Bound

Bound is a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop roleplaying game about the messy relationships between people bonded together by magic, fate, and social expectations in a world where the fantastical is all but dead and colonialism is spreading like wildfire. It is a game about grand emotions, violence, politics, empire, and romanticism.

You are bonded. Exceptionally rare people born when The Strange reaches through the veil and marks someone with power, purpose, and a partner. There may be more than one, but there is always at least one out there who will be bound to you. However, there are stronger forces at work in the world than ancient magic. Society has expectations of you and your fellow bonded. Shoes you are meant to fill. Debts you are meant to pay. Roles you are meant to follow. People you are meant to wield and others to be wielded by.

This game is still very much a work-in-progress.

Currently Includes:

• Basic rules for character creation, basic and expanded move lists, and GM materials needed for running the game.
• Two distinct, highly customizable playbooks; the Warden, and the Mage.
• Some notes/details on the Colonial Powers setting.

Inspired by The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Dune by Frank Herbert, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) directed by Kevin Reynolds based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, and the Friends at the Table podcast by Austin Walker et al.