What is Singularity?

In short, Singularity is a free tabletop RPG system that supports multi-genre gameplay, whether you're looking for a futuristic setting or a superhero adventure.

What Inspired Its Creation?

After many years of playing role-playing games, we started thinking about trying something new—something that breaks away from the typical fantasy D&D format. We dove into stacks of books and explored numerous communities, hoping to find the ideal futuristic or superhero RPG system. Unfortunately, the results were disappointing.

Most of the systems we found suffered from significant flaws or outright deal-breakers, such as:

• No support for battlemaps.
• Rules that were overly generic or lacked thematic flavor.
• Systems that were overly complex, often contradictory, and difficult to navigate.
• Character and adventure creation that was so “crunchy” and rules-heavy that many players couldn’t build a compliant character without third-party apps.
• A limited selection of character classes that quickly became repetitive after just a few adventures or modules.
• Settings so narrowly focused that they offered almost no replayability.

At this point, you might ask: So, is this just a revamped version of already existing systems?

Not quite.

Our goal wasn’t just to overhaul something old, it was to selectively recycle familiar and beloved elements from other RPG systems and enrich them with our own design philosophy. In many cases, we completely rethought and redesigned existing mechanics to better fit our vision.

Thanks to its modular structure, Singularity is built to grow. The system is easy to expand and customize, and our intent is to continually evolve it with new rules and content, closely shaped by the needs and feedback of the community.

License & Publishing Information

Singularity is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This means you are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially
• Create Third-Party Content — develop Virtual Tabletop (VTT) implementations, digital tools, character sheets, mobile apps, and other derivative works

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

For the full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repository or visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Note for VTT Publishers: The author of Singularity explicitly grants permission for the creation and publication of third-party game system implementations for Virtual Tabletop platforms (including but not limited to Foundry VTT, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, etc.). All such implementations must include proper attribution to Singularity TTRPG.