Duty, discovery, and diplomacy on a space station at the edge of the universe.
Lattice Terminus X7Z is not just a station. It is an invitation. It exists so that any species, world, or culture ready to step into a shared future has somewhere to arrive. A place to be heard, and welcomed into the Coalition of Interplanetary Lifeforms. Our station is a doorway and the universe keeps walking through it. Every arrival carries promise and baggage in equal measure. Ideas collide. Histories resurface. Certainties soften. No one passes through this place unchanged, least of all the people tasked with holding it together.
Terminus X7Z: A Latticeverse Game is a sci-fi tabletop RPG about duty, discovery, and diplomacy on a space station rebuilding in the long shadow of a war. The namesake space station is a gateway to the Lattice, a wormhole network that holds interplanetary society together.
Players take on the roles of officers of the Coalition of Interplanetary Lifeforms (COIL) with a duty to protect the Lattice, while navigating a constant stream of new faces, ideas, and crises. In this game, everyone at the table is a player -- there is no GM and no prep. Players collaborate to experience thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi stories, aided by clear rules, dramatic dice mechanics, and evocative prompts that let the setting reveal itself at the table.
Terminus X7Z is a game for players who enjoy collaborative storytelling, ethical tension, and character-driven sci-fi. It is not focused on accurate simulation of tactical combat or detailed bookkeeping. It can be run as a one-shot or a full campaign for 2 to 5 players with sessions running 1 to 3 hours.
If you love science fiction where scientific discoveries raise more questions than answers, diplomacy can be as dangerous as combat, and ethical dilemmas take center stage -- this game was made for you.
Player characters in Terminus X7Z are fast to create and deeply connected to both the setting and other player characters. Each character is composed of Traits and an Arc.
Traits form the core of who your character is, connecting them to the setting, their culture, and the rest of the crew. Each character has six traits:
Arcs determine what your character's story is about. Each Arc is composed of Touchstones, Play to Find Out questions, Facets, and Scene Titles to inspire scenes where your character takes the spotlight.
In great works of science fiction, the setting is itself a character. Terminus X7Z is no different -- that is where Dynamics come into play. Dynamics represent the realities of life on the station, each composed of Motivations, Moments, Manifestations, and Scene Titles that anchor abstract themes in the station's physical and social reality.