Mycelica: A TTRPG You Can't Play

Mycelica is a TTRPG you cannot play created for the You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam in May-June 2026. 

Mycelica is a fictional long-forgotten Star Trek-inspired sci-fi/fantasy TTRPG from the early 90s that takes place in a universe loosely connected to our own world: that of the fae. In the world of the fae, the history of space travel was shaped by the development of mycorrhizal networks between the stars. As a player, you're tasked with joining the crew on the ship of a blossoming coalition that was created in an attempt to encourage unity among the colorful civilizations who occupy the fae stars.

Except, of course, you cannot actually play it. 

The files include:

• Recovered (partial) pages of a long-lost manual with lore and game rules
• Illustrations and concept art for seven alien civilizations
  
• Dev notes on worldbuilding, setting, and game rules
• Forum posts discussing the game after a revival in interest in the 2000s. Alas, the export was broken, so you only get a few of the thousands of posts :) Go ahead and blame any continuity errors on that, too.

Credits: 

Alasindera
Arentios
BandanaShark
DonDonz
epheoko
helloitsmouse
Howyu
Jacob Morrissette
Largeprimate
Lemonade_standing
NotSoNeat
Poketto
Rodney
tep

Assets:
Manual was created in Affinity using Garamond & Starship Typeface. Dev documentation uses Libertinus Mono.
Forum was created using phpBB.
All visual assets, art, logos, and profile pictures were created by the team. 

No AI was used at any point for the creation of this entry.