What Is The Tension Engine
The Tension Engine SRD contains the building blocks for a d6 dice pool-based tabletop roleplaying system first used in the horror game Party First. Included here are a variety of rules and example applications as well as some suggested options for customization and hacking of the system.
The Tension Engine is designed to offer cinematic pacing of building stress that leads to eventual bursts of surprising action, only to build once more.
Licensing
The Tension Engine SRD is licensed under CC BY 4.0. For further information please see the Licensing section at the end of the SRD.
Credits
Original design and development by Will Lentz and Brett Zeiler for Party First published by Gamenomicon.