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Dust World RPG PBTA: Quick Start Guide
Super-powered Drifters living in a sci-fi western setting over the ruins of a once incredibly advanced civilization. Simple, fast, Powered by the Apocalypse, and inspired by anime.
- Western setting in the ruins of an advanced civilization
- 8 awesomely powerful playbooks with anime-inspired powers
- 10 basic moves, sample weapons and items
- Rules for making settlements
- Rules for creating bad guys, with samples
Alpha materials: playbooks and moves (PDF) and Keeper reference (PDF).
The full Dust World book
380 pages. Tons more weapons, drives, heritages, backgrounds, sample NPCs and bad guys. Everything the podcast crew plays with. Expected around $35. Join the list and you'll hear first, with a launch discount.
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Mysteries and one-page games
Armed and Dangerous: a Monster of the Week mystery
FreeA mutagen soda is giving a Florida town sentient animal arms. Find the source, save the townsfolk. Built for 3 to 5 hunters and convention play.
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Christmas Special: a 1-page Christmas Movie RPG
$2A one-page hack of John Harper's Lasers & Feelings. Save Christmas or steal it with a group of friends.
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A standalone action-horror TTRPG for 3 to 5 players. Hunt beasties like Buffy, road-trip like the Winchesters, or run the investigation like Olivia Dunham. Get the core book from Evil Hat.
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Armed and Dangerous. A Monster of the Week mystery, free.
Waldo, Florida. Population 1,000. A shark attack in the frozen food aisle. That's just the hook. Sci-fi horror comedy, Weird Florida style.
- 21pages
- 10locations
- 19bystanders
- 4threats
3 to 5 hunters. Countdown, custom moves and a prep sheet included. Written by Paul Parnell.