Princess of the Universe

Here you stand, bearing arms in the name of Virtue against the arrayed villains of the distant planet Eidolon.

You have great powers, and great responsibilities, and you are entirely up to the challenge of both.

The challenge to be...

PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE!

Virtuous heroes. Operatic villains. Wondrous landscapes.

I loved the fantasy toys and cartoons of my childhood. The pure fantasy, the toyetic vehicles, the weird world, the fact that you could defeat a villain with one sock to the jaw. Or, better yet, by tossing them in a puddle of mud.

At the same time I was watching the heroic action, I was learning about things that would matter to me my whole life, and absorbing images that would shape my career in fantasy gaming. And I know I’m not the only one.

But some of us didn’t see ourselves in those toys and cartoons, especially as we grew up. There wasn’t a gay heroic warrior, or a trans rebel against the hordes of evil. And the shows were awfully white. While later generations of TV have improved on that, it remains an absence keenly felt. This game is about reclaiming our storytelling roots by building them around our present identities.

So for everybody who watched fantasy cartoons and desperately wanted all the matching toys, this game is for you.

Getting down to nuts and bolts, Princess of the Universe is a standalone game based on the Fate system. Characters have a Persona, which is kind of a micro-playbook that provides an aspect and stunts. Their powers come from Action Features, like Glow-in-the-Dark or Pop-Out Weapons.

Since villains are one of the highlights of the cartoon/figure fantasy world, each player has both hero and villain PCs, and they play both of them throughout each episode.

So please enjoy this game of imaginary action figures!

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