalls to avoid? As I started answering these questions I settled on a system of my own design that is easy to learn, and fully supports the storytelling and roleplaying aspects that really make these games great.

I present to you The Relay Covenant.

Ninety years ago, humanity lost the Great War.

The Genarchs did not conquer the Earth. They reshaped it. Their Bio-Zones continue to spread across the ruined world, twisting land, weather, and living things into something no longer entirely human. Between those zones lie isolated settlements held together by salvage, old machines, fragile alliances, and the stubborn refusal to disappear.

You are a Runner.

Runners travel the broken roads between settlements, carrying medicine, messages, technology, and people through territories where trust is often more valuable than ammunition. Every journey risks raiders, engineered predators, failing infrastructure, ancient war machines, and the attention of powers that still regard humanity as an unfinished experiment.

The Relay Covenant is a dark, gritty post-apocalyptic roleplaying game about survival, consequence, and cooperation. Violence is fast and dangerous. Resources matter. Promises carry weight. The choices you make may strengthen the chain between communities or leave another settlement to die alone.

The world has already ended.

Your job is to decide what deserves to survive.