If you like your fantasy weird, your cities overwhelming, and your heroes deeply in debt, Electric Bastionland is here to ruin your life in the best possible way.
This is Bastion: the only city that matters, mostly because it won’t let you leave. It’s a sprawling electric mess of alleyways, bureaucracy, aliens, Mockeries, and People who are always blocking the street when you’re late for something important. Outside the city, Deep Country stretches on forever, quietly rotting and reminding everyone that things were supposedly better before Bastion showed up. Below it all? The Underground. Impossible tunnels, malicious machines, and shortcuts that definitely won’t go the way you expect.
You don’t start as a hero. You start with a failed career and a debt so large it’s basically a personality trait. Treasure isn’t optional—it’s survival. That tiny spark of hope? That’s the game.
Written by Chris McDowall (Into the Odd), Electric Bastionland is a complete standalone RPG with fast, elegant rules that fit on a single two-page spread. It’s incredibly easy to run, quick to learn, and packed with ideas that make the world feel strange, funny, and uncomfortably alive.
Inside this gorgeous hardcover, you’ll find:
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Streamlined rules built for speed and clarity
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Over 100 Failed Careers that instantly ground characters in the setting
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Tools and guidance for running games in Bastion, Deep Country, or the Underground
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Spot color artwork by Alec Sorensen that perfectly captures the mood
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The Oddendum: essays, examples, and inspiration for making the game your own
If you want a city that fights back, characters who feel real from minute one, and an RPG that trusts you to make bold choices, Electric Bastionland delivers. Just don’t expect it to forgive your debt.
