TROIKA! is a science-fantasy role-playing game where you and your cosmopolitan group of fellow travellers explore the ends of multiverse. You will fly on mystic barges, help dying gods, solve confounding crimes, plunder dead worlds, and meet strange & wonderful people.
With just one book and a couple of six-sided dice you'll be able to provide years of adventure for you and your friends.
TROIKA! is designed to be wonderous to play and simple to run. Its hundreds of character backgrounds allow anyone to dive right into the game with no prior knowledge of the setting, system or campaign and it's many published adventures make it easy to get started. With a few easy steps you and your players will have a grasp on the weird of the world and it will grow from there into something entirely your own.
The core book for TROIKA! has everything you need to start and stay playing for a long time: 36 backgrounds ranging from pond priests to lobotomised aristocrats, 70+ unique spells, 36 enemies each using our innovative Mien system, and 1 tutorial adventure to get you and your players comfortable in this bright new world And if one book isn't enough there is an enormous amount of supporting material, both official and fan-made, readily available from all respectable RPG outlets.
The world of TROIKA! will be instantly familiar to anyone who has enjoyed classic New Wave fantasy and sci-fi works such as Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, La Planete Sauvage, Dying Earth, Viriconium, Jerry Cornelius, Fighting Fantasy and Book of the New Sun. But if you're not? Well there are no long essays explaining the setting or lore, everything you need to know and enjoy the world is tucked away inside the items, spell, enemies and backgrounds. Before you even realise it you'll be speaking weird fiction fluently.
https://www.troikarpg.com/books
https://melsonian-arts-council.itch.io/
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Theory:
How does one go from "I sit next to you in science lab and we have a good conversation while working" to actually hanging out.
I am trying my best to make at least one friend this semester but I never end up talking to anyone outside of class. Unfortunately, I'm a big nerd who has never been the one to initiate a friendship so I'm trying to learn.
Go to movies/convention/museum around your good topic of conversation
Gotta just straight up ask. Remember that everyone else is as lonely and awkward as you are these days. A lot of people are probably hoping someone would ask them to hang out, but aren't confidant enough to broach the subject.
Doesn't have to be anything complicated. Just "Hey, we've had some great conversations, would you like to do X this weekend?" It's gonna feel awkward, but the potential pay off is great.