Aetherdark Quickstart Guide

Explore infinite worlds, leading your loyal crew through the starry expanse, pulled along by crystalline sails as you seek adventure.

Aetherdark expands on the Ennie award-winning rules of Shadowdark to add flying ships, crew advancement, rich random tables, dangerous enemies, and everything else you need to explore the endless astral sea

• Crew management & leveling rules.
• Crew-vs-crew combat rules.
• Rules for purchasing, modifying, and upgrading ships.
• Siege weaponry & ship-to-ship combat rules.
• Pursuit, ramming, and boarding-action rules.
• Random events and astral phenomena, so space doesn't feel empty.
• Beasts roaming the aether.
• Enemy ships and their crews.

This quickstart includes the full rules, although Aetherdark core rulebook has more ships, monsters, abilities, tables, world generators, and useful GM tools.