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Six hundred years in the future, humans have discovered a mysterious inter-dimensional phenomenon called the Nex (short for the Nexus). Sapient machines (known as Linked Machines), formatively influenced by humanity, have gained consciousness and share the world with their creators, bonded through a mutual connection to this unexplainable reality bridge. Despite all these advances, all sapient beings of the known universe face threats both within and without. A cold war between Earth and the Han Cluster endures even while a mysterious otherworldly menace called The Yellow Shift threatens to wipe out all intelligent life.

Discovery and Connection

In the Han Cluster, a vast and remarkable future world awaits your exploration. In your quest to stop the Yellow Shift, you’ll explore diverse planets, investigate the secrets of human space, hunt pirates, help good people who are in trouble, create community connections, and explore the Nex’s gifts of transhumanism thanks to the mysterious Nex.

In the Han Cluster, you can make any kind of hero you like: Nex technician, engineer, pilot, repair bot, ex soldier, courtesan, aristocrat, or even a wildcatter from the poisonous world of Venin. Of course there’s always the Nex manipulators too: Nex Divers and Draxel Tappers (new Arcane Backgrounds for folks who have developed amazing powers). Complete character creation rules, along with the rules for creating Linked Machines (the Han Cluster’s sapient AIs) are all included in the book. For a quicker start, though, we’ve created a several archetypes that allow you to get playing as soon as possible!

The Han Cluster sci-fi RPG setting is the brainchild of creator Tracy Sizemore. Tracy has worked for Pinnacle Entertainment (the creator of Savage Worlds) directly as the developer for Holler and Pinebox Middle School, and has written several adventures for Pinnacle’s various settings.

Feedback from the convention games and playtests we’ve already run has been tremendously positive, and people have shown intense interest in both the unique trappings and mechanics of the setting, the optimistic outlook on the future of human society, it’s enduring characters, as well as intrigue surrounding its enduring mysteries.

The full setting is crowdfunding in March of 2025, and you can follow us on BackerKit to get updates an be notified when we launch. If you’re anxious to get started, the pay-what-you-want Jumpstart is NOW AVAILABLE on DriveThruRPG! Included in the Jumpstart is a brief introduction to the setting, a few abbreviated Setting Rules, and a full-fledged introductory adventure called “Reunification.” This one to two session adventure not only gives the heroes the opportunity to save tens of thousands of people in a terrifying Cluster-wide attack, but also introduces both GMs and players to some of the most iconic aspects of the Han Cluster setting like X-Ghosts, X-Bonding, and Ghost Traveling!

Stay Up to Date

Our preliminary launch date for crowdfunding is March 4th, 2025! Follow our upcoming campaign on BackerKit for updates and announcements about the Han Cluster sci-fi RPG! You’ll be notified of the streams, community events, and of course when the campaign launches! (No Spam, we promise!)