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scratchpadpub.bsky.social
Independent publisher of tabletop games created and operated by Rodney Thompson. Publisher of Dusk City Outlaws, Spectaculars, and Neon City Outlaws. scratchpadpublishing.com
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Today's #neoncityoutlaws update covers one of the mechanics I'm most excited about: overlaying shell and avatar sheets to quickly swap bodies and load into the global VR Network. www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Today's #neoncityoutlaws Kickstarter update includes a look at character creation, including the Bruiser archetype and the Synthetic Intelligence origin. www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr... Neon City Outlaws made good progress in its first week, but we still have a long way to go. Back it now!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Just announced an interim goal for the #neoncityoutlaws Kickstarter. If we get to 75% funded by the end of the first week, everyone who backs at the $35 level and up will get coupons to order print-on-demand card decks for Dusk City Outlaws/Spectaculars at cost. www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

A little change of pace for the art reveals for #neoncityoutlaws today. Here are a couple of the enemy illustrations by Waclaw Wysocki, the Nefarious Executive and the Private Security Guard. Love how his style meshes with, but also contrasts with, the player character art!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Now LIVE on Kickstarter: Neon City Outlaws, a tabletop roleplaying game of cyberpunk heists and revolution. Back in the first 48 hours for special thanks in the book, and the opportunity to contribute to the random username generator! www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

The #neoncityoutlaws Kickstarter launches this week! I hope you're as excited as I am. Here is a look at the project video for the game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm7z...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Today's #neoncityoutlaws character art comes from @atrabilio.bsky.social and features the psionically-awakened origin. Telepathy, telekinesis, bending space to create portals...these are all things you can bring to the job as a psionic member of a crew!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

More character concept art by @deerlordhunter.bsky.social for #neoncityoutlaws this time featuring the Bruiser player archetype. Visit the pre-launch page on Kickstarter to be notified when the campaign goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Another #neoncityoutlaws concept art preview, this time the psionic origin by @deerlordhunter.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Final of the iconic synthetic character for #neoncityoutlaws by Julianna Michek (concept by Hunter Bonyun) Synthetic intelligences are fully sentient AI that have been granted personhood and, ostensibly, the same legal status as biological humans.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Alright folks, we're coming up on the big moment. #neoncityoutlaws starts crowdfunding soon. If you're at all interested, please do me a solid and visit the preview page, click the button to get notified, and spread the word to anyone else who might want to. www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Been a little quiet on here for a while, and not for no reason. The trade situation here in the US has made pricing out the #neoncityoutlaws game Kickstarter really challenging. The bad news is that with the current state of things a box set full of goodies like DCO/Spectaculars is too costly.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

I really can’t say enough good things about the Spectaculars rpg. Right now it’s hitting my sweet spot for superhero action with cinematic action, tactical choices, fun powers, pre-made adventures, and really fast chargen.

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

Just got the first box mockup for #neoncityoutlaws and I think it looks rad. What do you think?

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Did you sign up for the Neon City Outlaws private playtest? If so, check your email for a download link from @drivethrurpg.com containing access to the first playtest.

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Another awesome final character piece from @atrabilio.bsky.social depicting the "werewolf" shell, a gene-spliced brawler augmented by cybernetics. This is one of the bodies that crew members can load their minds into in #neoncityoutlaws

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

And the final evolution of some of the characters is starting to come in. Here's @atrabilio.bsky.social 's cyber-ninja, one of the bodies players will be able to load themselves into in #neoncityoutlaws.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

In the next couple of weeks I'm going to be kicking off a community playtest for Neon City Outlaws, to kick the tires on the new designs and get more eyes on the game. If you're interested in running a one-shot playtest, sign up! scratchpad-publishing.myshopify.com/pages/neon-c...

submitted 129 days ago • 1 comment

Happy New Year! Here’s wishing you good gaming in 2025 and that I will be contributing to that!

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

Session zero last night for our new campaign of Spectaculars from @scratchpadpub.bsky.social ! I did not expect my players to take us to 1980s Hong Kong after an alien spaceship crash devastated the city and triggered the appearance of super-powered people, but we're there now and I LOVE it.

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

First look at the initial sketch for the #neoncityoutlaws box cover art! This piece is by Eilene Huang and I'm loving how it's shaping up.

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

One of the tools I've been using to add ambiance to Neon City Outlaws playtests is #Dystopika, an awesome cyberpunk city-builder that makes it really easy to create cityscapes with custom billboards/signage.

submitted 157 days ago • 1 comment

I want loading minds into/out of bodies to be central to the #neoncityoutlaws game. I'm tinkering with physical components that makes body-swapping fast and easy. The gene-spliced "werewolf" is one of those quick-swap bodies. Here's the latest evolution of that concept art by @atrabilio.bsky.social

submitted 160 days ago • 1 comment

For #neoncityoutlaws, I'm working on a slightly different take on the scenarios, blending them more with the Spectaculars-esque setting creation elements. It's been interesting trying to decide what should become a setting-level element, and what can be defined by and for the scenario.

submitted 163 days ago • 1 comment