Only Human

A table top role-playing game for telling sci-fi stories about competent people investigating dangerous situations.

It's for when you want your games to be centred on discovery rather than violence, and for when you don't what the characters to be superheroes. After all, they're only human.

Only Human 0.4.0

A complete overhaul. Coming "soon" (as of 2026-01-12).

Only Human 0.3.2

2020-09-22

• Fix typos.
• Kind of outline attacking non-visible targets
• Streamline cover and too-close-ranged attacking modifiers.

Only Human 0.3.0

2020-08-29

• Streamline the stat, skill, and modifier system.
• Simplify the notion of difficult movement into the restricted state.
• Add contests to the core rules.
• Added the running and readying actions.
• Added a progression section to the GM tips.
• And various other small tweaks to the rules and layout.

Only Human 0.2.0

2019-11-24

The first version of the game that might be worth looking at.