Trespasser

The fence is there for a reason. You have read the reason and decided it does not apply to you.

The authorities have sealed off the Zone, a place full of anomalies, mutants and artefacts that ignore the laws of physics. Rumour says something at its centre can work miracles. You are a Trespasser, in illegally and heading deeper, and Binary Star Games describes the result as zonecore: survival horror in the tradition of STALKER and Annihilation, in a 16-page full-colour zine.

It is built on the Breathless system, so your character wears down as things go wrong and an escalation system makes the Zone nastier the nearer you get to the middle. A Desires system pins down why you came and what you hope to find, which matters, because the game ends one of two ways: you die on the way in, or you reach the centre and find out what it holds and what you actually wanted. Tables for building characters, locations and the world are included.

Please note: you will need a set of polyhedral dice.

Perfect for: People who read the warning sign twice, carefully, and then climbed over it.

Solo, GMless or GM-led | Zine | 16 pages