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Suffer a blackened birth into a desolate land of surreal horror. A world wounded by psychic warfare, mind-controlled cities, interdimensional labyrinths, and wasteland tribes. You are the alien here; the last survivor of your species. Your existence must be earned.


Xas Irkalla is a hardcore survival-horror roleplaying game, written and illustrated by James Vail, set in a world inspired by Cormac McCarthy's The Road, chaos-gnostic satanic black metal, and ancient Mesopotamia. 

When the story begins, the characters wake up naked in a dark maze of intersecting dimensions, spawned by the nightmares of dead psychics. After emerging from ground zero, they must face the ash-laden wastelands as scavengers clad in rags and bones. Eventually, they may become rulers over small settlements, gladiators in one of the slave cities, or explorers that unlock the mysteries of psychic powers.

This game uses the Strain system, a ruleset designed to challenge the players in all aspects. Even with strategic play, only powerful characters and cautious players will survive. Either you play intelligently, or the game will destroy you. 

All rules necessary to play are included. However, you will need 10-sided dice (ideally 3 per player), pencils, and character sheets. Ideal for 3 to 4 players with another to act as Game Master.

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Buy Now$11.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $11 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Xas Irkalla.pdf 16 MB
Xas Irkalla Addendum.pdf 72 kB
XI character sheets - digital.pdf 4.7 MB
XI character sheets - print.pdf 5.7 MB
XI Settlement Sheet - Digital.pdf 3.6 MB
XI Settlement Sheet - Print.pdf 3.6 MB

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Xas Irkalla Demo.pdf 1.4 MB
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XI-Demo-character sheet.pdf 554 kB

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Print on Demand has been made available at Xas Irkalla - Atramentis Games | DriveThruRPG.com

It has been a while since an update on the reprint. Is it still happening?  If so what is the likely new timescale? Thanks

Ran into a problem with one of Kickstarter's rules regarding reprinting, so I've been working on a revised edition of Xas Irkalla that should be ready in a couple weeks.

Great, thanks for the update.

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Any update on a reprint of the hard cover yet? Or availability by PoD?

Expect the reprint to be available this autumn. I don't plan on making it available for PoD.

Good news that the reprint is still happening.

awesome gonna try to snag a copy.

Will it be a kickstarter reprint campaign or will you be posting it on the atramentisgames website?

It is likely to be a kickstarter campaign, which will be posted on the Atramentis games website and social media pages

Sounds good, cannot wait to hold a physical copy, the art is beautiful by the way.

I'd been interested in ordering a hard cover version of this.

There are plans to have it reprinted later this year

I can't find a print version of that game unfortunately...