The Last Days of Atlantis

It is the Golden Age of Atlantis. You are the luminaries of its greatest era, and you will live to see it end, as all ages must. If you would the ancient rolls unfurl, you will:

Take up the role of one of the Wanderers, the seven great citizens of Atlantis for whom the planets (in latter ages) will be named.  

Detail their idylls, in the halcyon days of the great and ancient city, defining Atlantis as you do: Your magic, your laws, your wars and your peace.

Wield the strength, wisdom and beauty that have made Atlantis the greatest of all cities in its age, but will not be enough to save it. 

Celebrate the festival of Atlantis, make merry, and cast the oracles that will decide the Dooms that approach, their omens and their power.

Challenge those Dooms, and carve yourself into myth, as one of those who faced the end. Only by your efforts will fair Atlantis' day of doom be graced also with the hour of glory. 

But regardless, with glory or with despair, Atlantis will sink below the waves...

...and maybe, you with it.

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THE LAST DAYS OF ATLANTIS is a GMless tabletop storygame for up to seven players, taking place over three acts and an epilogue. The Dooms of Atlantis will be determined by your rolls in the halcyon days, decided by an oracular method that will pit the players against the Dooms in a tense final confrontation before the waves swallow all. Then, in the epilogue, the players will lead the exodus from Atlantis and determine what survives and how their names are remembered in the ages to come. 

• A 68 page PDF, including appendices describing the treasures and citizenry of Atlantis, a list of names of her known citizens, and a character sheet for the Wanderers to record their stories.

• GMless play for one to seven players; a game takes approximately one to two sessions, depending on session length.

• Seven Wanderers in three variations apiece, to each take their own place in the story of your Atlantis; each variation has a particular aptitude and unique prompts to flesh out Atlantis.

• Twelve changing Dooms, each with three variations; which selection will threaten Atlantis changes every time, determined by an oracle drawn from the events of the Golden Age. 

• There is one Doom that never changes: The Ocean. It will swallow Atlantis, in the end. See what can be saved, and which of the Wanderers survive.

• After the fall of Atlantis, determine the fate of the Wanderers who escaped, and what the Atlantean exodus will bring to the world at large; based on your success and failure at the day of doom, a Wanderer may be all but forgotten or may become one of the long-reverenced gods of latter ages.

• And then, tell the story again: Play out another Atlantis, with different Wanderers, and discover what new Dooms assail, and see what can be saved. How much of the storied city can you wrest from the Ocean's jaws?