Craterboys

Craterboys is also available in a bundle with Auspex which you can get here.

Craterboys is a game of close encounters with strange beings, a one-shot tabletop roleplaying game for at least two players. 

Something spectacular has arrived, somewhere on our planet. Whether this visitor is violent, careful, peaceful, or calculating, it’s here. This landing draws a circle, real or metaphysical, around a corner of our world. At its center, something smolders. A cosmic émigré, an intelligence from another world, a protozoic mass. It fundamentally changes that in its radius—its crater. We are the craterboys, the ones who greet visitors. Into the circle we step. 

In the first phase, build a crater and fill it with people, places, and things. Then, twist them with the introduction of the visitor. In the second, play the craterboys navigating through the environment, interacting and dealing with the visitor's ramifications. Finally: a showdown. 

Craterboys is powered by an easy-to-learn bespoke dice game that involves everyone at the table, featuring snappy rules and tuned for an hour or two for a full session.

Product Specs

• 26 page B&W zine
• One-shot, GMless game for 2+ players
• Digital edition

Credits

Design, writing, and layout by Will Jobst
Illustrations and editing by Seb Pines