Solo roleplaying on your desktop
Write the story.
The dice argue.
Abstractica is a virtual tabletop for solo play: a journal, character sheets, dice, and oracles to make the calls you’d rather not make yourself. Ironsworn and Starforged come built in. Available for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Also in the box: Abstractica’s own material
- The Tapestry
Four oracles for questions bigger than yes or no. Ask Fate, Story, the World or the Unseen and draw a pair of prompts to reconcile, in low fantasy, high fantasy, cyberpunk or space opera.
- The Chronicle
56 spark tables of a hundred entries each, from Warfare and Ecology to Cozy Fantasy and True Names. Roll one when a place needs a history, a faith or a feud.
- Procedures & Generators
One click founds a town: its name, its size, its trouble and who’s worth meeting. Procedures walk you through a leg of travel, a night’s camp, a site worth exploring or a fresh scene, step by step.
- System-Neutral
Bring a game you already own. A Sandbox campaign keeps the dice, decks, clocks and oracles, lets you write oracles of your own, and builds a character sheet from the fields your rules use.
FIRST CAMPAIGN FREE · PAY ONCE FOR UNLIMITED · NO ACCOUNT · NO SUBSCRIPTION
Over the shoulder
Kynan goes to market.
Kynan, an Ironsworn character sworn to open a trade route to Alembia, is asking questions in the markets of Eridor. The roll, the oracle's draw and the paragraph they led to sit in the order they happened.
- I
The character sheet
Stats, health, spirit, supply, the vow and its progress, assets and momentum, in view for the whole session.
- II
A move, rolled
Gather Information: the dice, the sums and a strong hit. Choose +2 momentum and the sheet updates; change your mind and it changes back.
- III
An oracle, consulted
The World, one of the Tapestry's four oracles, draws a pair: Iron Banded and Unlatched. What they mean is up to you.
- IV
What came of it
Then you write. A banded-leather tunic from the blacksmith is that pair turned into story, under the draw that suggested it.
As many campaigns as ideas
The free version keeps one campaign going for as long as it runs. A license lets you start the next one the night a new idea won’t wait, each with its own sheets, clocks and vows.
Two games, by the book
Ironsworn and Starforged, complete: every move, oracle and asset, played in the app instead of looked up in a PDF. Each game brings its own vocabulary and its own look.
Yours to keep
Campaigns are plain files on your disk, any session exports to Markdown, and the app plays offline with no account. One purchase covers core updates for life. Future third-party collaborations and a planned opt-in online component may require a separate purchase.
More on the way
More systems are in development, with more oracles and more mechanics for the Sandbox. Each arrives as a data package the app reads directly: Abstractica is built to hold many games, not to be one.
Before you pay anything
Your first campaign is free.
The download is the same application a license holder runs: Ironsworn and Starforged, the Tapestry and the Chronicle, the Sandbox, the journal and the dice. Nothing is greyed out and nothing expires.
The only difference is the count: the free version holds one campaign, and a license holds as many as you start.
VERSION 0.9.25 · OTHER FORMATS (.RPM, .APPIMAGE) ON THE RELEASE PAGE →
ONE CAMPAIGN · EVERY FEATURE · NO TIME LIMIT · NO WATERMARK
Want a second campaign? A license is $40, paid once: unlimited campaigns, core updates, two machines.
Buy a license — $40macOS · Windows · Linux
From the maker
Playing every part at ten, an hour spent building a town the hero never walks into, and the search for a game that can surprise its only player.
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