Boundless

Assign a few Attribute ratings, calculate your character's Hit Points, roll for starting items, and your character is ready to embark on their journey.

When your character faces a risky challenge, roll a handful of D6s. Each result of 5 or 6 is a Hit. Two or more Hits means the action is successful, one Hit means the action results in a partial success, and zero Hits means the action fails. Advantage and disadvantage shift the character's Position, which as a result shifts which results count as Hits.

Every mechanic in the game is about what the character is willing to spend to get what they want. They can reroll failures by taking Conditions, survive deadly threats by risking damage to their Attributes, or rely on their gear and watch its usage Pool shrink through use, wear, and tear.

Boundless uses Pools as a "clock" system to track resources, pressure, and progress. A Pool starts with 2, 4, 6, or 8 dice. When a Pool is tested, it is rolled and every die that results in a Miss (1-4) reduces the Pool's size by 1 die, up to a maximum of 2 dice per roll. When the Pool runs out, something in the fiction changes. Torches burn out, supplies run dry, enemies lose morale, danger arrives, or a complex challenge resolves.

The game's mechanics are player-facing and include procedure-driven Fortune Rolls to keep things moving when characters are not directly involved. This makes solo, duet, and GMless play a breeze to run.

This game is 100% free, open-licensed, and designed with hackability in mind. You can use the core rules as written, reskin them for a new setting, or build a complete game from the same fast, flexible foundation.