A cosy fantasy roleplaying game about communities and the people who shape them.
Nine Quarters is a city full of colourful characters, curious traditions, a little magick, and more than its fair share of excitement.
You play ordinary people who live at the heart of their community. You have friends, families, professions, and places you call your own. You’re not setting off to save the world or seek fame and fortune in distant lands. Your adventures are much closer to home.
Whether you’re helping an apprentice baker finally bake the Perfect Pie, supporting a friend who dreams of winning last place, or even fending off cave hummingbirds while clearing a cave for this year’s planting season, there’s always something happening.
Every table creates its own Nine Quarters, shaped by the choices you make.
Everyone has their own story to tell. Now it’s time to tell yours
Nine Quarters is a rules-light storytelling roleplaying game. Gather your friends and set out to discover life in Nine Quarters. One of you will be the Guide, playing the role of everyone and everything in Nine Quarters, everyone else will have their own story to tell.
Occasionally, if your Action can’t be resolved through storytelling, the Guide may initiate a Challenge. A Challenge is an easy way to discover what happens when result of an Action is uncertain.
Nine Quarters is a whimsical experience set in the city of Nine Quarters. You play the role of a character with friends, family an occupation that roots you in the city itself. From entering pickling competitions to helping at festivals there's always something that's just about to about to happen in your community.
Statless freeform character generation lets you create a character who has lived in Nine Quarters for many Long Candles. They may play the role of an up and coming an apprentice to a respected grand master, where you are likely to be well known within your professional community and may be invited to Guild gatherings. Your character is brought to life through their Traits, which describe anything important about your character.
Nine Quarters is a levelless game, where you decide how your character develops and changes over at the end of each Story.
When you finish a Story discuss together what changed because of the events in the Story. People could change. Places could change. Nine Quarters could change.
These changes carry forward into your next Story. Before long your Nine Quarters will be very different to ours.
Everything you need to play for both the Guide and players is included in Nine Quarters. An introductory Story gets you started straight away.
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There will be a limited number of Community Copies available at launch.
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