Microscope RPG

Microscope works differently than some other role-playing games you might have played, so let’s abandon some preconceptions:

You won’t have your own character.

You won’t play the game in chronological order. You may know all about the future, but be surprised by the past.

You’ll build the story from the outside in. You’ll decide the big picture, the grand scheme of history, and then burrow down and carve out the details.

It’s fractal gaming.

So think big: you have a massive chunk of history to play around in.

Humanity spreads to the stars and forges a galactic civilization…

Fledgling nations arise from the ruins of the empire…

An ancient line of dragon-kings dies out as magic fades from the realm…

These are all examples of Microscope games.