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Listen creep, the future is fast, cruel and disposable.
Capitalism is alive and well in 2322; the corporations are
in control, sifting the pitiful masses for every scrap and
credit in a Solar System crowded beyond capacity.”

This setting is a tale of humanity’s struggle against itself and a
hostile galaxy. Dark Stars supports the whole gamut of Space Punk
Possibilities for stories. This rule set includes hacking, upgrades,
money, vehicles, space travel, and of course aliens and horror.

»» Noir Space Punk Setting
»» d100 mechanics, skill based progression
»» Gritty Combat
»» A big toolbox for creating dark science fiction role playing
»» Classless character systems
»» Perks, Skills & Equipment & Hacking
»» Robots, Power Armour, Vehicles, Cybernetics & Genetic Upgrades
»» Ancient Aliens & Space Travel

Playtest kit:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/293785/Dark-Stars-Play-Test-Kit

What are people saying about Dark Stars?

Parallel Worlds Magazine

"Looking through the Dark Stars rulebook, it’s amazing to see just how much content has been packed in. From the huge number of tables to help create a fitting background for a player character, to the entire chapter dedicated to unarmed combat, the book is an absolute treasure trove of ideas and tools. 

Fans of Shadowrun will recognise elements of the cyberpunk setting, but there’s no magic or elves here. The skill-based archetype system is also reminiscent of Shadowrun, but with its D100 system which adapts to any situation, Dark Stars’ core mechanics will probably be more familiar to Call of Cthulhu or Dark Heresy players.

Overall, Dark Stars is a perfect RPG if you’re looking for a gritty, cyberpunk setting that focuses more on classic sci-fi elements."

The Dice Stormers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRzoAAtTPo


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Av M May 11, 2022 9:05 pm UTC
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While I enjoy this setting immensely, it seems rather oddly written. There don't appear to be clearly stated rules for AI characters/robotic characters beyond cybrids. Were those missed, or are they just not denoted clearly?
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Thomas A October 25, 2021 3:25 pm UTC
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I really like this game. Its a great cyberpunk/sci-fi mashup with some horror elements.

It uses the Basic Roleplaying System as its core ruleset, although for some reason the authors didn't give any credits anywhere to it.

I run demos of this at my local game store regularly and everyone loves it. Highly recommended.
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MORGAN L November 05, 2021 2:12 am UTC
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Its very similar, when we made this we just used a d100, so basic role play isn't the only d100 system. I would say the man difference is attributes and secondary attributes in our system are out of 10, rather than 18. the skill resolution system has degrees of success and we have a long running task system, vehicle combat, hacking, cybernetics. The system is also more gear based, and advancement is not as critical as in the Basic Role Playing system. The guys at Chaosium did a great job on that system but I think that we were setting out with specific goals in our game design. I'm glad you liked this game, and gave it a nice review. Corporations book is coming soon. Let me know if you want to checkout some PDFs in advance.
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Thomas A November 16, 2021 4:15 pm UTC
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Thanks for that clarification. In my experience so far the rule system is very solid. I look forward to the "corporations" book.
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Benjamin N April 29, 2021 11:58 pm UTC
Eighty dollars for a print copy of this book?! Hahahah. https://www.darkstarsuniverse.com/product/dark-stars-the-space-punk-game/
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MORGAN L June 13, 2021 6:30 am UTC
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Its $80 on the site, its $53 on this site. If you would like to discuss it you can email me at gnet@darkstarsuniverse.com.au. The print is the maximum quality that Drivethru allows full color.
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Kevin F March 22, 2021 6:36 am UTC
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Of the two rulebook PDFs, which is the most recent? One has "Combined" in the filename and the other one has "May_Complete" in the filename. Thanks!
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MORGAN L May 30, 2021 11:46 am UTC
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Hi Ill get back to you on that one.
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Chad S November 19, 2020 6:33 pm UTC
Most companies give a discount if a customer buys the hard/softcover and the PDF at the same time. but why are you charging more?
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MORGAN L November 19, 2020 7:33 pm UTC
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Ill change it good point, by default it adds them together.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 7:04 pm UTC
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So, preview that's a thing that was fine now is not fine and has caused a drama. I have reached out to publisher services to fix, and I hope its fixed soon. In the meantime use the Flash Preview. There is also a playtest kit, I have not updated it since Pax last year but its there.
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Henry F July 05, 2020 12:47 am UTC
Pretty steep buy-in for a game that doesn't discuss it's mechanics at all. Additionally, the preview is what appears to be a character sheet. Hard pass.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 6:52 pm UTC
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There is a play test kit, but I don't know why the preview is doing that. Ill have to have a look it used to actually show the same thing as the short preview.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 7:27 pm UTC
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So to address this I linked the playtest kit, and I have removed the misbehaving PDF preview.
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Patrick S June 29, 2020 8:55 am UTC
Interested in Darkstar's products, but the steep prices and previews that just show a character sheet kept me from buying so far.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 6:57 pm UTC
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I don't know why there is a character sheet, it should not actually be that.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 7:27 pm UTC
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So to address this I linked the playtest kit, and I have removed the misbehaving PDF preview.
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Paul B June 15, 2020 1:23 pm UTC
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Hey there. Currently, the preview shows the character sheet, as the sheet is top of the pile in the file order at the backend. Any chance you re-upload your files to put the book itself at the top of the pile?
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 6:54 pm UTC
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Ill fix that up.
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MORGAN L July 07, 2020 7:27 pm UTC
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So to address this I linked the playtest kit, and I have removed the misbehaving PDF preview.
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Raven S May 25, 2020 10:27 pm UTC
Is this book for use to play Beyond The Black Sea?
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MORGAN L June 01, 2020 10:47 pm UTC
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Hi you don't need this to play Beyond The Black Sea it is the rule book but the rules are included with Beyond the Black Sea.
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telzy A June 27, 2019 6:50 pm UTC
Could we get a preview?
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MORGAN L April 07, 2019 12:32 am UTC
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Adding book marks to the document today, will upload today. If anyone cannot get it let me know.
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Dani J January 15, 2019 5:50 pm UTC
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It's quite a big book and it lacks bookmarks for pdf. Would you update it for us?
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MORGAN L April 03, 2019 8:51 pm UTC
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Ill do that for you and put those In I just have to do the research on that. Sorry!
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MORGAN L May 01, 2019 9:35 pm UTC
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Book marks are in sorry for the delay
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Dani J May 02, 2019 6:34 am UTC
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No worries. I am the one that should be thankful for the update.

Anyways. Thanks.
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MORGAN L December 09, 2018 3:00 am UTC
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Thought I would talk about the next free product to be released on Drive Through RPG. We have a great scenario Our Neighbour Titain (working title if you like it it will stick). Our Neighbour Titan offers some information about the solar system, some systems and vehicles and some thrilling heroic action with dark horror sci-fi story. This product will be made avalible as soon as its out of editing for Free, it does have our high standard of artwork. Here is the cover, still work in progress but working on getting this out.

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Lee S December 09, 2018 4:32 am UTC
Thank you.
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MORGAN L December 08, 2018 3:50 am UTC
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Hi thanks for pointing out page count problems, its a bigger book that 55 pages.
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Lee S December 06, 2018 12:53 am UTC
Could we see a Table of Contents please?
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MORGAN L December 08, 2018 4:08 am UTC
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Sorry that its an image PDF preview should be there soon.
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Lee S December 08, 2018 9:12 pm UTC
Thanks for the TOC. Def on my wishlist to get. The only thing I wondered about was the use of "Jedi" in the table for Metaphysics? I am sure there is something in the text to explain this? Thanks again.
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MORGAN L December 08, 2018 11:20 pm UTC
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Its not actually meta physics, its a religion/political group. Starwars fans taking it to the next level. The metaphysics system is pretty capable so you could run any game on the system, and you could do all the types of "Force" powers that you wanted. In the TOC it has the following items for MetaPhysics. Metaphysics System, Luck Abilities (This would be like Luke in first movie), Mentalism Abilities (Telepathy telekinisis), Miraculous Abilities (Almost Angelic Power, Healing, Fire etc), Vhrill Abilities (Aliens that use Metaphics)
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Lee S December 09, 2018 4:33 am UTC
Awesome, thanks.
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