Characters
Roll and pick 2 traits.
1. Ace Milligan
Space Trucker, Gambler, Drinker
2. Venus Moonglider
Funk Master, Kung Fu, Crowbar
3. Switch Witch
Deep Logic, Sex Machine, Modular
4. Star Raven
Shadowbender,Thief, Asshole
5. Thing
Savage, Animal Senses, Heavy Blaster
6. Rigby (sentient space truck)
Emergency Reserves, Ancient Mind,
Big Rig friends
Describe yourself and feel free to
get your freak on – add cosmetic
details suitable to a galaxy full of
species. Someone should play Ace. If
no one plays Rigby, the Ref or the
group controls it; players’ choice.
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Players
Describe what your character is
doing. Roll 2d6 if the outcome is
uncertain (to hit, evade, try, save, etc.
as the Referee asks).
• Roll +1d6 for advantage of any
kind (item, trait, superior tactics)
• Roll -1d6 for disadvantage of any
kind (ambushed, injured, blinded)
• Never roll more than 3d6 or less
than 1d6!
• A 5 or 6 on any die = success
Aces!
If you roll all 1s, something really bad
happens! The Ref says what.
However, if the character (whose
player rolled the 1s) can later reveal
how “it’s all part of my plan” or puts
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a foe “right where I want them!” the
next roll is made with 3d6
(disadvantage be damned).
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— “Yeeeee-ha! This here’s Fuzz-E-T,
congo line is welcome.”
Smokeys! Anybody who wants in this
gonna blow some fur off those
signal to anybody with ears on.We
to put the hammer down. Pass the
got a live cat in this box and I’m about
— “I read you 9x9 Papa Smurf. But I
someone stole their porridge!”
The Bears are in the woods and
You better watch that lead foot o’ yours.
— “Ace, you old fart.This is Papa Smurf.
Banana. Any eyes out there? C’mon.”
Milligan.We got a load for the Big
— “Hey good buddies, this here’s Ace
Referee
Play the world and everything in it.
Call for a roll when a character tries
something dangerous or difficult. Just
say it happens if it’s real easy, and
can’t if it’s impossible.
Failure leaves a character open to
injury, capture, or worse. Anyone
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injured must roll to remain active. If
they don’t succeed they are Out Of
Action (OoA) until healed up.
Push hard on Aces! Knock a
character OoA (no saving roll),
cause collateral damage, use their
trait against them, separate the party,
pin them down – think dangerously!
When dramatically appropriate, a
character reaches a new experience
level and picks another trait. With
your OK they can pick from another
list or create a brand new trait.
Trandor,Ventos Prime, Zabezia
Modron, Nechrome, Opar, Ramses V,
Fang IV, Galapagos, Hel, Kufu, Leroy,
Ariana, Bolo, Clovis, Dank, Eerie,
Planet Names
Hazardous, Overweight, Rush Job
6. Haulin’ Cargo
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Medicine, Aliens, Mystery Box
5. Smuggle Something
Infested Hulk, It’s a Trap!
Racing Others, Uncharted Space,
4. Salvage Opportunity
License Threatened
“Morale” Officer, Suicide Mission,
3. Conscripted by Imperials
Rich Pricks, Hippies, Gross Aliens
2. Party Cruise
Bounty Hunters, In Debt, Hot Goods
1. On the Run
Roll and pick 1 or more complications.
Missions
Tropes
• Style is king, money talks, reckless
words get you shot
• Galactic Citizens’ Band (CB) radio;
characters talk in code/slang.
• Power drunk imperial cops love to
harass, fine, and worse.
• Truckstops = info, fuel, jobs, R&R.
• Everybody is kung fu fighting.
• Funky/trucker music required.
Start
• Set the group’s Resources die to 1
and explain they hard up for cash.
Increase/decrease as appropriate.
To buy anything significant they
have to roll 1d6 ≤ Resources.
• Roll up a mission and a maniac
who wants them to fail.
• Suggestion: start with a chase/fight
then flash back to a truckstop.
Laser-Eyed Space Pterodactyls
Cloud, Forgotten God, Cat Ninjas,
Space Kraken, Sparkly Evil Gas
Soldiers,Vampires, Cactus Goons,
Robot Assassins, Blobs, Grays, Spider
Minions & Monsters
Zealot,Torturer, Brainwasher
6. Sister Sinistra
Godfather, Cops on Payroll, Boom!
5. Lou “Tick-Tock” Galante
Weapons Dealer, Spies, Endless Cash
4. Mr. X
Pirate, Force Hook, Cyber-parrot
3. Ultravioletbeard
Undead, Jinx!,Tophat of Holding
2. Shaka Vudu
Star Wizard, Egomaniac, Harsh Jams
1. Z-Ro
Traits are play notes for the Ref.
Maniacs