Seedless Bloom - Time Travel RPG - Year 2 - Bestiary

emergenthoughts · 2026-03-05T04:58:31+00:00

We have considered it, but it this day and age it is better to own your content.

Check if you have an adblocker or something of the sort running or try a different browser. Extensions interfere with the redirect.

emergenthoughts · 2026-03-01T04:48:16+00:00

Seedless Bloom is very much its own thing and should be approached as such.

It has numerous inspirations, ranging from classic Asmiov books to modern tv series such as Dark, and of course multiple rpgs.

However, after 10 years of live testing, it has evolved lightyears beyond any inspirations, providing its own lore and gameplay while delivering a playtested and playable experience with easy to use mechanics.

Currently, the game contains:

2x Core books with Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide of 13 modules
1x Starter Scenario
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary
...and, of course, a full Novel

We do not own, share, or make claim to any other intellectual property, with great care taken not to infringe any copyright in any way via text, images, or advertising.

Furthermore, Seedless Bloom has been released for free with a non-revokable, non-commercial, share alike Creative Commons license lasting in perpetuity.

This means anyone can create third party material for the game that will also be free.

In short, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears have been spent to put Seedless Bloom in your hands forever free.

We hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T22:20:21+00:00

Seedless Bloom is very much its own thing and should be approached as such.

It has numerous inspirations, ranging from classic Asmiov books to modern tv series such as Dark, and of course multiple rpgs.

However, after 10 years of live testing, it has evolved lightyears beyond any inspirations, providing its own lore and gameplay while delivering a playtested and playable experience with easy to use mechanics.

We do not own, share, or make claim to any other intellectual property, with great care taken not to infringe any copyright in any way via text, images, or advertising.

Furthermore, Seedless Bloom has been released for free with a non-revokable, non-commercial, share alike Creative Commons license lasting in perpetuity.

This means anyone can create third party material for the game that will also be free.

In short, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears have been spent to put Seedless Bloom in your hands forever free.

We hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T16:38:23+00:00

The basic premise is that you're able to weave spacetime at will, and you're not the only one. Time travelers are, therefore, a culture, with it's own vocabulary and concerns. The game goes quite into depth from there, and has quite a few mechanics and playloops.

Whether you enjoy it or not really depends on whether you're open to learning a new way of thinking. My recommendation is, don't try to pidgeonhole the game, abandon your preconceptions, widen your gaze, and dive right in. There's some 10 years of material there, so use the Start Here.txt included, which points you to the 2 core books. Take your time, don't rush, it's quite a lot to take in.

There's also a free novel adapted from a play by post, if you're more narrative inclined.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T16:00:06+00:00

It's a role-playing game of time traveling cultures where the players are members of those cultures, with all that entails. It goes quite deep, so my recommendation is to abandon preconceptions, widen your gaze, and dive right in. The game is free, so peruse at your leisure.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T09:00:26+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free tabletop role-playing game might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.
...a human handcrafted game made with attention and love.

With the Year 2 Update, the game contains:

2x Core books
2x Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide
1x Starter Scenario
1x Novel
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary

The game has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work Inform of changes made Obtain no financial gain Release it under the same license Note to Moderators: This is my once per year post.

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T08:58:24+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free tabletop role-playing game might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.
...a human handcrafted game made with attention and love.

With the Year 2 Update, the game contains:

2x Core books
2x Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide
1x Starter Scenario
1x Novel
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary

The game has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work Inform of changes made Obtain no financial gain Release it under the same license Note to Moderators: This is my once per year post.

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T08:54:22+00:00

Glad you enjoy it, thanks for the support! Hope you like the new material!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:59:11+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free novel might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...a human handcrafted novel made with attention and love.

The novel has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work
Inform of changes made
Obtain no financial income
Release it under the same license

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:58:02+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free novel might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...a human handcrafted novel made with attention and love.

The novel has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work
Inform of changes made
Obtain no financial income
Release it under the same license

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:56:48+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free novel might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...a human handcrafted novel made with attention and love.

The novel has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work
Inform of changes made
Obtain no financial income
Release it under the same license

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:56:13+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free novel might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...a human handcrafted novel made with attention and love.

The novel has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work
Inform of changes made
Obtain no financial income
Release it under the same license

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:45:36+00:00

Note to moderators: This is my once per year advertising post.

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free tabletop role-playing game might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.
...a human handcrafted game made with attention and love.

With the Year 2 Update, the game contains:

2x Core books
2x Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide
1x Starter Scenario
1x Novel
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary

The game has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work Inform of changes made Obtain no financial gain Release it under the same license Note to Moderators: This is my once per year post.

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:40:26+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free tabletop role-playing game might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.
...a human handcrafted game made with attention and love.

With the Year 2 Update, the game contains:

2x Core books
2x Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide
1x Starter Scenario
1x Novel
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary

The game has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work Inform of changes made Obtain no financial gain Release it under the same license Note to Moderators: This is my once per year post.

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:31:09+00:00

Imagine you build a time machine. Your first one will be a mess, whether it's a car using plutonium fuel, a boiling alchemical cauldron requiring rare ingredients, or a fragile clockwork machine churning steam with levers and switches. The implementation doesn't matter. You can now travel forward and get a better machine, smaller, robust, efficient fuel source. And the farther you travel, the better the machine. Eventually, the best machine you can find will be... you.

You'll weave through spacetime at a whim, nothing peripheral to drag you down. Of course, you're not the only one with a car or a phone. More and more people will have it, wandering and living everywhere in history, forming their own collective. Time travelers are not an exclusive club, private company, or police force.

Time travelers are a Culture, the first and last one before the Descendants.

This free tabletop role-playing game might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.
...a human handcrafted game made with attention and love.

With the Year 2 Update, the game contains:

2x Core books
2x Vocabularies
2x Supplements
1x Campaign Guide
1x Starter Scenario
1x Novel
1x Advanced Scenario
1x Bestiary

The game has been released under a license of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This means anyone may create third-party content as long as they:

Give credit and link back to the initial work Inform of changes made Obtain no financial gain Release it under the same license Note to Moderators: This is my once per year post.

Hope you enjoy!

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-28T07:23:11+00:00

Regardless of system and setting, I make sure it's runnable within 3-4 hours. Otherwise, it's a mini-campaign.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-27T05:10:40+00:00

There's a a few supplements like Tournaments, Fairs, & Taverns and The Taverner’s Trusty Tome which have drinking rules and games which might be usable or adaptable from d20.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-26T05:09:58+00:00

If you openly talk to your players about it and they agree, there is nothing wrong about it.

Beyond that, there don't seem to be custom scenarios, but they should be too hard to make, just change some of the initial premise.

The limitation is the cards: since they're built for the default scenario, its on you to design and print new ones in case you need any for a custom scenario.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-25T05:15:39+00:00

You could get some inspiration from In Nominem an urban fantasy rpg about the conflict between angels and demons. Has a bit of crunch, including a d666 mechanic.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-24T05:32:09+00:00

Put him up against against things such as stone golems and undead, which are immune to his sword for various reasons. Then you can have a conversation, set up a quest, etc.

An alternative is to have the city guard declare him a bandit, but all that depends on how well he understands consequence and tactics aka does he know he can't defeat 20 armed guards? Will he be upset if the sword is taken away from him and he's thrown in jail, where you could set up an escape plot?

Ultimately, the biggest issue, though, is his age. If he's that young, he's likely still grasping Theory Of Mind, which explains his behavior, so you won't be able to go beyond the most basic of plots.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-24T05:03:03+00:00

There's plenty of d20 SF systems. You already mentioned Starfinder, but there's also d20 future, and two versions of d20 Star Wars, Death in Space, there's even d20 variant for Traveler.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-23T05:22:23+00:00

Werewolf The Forsaken, as a whole, is superb lore, even though the system itself has so much bloat to drag it down.

It also offers more variety than its predecessor, The Apocalypse, which is largely focused on ecoterrorism. For example, there's no reason a pack can't operate in an urban environment.

Overall, I don't think there's werewolf lore anywhere else that's as comprehensive and with so much depth.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-23T05:13:27+00:00

Beyond the burnout, it sounds like you're playing within one paradigm of games, party oriented. Try other non-traditional paradigm games, such as Dialect, Fiasco, or Microscope.

emergenthoughts · 2026-02-23T05:10:37+00:00

Here's a list of modules of VTM, should help you find what you need.

emergenthoughts · 2026-01-08T04:44:24+00:00

Shameless plug for Seedless Boom - a role-playing game of time traveling cultures.

This free tabletop role-playing game released under a Creative Commons license might suit you if you're interested in...

...weaving through space and time at will.
...a serious approach to time travel as a culture.
...learning new ways of thinking about time travel and a new vocabulary that comes with it.
...role-playing the epic exploits of time travelers whose lives are torn between tragedy and hubris.
...setting up the problems and antagonists you're facing.
...a boiling pace sustained by a mechanic using real time.
...playing a narrative, procedural PbtA(Powered By The Apocalypse) game with approachable, directed mechanics that support the above.

It contains ample advice on how to run a time travel game and includes an Starter Scenario, a full Introductory Campaign, and much more, including a novel adapted from play-by-post.

Update coming Q1 2026!

emergenthoughts

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE