3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, for Halloween

I recently entered a scenario writing competition on RPG-Geek, where the restrictions meant  it had to be centered around Halloween, only a few pages longs with black and white art.

Well of course, I wrote a scenario for my current favorite RPG 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, following the design I used in my 3:16 campaign "Death Bringers".

Voting is still open (at time of writing) if you feel like adding in your votes!

Here's the scenario, only two pages in black and white should you want to print it out.

Shotgun Jousting

Art by P.D. Magnus

In the far-out and dusty wild of America's heartlands two biker gangs meet for their annual drink-athon, things can get busy.

With alcohol fuelling forty ageing toughnut egos the atmosphere is often tense. Sometimes a punch will be thrown. Sometimes the punch actually hit. Sometimes others become involved and sometimes... well, lets leave those times behind a curtain of secrecy.

More often, claims of "I'm stronger than you" may cause more alcohol to be imbibed before arm wrestling starts. Sometimes someone makes a jovial remark about being tougher, braver and generally more manly than someone else, and two beers later people start doing...stupid things.

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Brigand's Nest

Brigand's Nest is a 1st Ed. compatible dungeon for a small party of 1st Level characters, and playable in a single session.

The village of Ragentop (population 405) has become the subject of a series of raids by Brigand's who descend from the nearby hills. They have raised a bounty to pay the brave souls who rid them of this menace.

This product is a micro scenario that prints on a single sheet of paper and folds into a little booklet using the "PocketMod" system. It'll fit in your shirt pocket!

Available to buy for only 99c from RPGNow.

TRENCH Full of Heroes

It's the Great War. Combat roars across the globe, in the air, on and under both the land and the sea. Men are fighting hand to hand, with blades, rifles and machines.

It's amongst these massive armies that a few good men and true rise up to take the lead.  When the line is breached, when the ship is sinking, when the bombers are dropping their loads, is when heroes come to the fore. A man stands up and cheers his fellows on while leading the charge, such a man will be your character in this role playing game.

Trench Full of Heroes is a micro RPG that prints on a single sheet of paper and folds into a little booklet using the "PocketMod" system.

Available from RPGNow and DriveThruRPG for only 99c (about £0.60)

Free scenario posted at RPG-Geek (you may need to join to see the file, joining is free)

One Page Dungeon 2012

This year I entered the annual One Page Dungeon competition, alas for me I did not win. However I am proud of what I came up with.

At the time of the competition I was reading a book by Matthew Reilly, and this book was jam-packed with exciting non-stop action.  Think Indiana Jones, set to eleven.  Inspired by this book, I wanted to create a similar feel for my dungeon, and so started by drawing a trap laden map.  Then I started think about how you could overcome those traps in AD&D (1st Ed) but just couldn't see it working or being exciting. For instance if you failed the first trap, you would never get to see the later traps!

In the end I came up with not only a dungeon, but a Micro RPG that would allow you to play the game and reach most if not all of the traps even if you rolled very badly.  That was what I submitted to the competition.

The comp' is over, so now I can post the dungeon here on my own site.

Acrobats vs Mobsters

In 2010 the FBI had found itself penetrated by criminal organizations with more money than most governments. The result was an FBI unable to cope with the mob. By presidential order the FBI secretly established the "Black Squads", secret independent groups of undercover cops who only took orders from the top FBI officials.

One such squad was the "Calloni Troupe". Travelling the country as an acrobatic circus troupe, these third generation Italians are the most dedicated, close-knit, group of anti-corruption, anti-organised-crime operatives. Performing for crowds in the evenings, and fighting crime by day.

Acrobats vs Mobsters is a micro RPG that prints on a single sheet of paper and folds into a little booklet using the "PocketMod" system.

Available for only $0.99 (about £0.60) from RPGNow.com

Shikishima Heroes - micro RPG

"Shikishima Heroes" is micro RPG, that allows you to play pulp-style Naval Superheroes.

The battleship Shikishima was commissioned in 1900, but disappeared on its its first sortie with no explanation. A year later the ship reappeared. None of the crew had a memory of the lost year, nor did they know where fully an eighth of the crew had gone! Men from every section were simply missing, with no signs of foul play.

Even as the ship steamed back to port the crew realised they had been changed. Every member found themselves to have gained strange super powers.

When the Japanese people realised how changed the crew were, their joy was turned to fear, and now the Shikishima and its crew are kept at sea.

When anything unusual appears, be it super villains, giant monsters or aliens the Emperor dispatches the Shikishima.

Shikishima Heroes is a micro RPG, it is designed to printed on a single sheet of paper and folded into a little booklet using the "PocketMod" system. 

Available for only $0.99 (about £0.60) from RPGNow.com

An audio/written review appears in the Game of Whits podcast/blog.