Languages: English, Swedish, French, German, Italian
Diced6 dice pool
System FamilyYear Zero Engine
Cost$$
LicenseYear Zero Engine OGL
PublisherFree League Publishing
Year2017
ComplexityMedium
AccessibilityMedium
CommunityMedium
Core Mechanic
Roll a d6 dice pool (attribute + skill + gear). Each 6 is a success. Pray to the Icons to reroll all non-successes, but doing so gives the GM a Darkness Point to spend on complications, NPC boosts, or cosmic threats.
Best For
Groups who want sci-fi exploration with a Middle Eastern-inspired setting, ship-based campaigns, and a mix of trade, intrigue, and cosmic mystery.
Highlights
Setting blends sci-fi with Middle Eastern mythology and Icon worship, Darkness Points create a GM resource that escalates over the session, detailed ship customization with five crew roles in space combat, ten factions provide a political backdrop for intrigue campaigns
Considerations
Space combat uses a separate five-phase subsystem with added complexity, praying to the Icons is the only reroll mechanic and it always costs a Darkness Point, mystical powers chapter is brief compared to the setting and combat chapters, setting is tightly coupled — 36 star systems with specific lore