Spire: Strata
Designer: Grant Howitt, Chris Taylor I Artist: Adrian Stone
The first full-size follow-up to one of last year’s most exciting indie RPGs, Strata oozes dark charm. Packed with new player options, locations and scenarios to play through, it’s a well- crafted supplement that adds a slab of ideas to the base game.
A twisted fantasy-punk take on persecution and revolution, Spire transported players to a towering mega-city where high elven overlords thrive on the toil and misery of downtrodden dark elves. With oppression and dread hanging in the air, it feels strangely appropriate that rather than shaking up the status quo Strata simply aims to expand it.