Epiphany was an experimental story-driven, diceless game system, set in the ancient remoteness of Hyperborea, where figures known only to us as legends sought glory and conquest, and eventually unleashed terrible magics that brought about their own downfall. But, it never caught on, and is now out of print, though we may resurrect the background for use with EABA someday. It is scary to think that the graphics on that fairly simple cover took about two days to render on my computer back when I designed it.

If you own Epiphany, you already know its rules gave permission to write and publish anything you want for the system (with a few caveats), making it a very early version of the "open license" rpg. Unfortunately, Epiphany was never as successful in this aspect as I had hoped. People liked the game from all accounts, but the number willing to put their ideas down on "paper" was minimal. So, the game is a historical footnote until I can get around to revamping the setting and finding a way to make the unique social structure and hierarchy fit within the EABA rules.

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