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Verdune — Plant-Punk Space Opera
Roleplay focused
Newbie friendly
I’m looking for one or two players for an in person GURPS 4e campaign set in Verdune, a plant-punk space opera where biotech replaced machinery, psychic powers replaced computers, and the galaxy is full of alien politics, living weapons, warped hyperspace, and things that should have stayed lost.
What the setting is
Biotech ships, psychic communication, living gear
Space opera with weird aliens, piracy, war, diplomacy, salvage, and lovecraft at the edges
Humanity is new to the galactic stage after surviving a devastating alien invasion
Multiple playable species, each with strong lore, real social friction, and different mechanical identity
Tone sits somewhere between space adventure, political drama, and cosmic danger
What kind of game this is
This is a roleplay-heavy, setting-rich GURPS campaign with room for investigation, negotiation, exploration, survival, and combat. Violence is always a choice, but only one of several. This is not just a dungeon crawl in space. The setting is built to support crews, mercenaries, troubleshooters, smugglers, diplomats, scavengers, and dangerous weirdos.
Players will start as prisoners during an escape.
What to expect
A detailed original setting
Strong faction conflict
Alien cultures that actually feel alien
Psychic powers with real risk
Living technology that can be bargained with, manipulated, or betrayed
Mature themes handled with boundaries and common sense
Content note
Verdune includes adult themes and a harsh setting. Oppression, slavery, piracy, coercion, and brutality exist in the world. Graphic violence, polotics, and sexualility are is not the focus, and anything sensitive can be handled with lines/veils and fade-to-black.
Players I want
People willing to learn or engage with GURPS
Players who like strong setting flavor
Players who make characters that can function in a group
Players who enjoy making choices in a messy world
Players who want their characters to feel complex, real, lived in.
New to GURPS is fine if you’re willing to learn.
Game will take place in Tannersville Pennsylvania. in person. Tuesday nights.
If interested, reply or DM me, or send me a message on discord: thebluelynx