Welcome, Wildcards!

This is the front page of the official site for Terra IV Tales - An Anti-capitalist, Post-Spacepunk, Post-Utopia TTRPG Adventure System.

TIVT is a comprehensive TTRPG system, designed lovingly from the ground up to facilitate thrilling adventures through the fringes of explored space, with tons of intrigue and narrative tension. The rich, unique mechanics are crafted to enable and reward intricate, in-depth characters, means of expressing this through gameplay mechanics, and opportunities for these characters to form tight bonds and survive long careers together as the player crew journeys deeper into the abyss.

As a "comprehensive system," TIVT takes after OSRs(Old-School Roleplaying Games) with many modern liberties to reduce bloat and complication, while making a crunchy game accessible, easy to understand, and kinesthetically satisfying. While you may experience this game as a one-off, Wildcards are incapable of settling down.

The DNA of TIVT is simple. The post-scarcity, utopian Federation of Star Trek. The crew dynamics of Firefly. The flash, flare, and grungey aesthetics of Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star. The intricate character-focused systems of fantasy TTRPG contemporaries. And most importantly, a significant dose of leftist politics, and the many ideologies therein, and where they'd fit in a post-revolution future where the workers won.

If this sounds like it's for you, peek the left sidebar. Check out my Dev Blog for news and updates. See About TIVT for a narrative introduction to the world. Features will introduce some of the game's mechanics, such as the central Active Deck System(ADS 1.0.) Keep checking back for more as I continue to work on a playable release and update the site!

Thank you,
-Mallory Blum, Poison I.V. Games