Trystero

Everyone in the occult underground is familiar with Trystero, the unassailable and secret mail service. Everyone knows the Trystero is secure and extremely fast. Less people know it achieves this alacrity by sending its certified Couriers through a dangerous anomalous liminal space, the so-called "Backrooms." As part of a Courier’s crew, that's where you come in. Transporting packages through the Backrooms ain’t a job for one person. Sadly, your Courier has died, and only they knew the route. You need to find your way out with the packages intact or you might as well be dead. You’re fucked.

Content Warning: Body Horror — Trystero is a one-page horror tabletop RPG written by Kirt A. Dankmyer in the tradition of the "New Weird." Everything players need to know is on the front side, while there's a lot of GM info on the back side. Ewige Blumenkraft!

CREDITS: Some ideas and text come from Lasers & Feelings by John Harper, used under a CC BY 4.0 license. Other ideas and text come from Liminal Horror by Goblin Archives, used under a CC BY 4.0 license. Still more ideas and text come from the 24XX SRD by Jason Tocci, used under a CC BY 4.0 license. The text of this game may be used under a CC BY 4.0 license. Be sure to credit Kirt Dankmyer. No fascists or bigots, thank you. All art is by Lorc (maze) and Delapouite (all-seeing eye and trumpet) from game-icons.net and used under CC BY 3.0

While I love their games, I am not affiliated with Alexi Vella, Goblin Archives, Harper Jay, Jason Tocci, or John Harper. Or anyone other than my wife, really. The Affinity Publisher template used to layout this game was created by Harper Jay of Chubby Crow Games. Other influences on this game include but are not limited to The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, the LIMINAL_ SURVIVAL GUIDE by Alexei Vella & Neonrot/Willow Jay, and the SCP Foundation Wiki (scp-wiki.wikidot.com)