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Accretion Disk

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An Accretion Disk forms around massive bodies in space. Gravity drags in random objects and debris, spinning them around and bringing them in closer and closer, faster and faster, hotter and hotter, until something explodes.

It holds true for stars and black holes – and for politics and crime, too.

And let’s face it – you’re the ones who are going to be standing in the path of that explosive release. Better get ready.

Accretion Disk is the expansion book for Ashen Starsthe GUMSHOE gritty space opera game where PCs are Lasers, freelance troubleshooters and law enforcers operating in a remote sector called the Bleed, comes with colour deckplans and Hot Contract handouts. It also includes:

  • Sample clues, special spend benefits, and added data on each Investigative ability. Learn how to use Kinetics to escape VR simulations, identify alien interference in pre-contact cultures, and trace viro-augmented criminals with endocrinological profiling.
  • More options and tactics for general abilities, including species-specific ones. Master zero-g martial arts, detect weapons as they charge up, and acquire corporate sponsorship for your Laser team to boost your cash flow!
  • Take your stations on board ship with options and tactics for each warpside and groundside role, then delve into player-drive Arcs and Drives. Guide your own destiny amid the guttering Ashen Stars.
  • Explore new character options with six new playable species.
  • Deckplans for every class of ship show you what it’s like on board – and new ship options and bolt-ons open up tactics for ship-board adventures.
  • When you hit dirtside, break out any of the dozens of new weapons, equipment items, cyberware or viroware – if you can afford the upkeep!
  • Hot Contracts gives a roster of jobs that only a Laser crew can handle. Pick your own challenge hot off the Bleed, and get to work!
  • Finally, twelve new hostile aliens ensure that the Bleed stays dark and bloody…

Deckplan

Praise for Ashen Stars:

“Nailed it – Just nailed it. I read through this book like it was a good novel. I’ve never called an RPG rulebook a page turner, but here it is! Great setting, engaging to read, and a smooth and polished system. Robin Laws continues to impress, and after seeing the final layout PDF, I have to say that Pelgrane has outdone themselves with this game. I cannot wait to have the physical thing in my hands (and the hands of my players!)”

“I’m going to big up the Pelgrane Posse."

"I have my PDF and I cannot say just how impressed I am with both the content, style and layout. Yet another beautifully written evolution of Gumshoe with a unique take on the genre, written by one of the best authors in the industry."

"On looks alone it puts products from other bigger companies to shame. I have a sense that I really have got my monies worth (and I haven’t got the hardcopy yet) For a small publisher Pelgrane can flex some serious creative muscle."

"The bar hasn’t just been raised, it’s in a geo-stationary orbit”

“And congratulations on this game – I think it is destined to become a classic – This is the best sci-fi RPG I’ve ever read.”


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192
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PELGA08D
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File Last Updated:
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This title was added to our catalog on October 02, 2015.