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Searchers of the Unknown Games

This category contains the core Searchers of the Unknown RPG rules and a number of supplements and variant games based on the SOTU core rules.

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Searchers of the Unknown Foreign Planets Edition

RetroRoleplaying Posted on May 14, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

A two page Searchers of the Unknown variant tat has a few extras: e.g. STUNT and INIT values, character traits and bonuses, and a slightly more complex advancement system.

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No Bloodly Heroes

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 15, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

Another fantasy variant of SOTU.

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Hexes & Hobos

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 15, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

This SOTU variant includes rules for hexcrawling. A mini adventure is also available.

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Delvers of the Unknown

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 15, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

This SOTU variant only uses 6-sided dice.

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Cybermorphs

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 15, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

The PCs are Cybermorphs, giant bio-mechanical robots, exploring the ruins of a once mighty interstellar empire.

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Crumbling Epoch

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 15, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

This game is based on Searchers of the Unknown. The root idea is, “What if the characters in D&D did not need more information than a monster’s stat block?” I enjoyed reading various interpretations, but I felt they clung too … Continue reading →

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Supers of the Unknown

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 13, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

This is an eight page superhero variant of Searchers of the Unknown. Six and a half of those eight pages are descriptions of various superpowers.

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Song of the Symbi

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 13, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

A setting specific science fiction variant of Searchers of the Unknown. From the intro: Human colonists from a distant star discovered a large planet covered in dense nutrient-rich fluid with a thick exotic atmosphere and attempted to terra-form it using … Continue reading →

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Swashbucklers of Mars: Sailing the Skies of Mars

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 13, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

This is a supplement for the Swashbucklers of Mars variant adding “airships powered by the ‘eighth ray’ captured in special tanks aboard the ships.

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Swashbucklers of Mars

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 13, 2022 by RandallMay 15, 2022

A one page science fiction Searchers of the Unknown variant. From the intro: “PCs are either Earthlings stranded on Mars, or Martians themselves, who have banded together to survive and seek their destiny.”

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