#nerdburger games

[literalcatpod]

58. Making a Diplo-catic Mobster in Capers Feat. @MadFishMonger

MadFishMonger is a long-time contributor to the Capers RPG, and came to us to talk about it! We made her cat into a character! Anyway, check out Capers by Nerdburger Games!

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

[madfishmonger]

Running Games at Gencon!

Hey, I'm running some games at Gencon this year for Nerdburger Games! Here they are, if you're going to be there, come check out a game or two!

Capers: Tick Tock: Thursday, August 1/24, 10 am. Waking up from a rowdy party, you discover the boss' heirloom pocket watch has been stolen. Clean yourself up, ramp up your superpowers, and find that watch, or else! In CAPERS, you’re a super-powered gangster in the 1920s.

Staged Heroism: Cosmic Retirement Home for the Superpowered. Friday August 2, 10 am/Saturday August 3, 10 am

The number one rule at the Cosmic Retirement Home for the Superpowered is: "You're retired now. No more adventures!" However, something awfully suspicious is going on with a new experimental medical treatment. Use your lifetime of experience to expose the truth without compromising your future in this luxurious retirement home. Staged Heroism is a comedic game of supers, legacies, and kind of screwing up a lot.

I'll also be helping out at the Nerdburger booth, which will be here:

[haveyouplayedthisttrpg]

Have you played LOW STAKES ?

By Craig Campbell and NerdBurger Games

Heavily inspired by What We Do In The Shadows, Low Stakes is a rules lite TTRPG where players take on the roles of monster roommates living in a house together going about daily life. As monsters, you all have your own powers that could come in handy but also your own personal issues that could get you into trouble. Sessions play out like episodes in a TV show complete with a documentary crew , characters gain confidence in their decisions and clout to sway their fellow roommates. Complete with “offscreen confessionals” where players talk to the film crew recording their house party or roadtrip.

[madfishmonger]

Hi! I co-wrote Secrets of the Vibrant Isle and Secrets of the Vibrant Sea. They're exploration games about a magical island and the sea that surrounds it. You travel to the island and have a limited number of things you can do in a day before your time runs out. As you explore, you meet the Inhabitants of the island, discover magical objects, help strange creatures, and try and earn the right to stay. If you succeed, you're now an inhabitant of the island.

Secrets of the Vibrant Sea can be played independently or as a sequel to your first character's adventure on the island.

It's a fun game designed to be focused on learning about the amazing place you're in and solving problems.

You can play it simply, just jotting down your notes, or you can journal, make maps, or use it as a writing prompt. If you're an educator or child care worker, you can have a class write together or separately based on the prompts in the book. I'm a former child care worker and put some thought into how this could be used in a classroom.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. You can get the games here:

So you're looking for a system other than D&D...

Have you tried solo RPGs? Because it's not just "how can I play D&D alone" there's a whole world of cool stuff out there….And I want to tell you about it.

(I'm quite sick today so please forgive any incoherence or typos.)

First off, it's totally fine if you're more of a party person over a solo person. I just know a lot of people aren't aware of solo games, how they work, or the breadth of diversity you find among them.

If you ask about solo games, the first one mentioned is almost always Ironsworn. It's freeeee and comes with a lot of resources. The PDF is over 200 pages, so I understand if you don't want to dive in with Ironsworn quite yet.

Ironsworn has a large community, including support for Foundry and Roll20, along with many derivative works. It offers a gritty default fantasy setting, but encourages you to ignore that if you prefer another world… maybe one from another RPG you enjoy the lore from…?

BUT maybe you want something that isn't as much of a commitment (and maybe a little sad)?

Many Wretched and Alone games use a tumbling block tower to simulate a random ticking clock. It might represent your mental health, the barricade, the ship sinking…

One of the creators of the system has a great thread highlighting their favorite games. Just search Wretched an Alone on Itch.io to find even more.

And if you don't want to go buy a Jenga tower, there are some great random simulators out there. I've been able to play W&A games on road trips, using a deck simulator, a dice simulator, and a tumbling tower simulator. Here's tower replacement I like. It replicates the odds of a tumbling tower falling without being too complicated.

Carta is another cool system where you use a standard deck cards to create a map that you explore. As you explore, you usually have to manage recourses to avoid something bad, but not always.

Here's a collection of several games made using Carta.

Dead Belt takes this concept and RUNS with it. You have a few things to track as you explore abandoned randomized ship decks, searching for a good payload. Upgrade your gear and do it again.

Does the thought of managing your character sound exciting? Do you enjoy soulslike games, like Elden Ring and Bloodborne?

Rune is a fresh release with a lot of third-party support already. It's pretty easy to pick up and play too.

Apothecaria and Apawthecaria have you making potions for the local village. Go out exploring, collect ingredients, and see if you can solve the greater mysteries of the land.

Interested in horror, but want a more narrative-driven experience? In Dwelling, you'll spend the sleepless and alone in a haunted house. This is a very neat game.

Songs of the City is a delightful tarot game that you play once a day for a week. It's another narrative-driven game where you draw cards and cast magic to see small neat changes in the city you reside in.

Anamnesis, Anamnesis, Anamnesis. I talk about this game a lot because it's magical in its simplicity. There's nothing to track and it's an incredible way to generate character ideas or tell a story.

And now there are more Anamnesis games coming out (including mine) You don't need the original games to play any of the games you see here.

There are so many more games I want to talk about, but alas, this cold is making me stop there.

If you've written a solo game, streamed one, reviewed one, or have one you really like, I invite you to share it!

[rpgsandbox]

It’s the 1920s Prohibition Era in the United States. Alcohol is illegal. Organized crime grows at an unprecedented rate as gangsters get rich selling hooch to a thirsty populace. You are one of those gangsters…and you have superpowers!

In the CAPERS tabletop roleplaying game, you portray a character with extraordinary abilities in the Roaring Twenties. As a gangster, you seek to exploit the law and get rich off of alcohol, gambling, prostitution, and racketeering. You join up with other players to collectively seek your fortunes in the vice-riddled, booze-soaked casinos and speakeasies of the Jazz Age.

Alternatively, you and the other players can portray members of law enforcement seeking to bring these criminals to justice.

The setting features some prominent, historical Prohibition Era characters but also a variety of gender-swaps and race-flips to make the game about more than mostly Italian and Irish guys. A slew of unique, fictional NPCs of all types have been created to give every player something to latch onto when perusing the game world.

CAPERS is a game of action, adventure, virtue, and vice in a world coming into its own. It’s a world of theft, fraud, subterfuge, and espionage. Your character will risk their life to find their place in this world, regardless of which side of the law they fall on.

When playing CAPERS, each player (and the GM) uses their own deck of standard, poker-style playing cards (52 suit cards plus 2 jokers) to determine if a character succeeds at difficult tasks.

The pip value of the card you flip (2, 3, and so on, up to ace high) determines success versus failure. The card’s suit determines the DEGREE of success or failure, starting at clubs (the worst) and going alphabetically upward to spades (the best). You’ll be able to flip multiple cards based on your character’s capability. You might flip the king of clubs, certainly a success with a king, but just barely a success with clubs.

Do you settle for barely successful or flip another card, hoping for a better result? Each flip is a gamble, risking failure.

Every backer at the Bootlegger level and higher gets the following. (Refer to individual backer levels for other rewards specific to that level.)

A PDF of the CAPERS game, approximately 150-160 pages in color, including all unlocked stretch goals. Projected book length is dependent upon hitting all stretch goals.

A variety of PDF support materials. See “Support Materials” for more information.

A link to purchase a soft or hardcover book at cost from DriveThruRPG.com later. See “Ordering Physical Books” for more information.

A link to purchase a deck of CAPERS-themed playing cards from DriveThruCards.com later. See “Ordering Cards” for more information.

A PDF of the CAPERS Preview Edition, made available to all backers shortly after the Kickstarter funds. (EDIT: The preview edition is available to backers NOW. Check out Update 7.) This preview edition is bare bones, with just enough information to run the game and is in black and white. It may read a bit differently from the final book. It contains some setting info, the rules, a handful of powers, some pre-generated characters, and an introductory adventure.

A thank-you in the book's credits.

These PDFs are free to all backers at the Bootlegger level and higher. They aren't necessary to play the game, but they can help.

Form-Fillable PDF Character Sheet: Print it and fill it out or type into it on your computer or tablet.

Rules One-Sheet: A handy one-page summary of the rules that you can reference on your tablet or print and make available to everyone at the table.  

GM Screen Sheets: Print them off for reference or slip them into the sleeves of generic GM screens. Portrait and landscape orientations available.  

Pre-Generated Characters: A series of starting characters ready to play. Half are gangsters. Half are members of law enforcement.

Rivals Adventure: An introductory adventure for gangster characters.

One Busy Night Adventure: An adventure for more advanced gangster characters.

Gloves Off Adventure: Yet another adventure for even more advanced gangster characters.

Are there more? Wait and see...

You can learn more about what went into making CAPERS as well as listen to some actual play by clicking the links below.

The One Shot Podcast folks are playing CAPERS this month.

CAPERS interview on Gaming Ballistic.

Brie Sheldon's Thoughty Blog.

I talk to Misdirected Mark about games that don't use dice.

I ran a game for some fine folks at DSPN Presents.

I talked about using real world history in a game with Table Top Babble.

I popped into Nerdarchy three hours into the Kickstarter.

Kickstarter campaign ends: Fri, April 6 2018 2:00 AM BST

Website: NerdBurger Games

[shaneplays]

Good Strong Hands RPG (“A darkly whimsical game about saving your fantastical world”) with indie developer Craig Campbell of NerdBurger Games. RPGs gone virtual. The importance of cons to the RPG industry. How is RPG design like architecture? Sad scenes in geek movies. The butter burger.

[madfishmonger]

I've played GURPS with nothing but the base stats, because you can. Al the complex rules are optional.

Also there's like, THE ENTIRETY OF THE NERDBURGER GAMES LIBRARY : rules light games based on RP. Mostly CAPERS. If you want a not-D&D game, play CAPERS.

It just takes a tiny amount of effort.

TBQH most of popular "alternatives" to D&D are either Pathfinder or both very different and rules heavy. Like maybe if you directly ask someone who knows things you would get proper recommendations (I sure as hell know systems that allow me to do fantasy better, both very different and D&D-but-simpler), but not simply from osmosis. From osmosis you would know GURPS, World of Darkness, Dark Heresy, Savage Worlds, and a bunch of PbtA games, and half of that is more complicated than D&D and most also more setting-specific.

(Yeah there is probably a PbtA game for everything but like you still have to find specific games)

i cannot imagine any possible metric by which 'd&d' or 'pathfinder' are games that aren't insanely, overwhelmingly, rules-heavy and setting-specific

[midgardia]

Garmbreak1 did an interview with Craig Campbell from NerdBurger Games, producers of Capers, whose expansion Capers Noir is on Kickstarter right now!

[kayawagner]

CAPERS Poster Maps

Publisher: NerdBurger Games

CAPERS Poster Maps

This packet of 12x18 poster maps present an array of locations for your CAPERS RPG game, each laid out with a 1-inch grid for use with miniatures. 

The maps can also be used for any game set in the early 20th century. 

Maps include a (2-part) casino, speakeasy, two-story house, shops, distillery, warehouse, and docks. 

Price: $7.99 CAPERS Poster Maps published first on https://supergalaxyrom.tumblr.com

[literalcatpod]

This Month on the Literal Cat Podcast (Oct. 2024)

What's up, guys! New month, new episodes on the way! Ever Fall we get at least one 3-part month, so be ready for a new episode... tomorrow? Yeah, tomorrow!

Tomorrow's episode being about Capers by NerdBurger games, featuring @madfishmonger!

On October 16, we do the obligatory Spooky Month's Spooky Game, Fate of Cthulhu by Evil Hat Productions!

Then, on October 30, we get hashtag topical for the release of Veil Guard by covering Dragon Age, the RPG by Green Ronin!

[madfishmonger]

List your favourite indie games studios below, with links!

I write for Nerdburger games, which has a load of fantastic games in a wide variety of styles and topics. Die Laughing is a great party game, and a perfect intro for someone who knows movie tropes but not TTRPGs.

Capers has some of the most unique mechanics I’ve encountered, along with easy character creation, a huge range of settings, and queer representation (I know, I wrote them :D)

I also co-wrote a beautiful solo exploration RPG called Secrets of the Vibrant Isle

Check them all out here! https://www.nerdburgergames.com/

In light of the news that Hasbro is considering using multiple properties it owns for NFTs, including D&D, I would just like to remind everyone that PDFs of virtually all D&D source books are available online for free if you look and it's always moral to pirate from WotC

[madfishmonger]

Be Nice to Your Gaming Friends Day

Today is my buddy Craig's birthday so if you've bought one of his games in the past, please go leave a nice review on his page or say something nice about his games. If you haven't bought a game, go have a look and/or go tell your favourite creator, game master, or player something nice in his honour.

[legendlarkpod]

TUNE IN NOW!!!!!

Hey ya’ll tun into DSPN’s twitch channel NOW to catch our very own beautiful talented and incredible Noel playing Murders & Acquisitions!!

Murders & Acquisitions is an RPG created by game designer Craig Campbell of NerdBurger Games.  It puts you smack dab in the middle of a cut-throat corporation in an absurd, alternate version of our world where literally anything goes in terms of corporate advancement! 

Tune in NOW to catch Noel playing some kind of horrible decrepit secretary who wears the human faces of interns who wrong her on her own human face!

[atariforce]

Fake Atari Games - Nerdburger by Cara Littley

[letechnologeek]

NerdBurger Games a lancé un nouveau Kickstarter pour une copie à couverture rigide de luxe de CAPERS RPG – Newstrotteur

[swipestream]

Gnomecast #46 – Gen Con 2018

Join Head Gnome John for a series of short interviews with attendees at Gen Con 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Settle in for a bonus-sized episode!

Download: Gen Con 2018

The interviews in this episode include:

A quick chat with long-time Gen Con attendee Lorraine and also local bartender Jameson, both at the nearby Loughmiller’s Pub.

Another quick chat with game industry veteran Tony Law.

Caleb Stokes of Hebanon Games talks about his ENnie-nominated game, Red Markets.

Dave Chalker of Critical Hits discusses the upcoming Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game. As of the publication of this episode, the full game is not yet released, but the starter kit is available now!

Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games talks about his game Bulldogs!, the recently released supplement for it, People of the Zone, and his upcoming historical samurai game Thousand Arrows.

Rich Howard speaks with John about the upcoming Descent Into Midnight, the underwater adventure RPG that Rich is helping develop.

Brian Engard and Anna Meade of Blue Gables Publishing & Consulting chat with John about the new edition of the game Becoming (coming soon!) as well as the recently released (to Kickstarter backers) dark future Uprising RPG from Evil Hat Productions. Uprising is set to be available to the public next month.

Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games catches up with John about what it’s like to be a convention GM for Third Eye and also about his upcoming release of Part-Time Gods Second Edition. Check out the preview available now!

Craig Campbell of Nerdburger Games discusses his Prohibition-era superhero RPG CAPERS, available soon.

James Introcaso of World Builder Blog and the Don’t Split the Podcast Network talks about the new announcement about Burn Bryte, a game he’s helping develop exclusively for Roll20.

Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios talks about his multiple ENnie Awards wins for Harlem Unbound as well as the new sci-fi line he’s developing for Chaosium.

Derek Knutsen-Frey and Daniel Knutsen-Frey discuss Palegain Press‘ Universal Storytelling System and its upcoming module, Flower of Heaven: Shrine of the Fallen Heroes. There’s still time to back the Flower of Heaven Kickstarter!

Jacob McEntire of Flying Nightbear Games talks about his upcoming game Beyonder. Kickstarter coming soon; keep an eye on the Beyonder website for news!

Nicole Liberty catches John up on the happenings at the Indie Game Developer Network booth at Gen Con.

Tristan Zimmerman talks about Molten Sulfer Blog, a source of gameable inspiration from real history!

Jacqueline Bryk talks about the importance of safety tools and mechanics and her work on them in Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition.

Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon!

Check out John at johnarcadian.com.

Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Want some bonus bonus content?

Gnome Stew frequent guest author Keith Garrett was at Gencon with his camera and took a bunch of pictures!  Here’s a photo album of some of the sites of Gencon 2018!

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Gencon 2018 Photos By Keith Garrett

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