How to Play

Protagonists and Referees

To play S&S, you need a referee and two to six other players to portray the protagonists.

Players

Players inhabit the role of the story’s protagonists. To be a player, you create a protagonist that forms a team with the protagonists created by other players.

Referees

One player takes on the special role of referee. A referee is responsible for all the non-protagonist characters in the game’s world, designing and facilitating scenarios, and adjudicating the rules.

Core Gameplay Loop

In S&S, scenarios typically unfold in the following stages:

1. The referee describes the scenario, including the environment and the actions of non-protagonist characters.
2. The players declare what their protagonists do.
3. The referee determines the results of the protagonists’ actions.

Actions, Checks, and Consequences

Magic and Transformation

How to Start Your First Session

Example of Play

Gameplay Summary coming soon…

Basic Gameplay Principles

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• Specific Supersedes General.