Secret People: A TTRPG of Modern Magical Realism

Just beyond the edge of normal, everyday life lies a strange world, populated by folk with uncanny powers and arcane abilities. Wild adventures and untold plots unfold across a time & place similar to our own – this is the world of Secret People!Secret People is a tabletop roleplaying game of modern magical realism. All you need to play is this book, a handful of dice, some pencils and paper, and a couple of friends. Inside this hallowed tome you’ll find:Simple, easy-to-follow rules streamlined for both gamemasters and players alikeA richly described world full of flavor, danger, charm, and weirdnessAccessible tools for building custom characters, or generating them randomlyA wealth of tables containing 100+ locations, relics, baddies, NPCs, weapons, and more – a complete toolbox to build your own storiesA gripping introductory adventure designed to welcome new players to the world of Secret PeopleAbout the SettingIn this hidden world, just beyond the door of normal society, are those with extraordinary powers. Some wish to silently aid humanity and better the world, others wish to plunder and profiteer at their expense. In the end, the characters you’ll be playing just want to belong – with other secret brethren, and the world at large.WhenBefore cell phones, after trains, guns, and soda. After color TV, and slow computers, before electric cars. After World War 2, before the third one. After just a little bit of reality TV and Britanny Spears. Before YouTube, after MySpace.A Secret MinoritySecret People are rare, and have a natural tendency towards discretion. Yet, somehow they always seem to cross paths with one another. You might wonder why they haven’t risen up to seize the world with their uncanny powers – there simply aren’t enough of them, and like regular folk, most have no aspirations for world domination.Main ConflictIn the hidden world that lies just beyond the door of normal society are those with extraordinary powers. Some wish to silently aid humanity and better the world, others wish to plunder and profiteer at their expense.If you need a Big Bad, the Central Fixture should fill that niche. Their motto? “Eliminating the Unexpected”.The heroes of Secret People are a decentralized, grassroots, organic network of humanity who happen to possess strange and powerful abilities. The Central Fixture represents the ambition to consolidate power, systematize, catalog, and control. To Joe Six-Pack, Central Fixture is a reputable manufacturer of consumer goods of the electrical variety. Behind the scenes, however, the Central Fixture is the primary Western power that seeks to unify SP for its own contorted ends.