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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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Neon City Outlaws has hit its funding goal with almost a week left in the campaign! The first stretch goal has already been unlocked, and goals up to $80k are now visible on the page!

Cmon folks, I want this RPG! Back it. Feed your Kickstarter habit!

Today's update on #neoncityoutlaws features a closer look at the Hacker and Operator archetypes, as well as a sneak peek at an as-yet-unrevealed stretch goal. We still have a ways to go to get funded, and just under two weeks to do it. Spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/scr...

I'm live in 30 minutes with a first look at Call of #Cthulhu: The Sutra of Pale Leaves - Twin Suns Rising from @chaosium.bsky.social on tonight's The Gaming Gang Dispatch. Plus news from @scratchpadpub.bsky.social @theschwalb.bsky.social and more. 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2XyhRSqLA

It's an honor for #neoncityoutlaws to get the Project We Love badge from Kickstarter!

Today's #neoncityoutlaws art update comes from @jeffcarlisleart.bsky.social and features a look at some of the equipment going into the gear chapter.

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...

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!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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.