Successfully funded on July 2021!

One of Polygon's Top Indie Tabletop RPGs of 2021...

and Dicebreaker's Best Tabletop RPGs you might have missed...

...now with 1000+ free copies.

What is ARC? 5-minute video

If you only have a few minutes to spare, watch this 5-min overview!

What is ARC? Deep dive

Stories you make and play in ARC run against a timer. While heroes navigate and transform the world around them, the real-time Doomsday Clock ticks to an irreversibly cataclysmic event.

•  Manage your hours. The Doomsday Clock allows you to dictate literally how much time you need for your story.

• Skill Checks allow for players' ingenuity.  Heroes are naturally adept at their skills, but players articulate how these are applied. Insightful solutions can ease the Threshold Number.

• Pick-up-play with raised stakes. The tight rules, including unique initiative and story consequences for "death", fit on the back of the character sheet! The unique blend of real-time and in-story mechanics means, however, that games always have a sense of mission and purpose.
  

You can already preview the rules in the Quickstart (scroll down!) or the ARCANUM SRD, which contains the rules text.

The book, however, contains bonus content to power any adventure:

• 40 spells & techniques, ranging from the mundane—whispered messages—to the unknown—open doors to secret locations—and the world-wracking, truest Miracle.
• 36 fascinating creatures: bunny-eared noblins, flowerheaded courtiers, cannibal elves, moon-eating wyrms and more.

If this sounds great and you want to grab one of the community copies, scroll down until you see Itch.io's "Claim Access" button—or keep reading!

Actual Plays and Videos

Dicebreaker plays ARC with momatoes!

Learn more about the Spell system.

A message from momatoes ARC is made with lots of love, and I truly hope it sparks many adventures. If you're interested in the physical book (which I've been told is quite gorgeous) you can purchase it from Exalted Funeral. ───── Other ways to support: If you want to make your own hacks, settings based off ARC, you can! Please read the ARC Creators License—which gives everyone permission alongside common-sense guidelines. Share your play experience! We have a Discord 💪 Sign up for my mailing list to receive (non-spammy) updates on games or resources I've made. Share this game on social media, or follow me on Twitter. If you REALLY want to tip, please pay it forward by supporting another indie RPG! There's loads of wondrous SE Asian Games at Across RPGSEA, and you can check out the  "POC-made" tag in Itch too. Thanks. And enjoy!