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Perseverance Atlas – The Equatorial Belt - Part II
A closer look at the communities, creatures, and hazards that define survival in Perseverance’s unforgiving equatorial heart
Perseverance Atlas – The Equatorial Belt - Part I
A perilous tour through Perseverance’s Equatorial Belt, where deadly biomes and mysterious landmarks shape stories of survival, ambition, and dust-laced danger
Perseverance Genre Pack – Almost There…
Opposing brands, buried secrets, and slow-burning drama beyond the fenceline — everything you need to bring Horn and Blood to life at the table
Perseverance Tale – Horn and Blood - II
Opposing brands, buried secrets, and slow-burning drama beyond the fenceline — everything you need to bring Horn and Blood to life at the table
Perseverance Tale – Horn and Blood - I
A grounded Tale of legacy, family, and survival where the ranch — not the hero — takes center stage
Perseverance Tale – Ash & Iron
Discover how Troupe Play can transform your QuestWorlds stories, where players create a shared pool of characters tied to a struggling community .
Troupe Play and Community Creation in Perseverance
Discover how Troupe Play can transform your QuestWorlds stories, where players create a shared pool of characters tied to a struggling community .
Perseverance Tale – Dustbound Justice
A Perseverance Tale about a wandering Ranger and their posse, riding the wilds to uphold justice where the law can’t — or won’t.
Perseverance Tale – The Long Haul
A Perseverance Tale about a smuggling crew scraping by on dangerous jobs, dodging patrols, betrayal, and ruin across the lawless frontier.
What do you do on Perseverance? Defining Core Activities in Genre Packs
Establishing the core activity that makes playing in Perseverance easier, sharper, and more fun.
Fuel, Fire, and Frontier Life – How Energy Shapes Perseverance
Is Perseverance a space western or a planetary one? This post explores the setting’s grounded stories, hidden tech, and the cosmic weight hanging just overhead.
Stars Above, Dust Below – What Kind of Western Is Perseverance?
Is Perseverance a space western or a planetary one? This post explores the setting’s grounded stories, hidden tech, and the cosmic weight hanging just overhead.
100 Pages and Counting – Perseverance in Genre Pack Format!
Perseverance isn’t about winning. It’s about surviving long enough to make your mark. It’s about holding on to your people, your ship, your town – or just your word.
Welcome to Perseverance
Perseverance isn’t about winning. It’s about surviving long enough to make your mark. It’s about holding on to your people, your ship, your town – or just your word.
Character Growth in Perseverance
Characters in Perseverance grow through scars, not stats. Explore how XP, flaws, and rewrites shape their journey across the frontier..
Incredible Powers in Perseverance – Optional, Mysterious, and Dangerous
Optional rules for mysterious powers in Perseverance – rare, eerie, and best used with caution.
Two Months of Perseverance – Dust, Danger, and Designing the Frontier
Marking two months of worldbuilding in Perseverance – reflections on what’s been done and what’s still to come.
Running Perseverance – GM Introduction & Advice
From smuggling jobs to survival horror, this post arms you with tools to run Perseverance. Pacing, stakes, factions, NPCs—everything you need to make the frontier breathe.
Temporary tags and lasting consequences – Adding narrative tags to QuestWorlds
A homebrew system for QuestWorlds inspired by Legend in the Mist's temporary tags, introducing lightweight narrative conditions called tags.
Dust Runner Blues (Part 2) – The Rest of the Crew
In Part 2 of this character creation walkthrough for QuestWorlds, we meet Mira and Grim, and explore what troupe play means in the context of Perseverance
Dust Runner Blues (Part 1) – Building a Smuggler Crew for QuestWorlds
Meet the crew of the Dust Runner in this two-part character creation deep dive for QuestWorlds. Part 1 introduces the setting, the ship, and the first two members of the crew.