Two card decks with everything a 2d6 Space Referee needs to run an impromptu patron or salvage mission. Compatible with Traveller SRD, Cepheus Engine, and other popular game systems.
You awaken from a low berth, groggy. It’s dark. The air is stale, but breathable. Your companions groan nearby, rising from their own low berths.
The last thing you remember is signing a non-disclosure on Corrobank, Limited letterhead. A simple delivery job: Move freight on a company pinnace from the starport to a Corrobank research facility in the outer star system 20AU away. The trip was going to be boring, but pay was unusually generous. There was a corporate official...a VP...Roksoon was his name. And a cargo handler accompanied your crew. Tomson. Where is Tomson?
Across the dim space, another low berth, warning lights flashing, contains a woman you’ve never seen. Where are you? And what’s that noise?
Blood Ledger is a special Referee-Ready Scenario for Cepheus Engine, 2D6 Space, and any games that use the Traveller-SRD.
Whether you're running Cepheus Engine, 2D6 Space, or any other Traveller-SRD derived game, you need stuff for your players to jenga. Mystic Bull Games, the award-winning publisher of the Star Traveller's Logbook and the Scout Captain's Rutter, brings you Referee-Ready Card Decks to build emergent game sessions on the fly!
Remember the old 76 Patrons book for the Classic Game? This is like that, but in card form and more emergent. When your spacers are looking for a job, draw a card or three, roll some dice (or choose), and you have a custom mini-adventure ready for an evening's play. And they're fully customizable to your campaign, whether you run in the Official Known Space or one of your own creation.
Includes a general "compensation level" that you can customize to your campaign style.
You don't just get one deck, You Get Two! In addition to the traditional Patron Jobs Deck, you get a custom Salvage Jobs Deck, detailing various sites, ships, stations, and everything in between for your spacers to explore, exploit, and probably die in.
Each card in the Salvage Deck includes a whole mini-adventure, with a Point-Crawl Map, Hazards, and Prizes. Spacers can discover these salvage sites on their own or be directed to them by rumors, patron jobs, or other sources. Just like the Patron Deck, you can customize them to fit in an official Known Space campaign or to your own creations!
The point-crawl maps will suck less in the final version.
Each deck contains at least 18 cards (if we can reach our funding goals, each will have 36 cards) and are individually wrapped. If we reach our higher tier goals, each deck will be shipped in a custom tuckbox with cover art and a booklet with additional information, bonus content, and other goodies.
Cards
The cards are Tarot-sized ( 2.75 x 4.75 inches; 70 × 120 mm)
Printed on a light background and good-sized font (because I'm old and I can't see).
Two-sided with "player information" on one side and "referee information" on the other.
Cards are coated and textured. They really feel nice (see photos below).
Includes a PDF of each deck.
The Content
Each card has enough information to improvise a patron or salvage job, or to use as a basis for a more detailed adventure (or series!). Each card is also numbered on a d66 table, so you can roll instead of choosing if you want.
Patron Cards include:
A patron with description.
A "meet," a suggested place where the spacers meet the patron.
Job, how the job is presented to the spacers.
Assets: Anything the patron is supplying for the mission
Type and Value: General information to help the referee and players understand the job.
Expertise: Each card is geared toward a specific skill -- and each card has a different one!
Potential Rewards: In addition to monetary compensation, additional valuables that may be picked up.
Legality: In general, is the job legal, gray, or illegal.
Complications: 6 emergent complications for the job!
Consequences: Bad stuff that happens as a result of the job.
Salvage Cards include:
A descriptive title
A point-crawl map, conditions at the salvage site, and a key to the map.
Type and Value: General information to classify the salvage
Expertise: Like the patron cards, each card has a specific skill that will be featured or useful to complete the salvage.
Hazards / Complications: More things to kill your spacers!
Prizes: Additional salvage or rewards that can be obtained within the salvage site.
There are Four Levels of Support for this campaign:
Star Traveller -- $64: Two physical card decks: Patrons and Salvage and two physical wire-bound player's journals: the Star Traveller's Logbook and the Scout Captain's Rutter. Includes the digital versions of all four.
Ready Spacer -- $50: Two physical card decks: Patrons and Salvage along with digital versions of both.
Free Trader -- $30: One physical card deck (of your choice): Patrons OR Salvage along with the digital version of your selection.
Space Drifter -- $15: Digital-only versions of both the Patron and the Salvage card decks.
Low Berth -- $1: Jump in the cargo bay and grab some add-ons as the campaign proceeds.
Add-Ons
Spacer Journals
Star Traveller's Logbook: (Preview) A 64-page wire-bound players journal focused on the "Drifter" style of play. Includes a character sheet, 26-weeks of targeted journal pages, along with a personal ledger, contacts, port reports, patron contract reports, and more.
Scout Captain's Rutter: (Preview) A 72-page wire-bound player's journal focused on the "Scout" style of play. Includes a character sheet, 26-weeks of targeted journal pages, along with a personal ledger, contacts, ship's papers, subsector maps and reports, system maps and reports, and more!
Ghost on Shelis IV (PDF): The spacers are sent to investigate strange transponder activity at orbital fuel platform AA-BRAKEFIRE. What they find is a secret that could span the sector! A Referee-Ready Scenario for Cepheus Engine, 2D6 Space games, and anything that uses the Traveller SRD.
Blood Ledger (PDF):You awaken from low berth, groggy. It's dark and the air is stale. What's that noise? Uncover the secrets of a megacorp black site where they experiment on "lost" low berth passengers... A Referee-Ready Scenario for Cepheus Engine, 2D6 Space games, and anything that uses the Traveller SRD.
I'm keeping this first Spacey Backerkit as simple as I can. Everything is being produced digitally or physically fulfilled through Drivethru. With that in mind, here are the targets we're shooting for.
Funded ($500)
Our first goal is to fund the project. If it's funded, I'll produce Two 18-Card Decks -- Patrons and Salvage for a total of 36 Cards. They'll be shipped in cellophane shrinkwrap each with an extra "Info Card" with some extra information.
Tripled up ($1500)
If we triple up the base funding level, both card decks go to 36 Cards! The Patron deck will have 36 individual patron jobs. The Salvage Deck will have 18 Salvage jobs and 36 Special Discovery Cards -- these are special benefits found in the derelicts, abandoned stations, and cargo scatters drifting around the universe.
Astounding ($2500)
If we reach this level, we'll put both card decks in their own art-covered tuckbox and include a small booklet with a bunch of extras -- d66 tables, additional patron and salvage jobs, NPCs, gear, sites, the works!
Beyond?
I have no idea if there are enough folks that want this kind of resources for their space game. If we push into the $3000 range, I have a few interesting ideas -- a companion book, expanding some of the cards into full-fledged adventures, and... well... I'll ask you what you want when get get close to that bridge.
The cards are being produced at DriveThruCards. I have two prototype decks and the printing is clean and the cards are high quality. You're really going to like them.
I cannot guarantee exactly what your shipping costs will be. You may be aware that the US is in a bit of chaos related to the United States Postal Service (among other things). I will endeavor to communicate any changes to you as I know them. If you have questions, don't hesitate to reach out and ask.
