Nine Quarters

A city full of colourful characters, curious traditions, a little magick, and more than its fair share of excitement.

You play ordinary people at the heart of their community. You have friends, families, professions, and places where you belong. You’re not setting off to save the world or seek fame and fortune in distant lands. Your Stories are much closer to home.

Nine Quarters is a rules-light storytelling roleplaying game. Gather your friends and discover life in Nine Quarters together. One of you will be the Guide, bringing the city and its people to life, while everyone else plays a character who already belongs there. Together, you tell their Stories.

Most of the time, you simply describe what your character does and the Guide describes what happens. When the outcome of an Action is uncertain, the Guide may initiate a Challenge. Challenges use simple rules to discover what happens next.

tories in Nine Quarters can begin with something wonderfully ordinary and lead somewhere entirely unexpected.

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.

Statless, freeform character generation lets you create someone who already has a life in Nine Quarters. Your character has a Profession, from an up-and-coming apprentice to a respected Grand Master who may be well known within their professional community and invited to Guild gatherings.

Traits bring the rest of your character to life, describing anything important about them.

When you finish a Story, discuss together what changed because of its events. People could change. Places could change. Nine Quarters could change.

Every table creates its own Nine Quarters, shaped by the choices you make

Everything you need to play for both the Guide and players is included in Nine Quarters. An introductory Story gets you started straight away.