The Long Road Ahead, a game about Great Journeys and Great Sacrifices
You’ll take on the role of wanderers, embarking on an epic quest. The Road along which you travel cuts through a world of miraculous wonders, ancient mystery, unrelenting terrors, and quiet beauty… a world which is relying on the wanderers to save it from an all-powerful Adversary. The Road will test you, push you, and sometimes hurt you, but no matter what, the Road will change you. For good. For ill. Forever.
The Road calls to you...
Running on the easy-to-learn and quick-to-play Powered by the Apocalypse system, The Long Road Ahead gives players the chance to create and embark upon their very own epic quest fantasy, with rules designed to help you tell your tales of travel, fellowship, wonder, and sacrifice.
This book gives you everything you need to play, including:
- Step-by-step guides for creating unique fantasy worlds and stories.
- Twelve Playbooks representing classic fantasy character archetypes, which you'll use to build your own heroic wanderers.
- A system for portraying Struggles, the emotional hazards that will test the wanderers as surely as any enemy or obstacle they encounter on the Road.
- Extensive tools and inspiration for the Scrivener, who will run the game and present the wanderers with conflicts and opportunities alike.
- Gather your friends. Make your preparations. Give one last look homeward. Then, take the first step...
