Dawn System is a tabletop role-playing game I designed in the Summer of 2015. Players take up the mantle of Thaumaturges; intrepid fantasy explorers sifting through the bones of a dead science-fiction world, searching for ancient magic and occult secrets. It runs on an engine I also designed, called Filter.

The Handbook can be downloaded here.  The Class Trees can be found on Google Docs here. The character sheet, and maps, can be downloaded here.

The project is incomplete! While the game is playable, I wanted to stop and focus on other things. I’ll come back and finish it someday, but it was mostly a protracted learning experience. Dawn System will always be free; I made it as portfolio work, and you're welcome to take things you like from the game, or contribute! Contact me at smannell@gmail.com with critique and/or suggestions.