Duskara: Children of the Twilight

Duskara: Children of the Twilight is a GMless tabletop RPG for 1+ players about building communit...

You are the wind-shaped people, keepers of memory and makers of new traditions. Your settlement c...

Duskara is a tabletop role-playing game for two or more players that focuses on essential and int...

What is role-playing? Role-playing is like stepping into a book or a movie, where you and your fr...

A World Between Light and Dark In the year 2187, the colony ship Stellar Horizon departed Earth b...

Creating a character in Duskara involves defining who they are through a series of Tags that capt...

Duskara does not use mechanical advancement. There are no experience points, no level-ups, no ski...

On Duskara, people die. Sometimes it's meaningful. Sometimes it's not. Either way, it's part of t...

The Basic Roll When the outcome of a character's action is uncertain or risky, the game uses a si...

The harsh environment and unknown radiations of Duskara awakened latent psychic abilities in its ...

Duskara's three zones—the Day Side, the Twilight Belt, and the Night Side—are more than scenery. ...

Duskara's native life has adapted to extreme conditions over centuries of evolution, creating uni...

While Duskara focuses on emergent narrative, resource scarcity is central to the setting. This sy...

The eternal wind is more than scenery—it's a living presence that shapes every moment on Duskara....

The Deep Roads are a vast network of tunnels begun by early human settlers to connect twilight be...

Duskara is not a combat-focused game, but conflicts—physical, social, or environmental—are inevit...

As the Game Master (or "Facilitator" in GM-less play), your role is to voice the world—its settle...

This extended example demonstrates how Duskara plays at the table, showcasing the interplay of fi...

Duskara adventures emerge from the setting's inherent tensions and opportunities. This section pr...

These works capture the spirit of Duskara—planetary romance, environmental adaptation, psychic ev...

Key: [term] - Definition (See line XXX for detailed explanation) Core Mechanics Action Die — The ...

CORE MECHANIC: Frame action as closed question Build dice pool: 1 Action Die + Chance Dice - Ris...

Use this template to create your character. Write your character's name and details in each secti...

Duskara © 2026 Roberto Bisceglie This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sha...

Before play, establish your settlement's foundation collaboratively (20-30 minutes). These choice...

What is the name of your settlement? Choose or create a name that reflects your community's chara...

Each turn represents one cycle—approximately 15-20 Duskaran days, or roughly one-third of Duskara...

Starting Resources (choose 2-3) What does your settlement have in abundance or reliable access to...

Select how you'll record your settlement's evolution: Map — Draw the linear city stretched along...

Standard 52-card playing deck Paper and writing implements 4-6 six-sided dice (d6)

Each turn follows this sequence. Don't skip steps—each serves a purpose.

The active player draws one card from the deck and places it face-up. This is the Prompt Card. If...

The table discusses what the prompt means for your settlement right now, given your current situa...

After interpreting the prompt, the table discusses which of the four actions fits best. Sometimes...

Resolution uses a simple dice pool system: Base Pool: Roll 1d6 Add dice for advantages (max 4d6 t...

Record the outcome: Modify your tracking (map, timeline, character web) Add/remove resources as ...

The next player becomes active and draws a new card. Play continues clockwise (or any agreed orde...

Cradle actions invest in the settlement's future: growing food, repairing infrastructure, teachin...

Ward actions respond to immediate threats: storms, equipment failures, conflicts, external danger...

Projects are substantial undertakings requiring multiple cycles and coordination. They represent ...

Deliberate actions focus on collective decision-making, resolving internal tensions, and defining...

Duration: Until the first Queen of any suit is drawn Tone: Hopeful, ambitious, foundational Focus...

Duration: From first Queen until first King Tone: Expansive, confident, ambitious Focus: The sett...

Duration: From first King until Resolution deck exhausts (or alternate end conditions) Tone: Test...

Duration: Final few cards of the deck (typically last 3-5 turns) Tone: Reflective, conclusive, we...

Hearts represent the human element: relationships, traditions, celebrations, conflicts, memory. T...

Diamonds represent the material and technical aspects of survival: water, power, food, infrastruc...

Spades represent Duskara itself: the wind, storms, temperature extremes, native life, and the psy...

Clubs represent the unknown, transformation, and deep questions: ancient structures, lost knowled...

This table provides specific prompts for each card. These are starting points—interpret them thro...

After the game ends, spend 20-30 minutes in reflection using these prompts. This is essential for...