Coming Soon: cyanstarlight

Adept Icarus is excited to announce cyanstarlight in collaboration with Alan Bahr. cyanstarlight is a lonely roleplaying game, where you take on the role of the last surviving human in the far future, attempting to uncover where your fellow humans have disappeared to, what can be done (if anything) to bring them back, and why the stars are bathed in a faint cyan light.

Arium – The Path of Abandoned Campaigns

The Arium RPG is live on Kickstarter through September 18, 2020. Create worlds. Discover the stories within them. The Path of Abandoned Campaigns is paved with gaming groups who settle. Settling on playing a system they’re not 100% interested in. Settling on creating a character limited by a GM’s vision and restrictions. Settling on aContinue reading “Arium – The Path of Abandoned Campaigns”

Arium – Almost No Limits

Arium is a tabletop roleplaying game and world-building toolkit. It is currently funded and unlocking stretch goals on Kickstarter. If I had to pick a phrase to describe what sets Arium apart from the crowd, it would be this: The only limits are your group’s imagination, and what the dice allow. I could say thisContinue reading “Arium – Almost No Limits”

Arium – A Writer’s Lens

A long time ago, in a conference room filled with whiteboards, a group of writers came together to perform an experiment. They sat around a long, smudgy table – sundry treats, wrappers, and half-drunk beverages scattered across its length. Numerous stacks of neon sticky notes lay about like cairns marking the first waypoints in theContinue reading “Arium – A Writer’s Lens”

Are We Getting Close? You Bet We Are!

There’s nothing quite like the feel of 52 pages of Arium: Create in your hand to make it all feel a bit more real! We’re looking for a few folks who’d like a PDF review copy. Find us on social media, Discord, or use the contact form on the site. Want to know more aboutContinue reading “Are We Getting Close? You Bet We Are!”

See the Arium RPG In Action!

We’ve been talking about Arium for a long time. We’ve mentioned how its mechanics bleed creativity out of the players. Ok, maybe we didn’t say it quite like that. The fact is, you’ll never know for yourself unless you play it with your own group. The next best thing is watching another group play, soContinue reading “See the Arium RPG In Action!”

Arium is a Highly Anticipated RPG? Maybe!

A happening of note came to the Arium team’s attention today. Our RPG is anticipated?! So cool! You can check out the list of nominees yourself, and of course vote for any of them you’re anticipating (by logging into the ENWorld site). https://www.enworld.org/threads/vote-for-the-most-anticipated-tabletop-rpg-of-2020.669501/ In related news, the anticipation shouldn’t last long! Arium: Create is inContinue reading “Arium is a Highly Anticipated RPG? Maybe!”

Adept Icarus Announces: Arium

Adept Icarus is pleased to announce Arium, our first tabletop roleplaying game title in production. The brand new game system is part streamlined world creation and all storytelling. We’ve never seen anything quite like it, and we think you’ll enjoy Arium as much as we do. With Arium the possibilities are nearly limitless. Watch theContinue reading “Adept Icarus Announces: Arium”