The year is 2073.
A century ago, radio transmissions from Earth passed through a strange ripple in space, causing rock music to fall upon the mystified ears of an alien world. For five glorious years, the aliens grew to love the planet they believed to be on the other end of that beautiful signal. When the music cut off as mysteriously as it began, the aliens embarked on a generational pilgrimage to discover the source of the music.
Nearly a century later, the aliens have arrived, but Earth is not what they expected. Humanity has taken a dark turn, silencing music, the arts, literature…any kind of expression they believed could inspire “dangerous” thoughts. The Ministry of Music looms large over the entire world, stamping out rebellious culture with steel-sheathed jackboots.
With nowhere to go but forward, the Starchildren descended, joining the few Earthlings still carrying a spark of rock and roll. They catalyzed a new rock & roll revolution that will break the Ministry’s chains on the soul of humanity.
This is the Velvet Generation.
Velvet Generation is the new reboot of 2002's original tabletop roleplaying game of rock and revolution, Starchildren: Velvet Generation. Players step into the role of an underground band, trying to survive under the Ministry of Music’s bootheel long enough to strike back and topple the regime from below.
Get Velvet Generation
The Velvet Generation rulebook can be found:
- in PDF on Itch.io
- in PDF and print on demand at DriveThruRPG
- in retail distribution at Studio 2 Publishing
Rockin' the Suburbs
You're a struggling band in a stagnant, suburban underground music scene. As if dodging the cops and dealing with shady connections wasn't enough, now a rival rocker is trying to steal your spotlight, and the lead singer of a famous touring band has turned up missing, leaving you to go find him.
This introductory scenario for Velvet Generation works either as a standalone one-shot game or a jumping-off point for a revolutionary series of your own. It requires the Velvet Generation rulebook to play. Use the included premade characters or get your own band together with up to six friends and start a rock & roll revolution!
Name your price for the PDF at DriveThruRPG.