Your home planet was destroyed.

You are aboard the last starship with the survivors of your people, and you must find a perfect rock: a new planet to call home.

A Perfect Rock is a tabletop roleplaying game where you are an explorer searching for a new planet to call home. Gameplay is a blend of collaborative worldbuilding and exploration where you will:

• Travel to distant stars and discover secrets hidden deep within your galaxy.
• Use real rocks to represent the strange, deadly, and wondrous planets you explore.
• Learn about life aboard your starship and the home you left behind.

How to play

Tell your explorer's story by:

• Rolling dice, answering prompts, and "painting with scenes" to create your lost home, starship, and planets. 
• Charting a course through the stars, finding secrets and hidden wonders, and collecting keepsakes to remember your journey to a new home.
• Using real rocks to represent the distant planets you explore. How is an amethyst planet different from a gold planet, or a diamond planet?

 

Watch this 2 minute learn to play video for the basics:

Or, watch this solo actual play to see what gameplay is like:

Or, listen to one of these:

•  this actual play on the Planet Arcana podcast to see a multi-player game with more roleplay. 
• this solo actual play by Tales from the Unknown to see a great solo playthrough with high quality production.

But I don't have a rock collection!

Don't worry! You have some options:

1. Go for a walk and find interesting rocks. Try the park, the beach, or near a river. Or collect rocks along a road-trip to keep your planet options changing.
2. Use the Rock Illustrations included in the asset pack to print or play online. 
3. Buy the Rock Oracle Deck and get a pocket-sized rock collection that you can take anywhere.

But honestly, you should just start a rock collection.

 

The One Page Edition

A Perfect Rock was first released as an award winning one page edition.

A Perfect Rock - One Page Edition focuses on exploring planets. Check it out if you want: 

• a demo of the planet exploration.
• a free, fast, and light-weight game.
• to play with younger kids.

This page is the Expanded Edition, which focuses on the journey to find a new home. It includes new rules for:

• Travelling through the Star Map.
• Finding unique stars and secrets.
• Exploring the starship and your lost home.
• Collecting keepsakes on your journey.

Buy this expanded edition if you want to experience the full story of your explorer's journey.

The Asset Pack

Download the free asset pack below to get:

• The Explorer's Notes 
• The Star Map  
• Rock illustrations for playing online
• Spark tables to inspire planet exploration

You can play the game with a journal or paper (and rocks, of course) if you don't want to print the asset pack.

 

Credits

Design, writing, art, layout: Nick Gralewicz

Editing: Samantha Leigh

Additional support: j. strautman, B Marsollier

 

Want to buy the physical game?

Buy the physical book, the Rock Oracle Deck, or the Star Map  here!