Christopher Peterson

Firestarter is a role-playing game set within the shadows of the Soviet Union’s paranormal research. Psychokinesis (PK) and demons (“dragons”) are real and amuck. You might play a scientist, a psychic, a skeptic outsider, a Russian mobster, a KGB agent, an American agent, a corporate mercenary, half-demon prince, or some surprising combination! You might not even know yourself. Think KGB X-Files meets Hellraiser noir.

INTRODUCTION

“Firestarter” is a role-playing game set within the shadows of the Soviet Union’s paranormal research. Psychokinesis (PK) and demons (“dragons”) are real and amuck. You might play a scientist, a psychic, a skeptic outsider, a Russian mobster, a KGB agent, an American agent, a corporate mercenary, half-demon prince, or some surprising combination! You might not even know yourself. Think KGB X-Files meets Hellraiser noir.

A Firestarter game session requires a Game Master (GM), players, and a dice pool (of your favorite sidedness). Firestarter sprung to life as a last-minute entry for the November 25 Ronnies competition. This is my first attempt to design a role-playing game and it is admittedly incomplete. I chose to include the keywords DRAGON and SOVIET and exclude GUN and MUD.