Adventure (role-playing game)

Adventure! is a pulp action role-playing game originally printed by White Wolf Game Studio, the third and last book in the Aeon line of games including alco Trinity (Aeon) and Aberrant (game). The game, printed in black and white on pulp-like sepia paper to resemble a period piece, was never supported by official supplements. The Aeon line was discontinued shortly after the game's publication, despite a strong and vocal fanbase.

Game Setting

The game is set in the 1920s and therefore at the origin of the Aeon Universe timeline. The release of unknown Telluric energy has led to the appearance of a number of particularly gifted characters, whose actions have now the potential for shaping the future history of the world. The Aeon Club for Gentlemen, founded by philantropist Maxwell Mercer, is trying to bring together as many "Inspired" characters as possible, supporting and coordinating them in their effort for the betterment of all of humanity. But darkness lurks, and Mercer's champions will have to face it in themost unlikely locales.

Game System

Set to emulate the exploits of saturday matinees serials and pulp magazine action, Adventure! uses a very loose and flexible variant of the White Wolf proprietary Storyteller System. A number of game tweaks have been added to the system to allow both the over-the-top action and the plot twists of the pulps. In this sense, Adventure! has been the first game in which rules included extensive and consistent means through which the players could take control - if briefly - of the story narrated by the keeper.