Beasts: Quickstart Rules

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No gods, no devils. Just beasts.

In Beasts you play a group of teenage child soldiers fighting an insidious enemy hellbent on the silent conquest of humanity. The enemy is a secretive organization, covertly taking control of people’s minds, bodies, and will. Should the enemy’s invasion ever become known to society at large, they would shift their strategy to full-out war against humanity, something you know that would result in the loss of a staggering amount of lives. You and your friends have the power to transform into animals. Will this power be enough to turn the tides of the invasion? Probably not, but you are our only hope. 

How far will you go to win this war? And what will be left of you when it is over?

Beasts is a Powered by the Apocalypse game inspired by the Animorphs book series. 

The barebones (for now) 19-page quickstart guide has all you need to play a session with your friends. 

• Beautifully designed Character Sheets
• Session 0 information for building a world
• Character creation rules
• 16 moves for a full gameplay experience
• GM tips and information for running a multi-session campaign with a climactic ending

Tell the story of teenagers who try to hold on to their convictions in an impossible war. The question is not whether they will get through this with their humanity unscathed - but rather how far they will have to go to have any chance of winning.

With the ability to turn into animals, you'll use your animal forms to spy on the Enemy, discovering their secret plots, and use the gathered intel on missions to sabotage them. Be careful to keep your cover, though. You still need to go to school and pretend everything is OK. You never know who's head the Enemy is already in.

You might turn into an eagle to follow someone from above, sneak into a secret meeting as a mouse, or fight off dangerous otherworldly monsters as a bear.