A traveling city floats through the inky void: a wrecked space station, salvaged and made mobile with the engines of hundreds of junked ships, full of secrets and surprises. A handwritten note stuck to a reinforced door with a big glob of omni-paste reads, “Unstable wormhole anomaly, do not open.” An overworked engineer is definitely, absolutely going to deal with the anomaly eventually, and in the meantime is sure the note will prevent any further incidents. Travelers of the Inky Void is a picture book and an exercise in worldbuilding for the pure joy of building a world and exploring it. Take your imagination on a stroll and let it fill in the blanks. It’s also a roleplaying game setting, with art by Kate Barbaria and text by Brendan Albano.

What’s Inside: Travelers of the Inky Void is part art book, part game toolkit. You can flip through it just for the whimsical illustrations and strange little stories of Void City, or bring it to the table as a ready-made setting for your favorite sci-fi roleplaying game. The people of Void City can be characters you meet or characters you play. Their roles become factions, and their desires become adventure hooks. Tables of dangerous, forgotten, and broken things work as random encounters or sparks for session prep, and the bustling Night Market gives adventurers a reason to visit in the first place. It works with any rules system, so it’s easy to fit into whatever your group already plays. It’s a lovely gift for game masters, sci-fi fans, and anyone who enjoys beautifully illustrated worldbuilding.