Gunmetal Sonata

Gunmetal Sonata is an urban fantasy RPG about monster hunting millennials tracking and slaying threats to humanity through a system that splits between noir investigation and highly-stylized anime action.

Features / Design goals:

• A stunt-heavy dice-pool driven combat system where all you need is one hit to win, but landing that hit is an extended contest of wits and commitment.
• Police procedural episodic play loops, where players split up and race against the clock to investigate cases and prepare for inevitable showdowns.
• Player-facing systems that model stress as PCs navigate a world where caring is hard - but also necessary - for pulling yourself past the finish line.
• Mechanical crunch and table presence inspired by board game design (abstract strategy, tactile components, play references etc).

Fiction inspirations: Fate/Stay Night, Under Night In Birth, RWBY, Devil May Cry, Arknights.

Game inspirations: Exalted, Dogs in the Vineyard, BattleCON, Exceed, Magic the Gathering.

Behind the Scenes:

Gunsong is a game I plan to take to Kickstarter someday. In service of that, the game text will remain free because I plan on charging for it later down the line. This itch page will be hosting up-to-date playtest documents until things get super commercial.

If you wish to support the game, it desperately needs playtesting.  Even reading it and dropping feedback on read-feel would be a big help - you can find me on my design discord. Alternatively, I also have a patreon.

If you can't read a PDF for whatever reason, the full game text is also available on google docs here. I'll be creating google docs versions for each release besides the PDFs going forward.

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