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RBY ADIRA
SLAT TERY
Game Design by Adira Slattery
Art & Layout by Maria Mison
Hivemind Press
Published April 2022
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BY ADIRA
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H OW TO PLAY..
CARZ.
TAGS
Everything is made of tags. Characters have tags,
vehicles have tags, places have tags, stuff has tags. Tags
tags tags tags tags. Nouns, adjectives, whatever! They
say what you’re good at and what you’re bad at. They say
what things are. QUINTESSENCE
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Garbage!
Unlike the rest of you, the Garbage Player doesn’t make like a
specific avatar for them to embody in the story. They take a
birds eye view on shit, and also play the antagonists when it
hits the fan.
Oh right, you also don’t need to keep any of the Tags secret
and don’t hesitate to like ask for suggestions. Bribe the other
players if you have to, coming up with all this garbage is hard
work. Plus also there’s lots of tables of tags here in this book.
Maybe use those?
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12
3 -4 ?
THERE’S
DICE
IN THIS
??
Rolling piles of dice is how you do stuff. Six
sided dice. Proper square ones, y’know? And you try to
get matching dice! You want longer strings of matching
dice, and only count the biggest one you get.
You get 3 dice to start, and then can get more based on
Tags. One for each Tag that applies favorably to the
situation you’re rolling for. Sometimes Tags might hurt
though, and then those take away one of your dice.
Rude! But you always roll at least 3 dice, no matter how
much the odds are stacked against you.
Your Garbage Player can help figure all that out, as you
shouldn’t just think about your own but also the Tags
that apply to enemies or hazards.
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YAHTZEE #
!
No Match - Bummer, bad shit and you fail.
Doubles - You do it but something bad happens.
Triples - Solidly do it well.
Quad - Smash that thing, you’re golden!
55555 - Behold, Yahtzee
Only count your largest match. If you roll four dice and get
two pairs, that’s just doubles baby.
Going Turbo - Once per session you can roll with 3 BONUS
DICE, and you can declare you’re going Turbo before or
after you roll. I’m not the boss of you.
FAILURE
The Garbage Player can be determining what shape a lot of
that failure looks like if you need. Make failure fun, but if you
don’t have any good ideas you can always get hurt. When in
doubt, blow something up.
#@
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LEVEL
SETTING
READING THIS MESS
First off, we're gunna be in this colloquial style the whole
time. Also this game contains lots of rules and descriptions,
but it's up to you the reader to engage with it in a way that
makes sense to you. Maybe the Garbage Player doesn't ever
roll dice, or maybe they only do if a fistfight breaks out. If
you need specific clarification on a rule, please don't hesitate
to just do what feels the best and that everyone playing
enjoys.
This book is filled with tools and you should use them to
play the game your way. That is left as an exercise to the
reader, you need to talk with your group about what you
wanna do. Do you wanna do lots of combat? Do you wanna
play a game about racing? Is the landfill hiding some dark
secret? Make sure everybody is on the same page so you
can all have fun.
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SAFETY
Look, this game deals with some heavy stuff in a lighthearted
way. Be sure to have a conversation before play so that you
can be open to any spaces that anyone is aware of that the
game will need to avoid if necessary, but do not pressure
anybody to disclose any issues they do not wish to.
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C K Y O
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GENDER AND DISABILITY
In this game, weird is good. The weirder the better, I
always say. You out here in the hyperpop apocalypse trying
to be “normal” and “cis” and “neurotypical”??? Wow nice
pronouns, your mom pick em out for you.
Xoxo!
C HARACTE
CREATION R
OKAY so you gotta make a character. Every player,
except the Garbage Player, makes a MUTANT. A
combination of alien exhaust fumes, cosmic refuse,
and millions of years of human bullshit have warped
everyone and everything on Earth.
VITALS
Health: Add 2 six sided dice for random or just use 7
Bulk: 1: That’s a 1. This means you’re basically person
or bicycle sized.
10 tags, must be at least one in each category
One background (which is also really a tag when you
think about it)
Characters will also earn Lessons as play goes on, but
right now they know jack shit about fuck all.
STUFF
Whatever makes sense. Like if you think you should
have a sword or a water bottle, write it down. Give
your stuff a tag or two each. And if you're playing and
it's like "Gosh, makes no sense that I wouldn't have
binoculars" then just have a pair.
TAGS!
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TAGS!
BACKGROUNDS
1-2 Lunar You’re from the fucking moon, you complete
asshole! wHY’D YOU COME DOWN HERE
THIS PLACE SUCKS
11
11-12 You’ve worked your ass off! The cogs of
Laborer society try to keep turning, and they demand
bodies to crush in their teeth. Fucked that it’s
your body tho.
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TAGS
Random tags are in big tables. You generate them with a
two digit code made by using two six sided math rocks. One
is the “tens” place and the second is the “ones” place. Or like
you could just roll one dice twice.
Also you can write anything you feel thematically fits and
don’t need to just use the options presented here in the
book. Just probably a good idea to check in with your
Garbage Player for a once over.
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CROSZ*
13
CARNAGE
11 Blood
12 Guts
13 Vomit
14 Tears 41 Fists
15 Sweat 42 Chokehold
16 Bone 43 Hamstring
44 Pin
21 Flare 45 Disarm
22 Roadsign 46 Curbstomp
23 Chain
24 Broken Bottle 51 Landmine
25 Screwdriver 52 Grenade
26 Tire Iron 53 Gasoline
54 Cannonball
31 Revolver 55 Molotov
32 Rifle 56 Dynamite
33 Shotgun
34 Submachine Gun 61 Lance
35 Nailgun 62 Harpoon
36 Heavy Gun 63 Blade
64 Axe
65 Bow & Arrow
66 Big Rock
AUTOMOBILE
11 Big Rig
12 Pickup
13 Van
14 Sportscar
15 Motorcycle
16 Hatchback
21 Gas Tank
22 Tires
23 Windshield
24 Brakes
25 Headlights
26 Exhaust
31 Engine
32 Battery
33 Bumpers
34 Shifter
35 Steering Wheel
36 Speakers
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MOBIL
41 Floor It
51 Ram
52 Drift
53 Jump
54 Doughnut
55 Tail
56 Bootlegger
61 Hold On
62 Leap
63 Tuck and Roll
64 Switch Seats
65 Lean Out
66 Ride Shotgun
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R ADICAL
11 Befriend
12 Argue
13 Lie 51 Speech
14 Threaten 52 Chitchat
15 Compliment 53 Slander
16 Honesty 54 Gossip
55 Swear
21 Glitter 56 Dazzle
22 Hair
23 Spray Paint 61 Kiss
24 Leather Jacket 62 Sigh
25 Tattoos 63 Complain
26 Piercings 64 Whisper
65 Handshake
31 Pickpocket
32 Cheat
33 Hide
66 Riot
TAG-EM
34 Slink
35 Misdirect
36 Shhhhhhh
41 Smile
42 Frown
43 Snarl
44 Cry
45 Wink
46 Scream
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Z ETA
11 Extra Brains
12 Extra Mouths 51 Mask
13 Extra Arms 52 Cloak
14 Extra Toes 53 Rags
15 Extra Eyes 54 Glasses
16 Extra Organs 55 Gloves
56 Boots
21 Tusks
22 Tentacles 61 Thermonuclear
23 Tail 62 Fusion
24 Venom 63 Radiation
25 Fur 64 Neon
26 Scales 65 Reactor
66 Waste
M! 31 Fire
32 Water
33 Wind
34 Rock
35 Electricity
36 Wood
41 Adamant
42 Baleful
43 Endemic
44 Luminous
45 Noxious
46 Verdant
GETTING
WRECKED
Sometimes you wanna beat down. So, if you’re
rolling dice to hurt people you can make them lose
Health. Deal an amount of damage equal to the length of
your largest match. So like if you rolled three 4s, a 2, and a
5, you’d deal 3 damage. Give that damage a +1 if whatever
it is causing that damage is “BIG” compared to what’s
getting hurt. Like getting hit by a car or an explosion for
most people.
Random Injuries
1 Burned 4 Chewed
2 Missing Organ 5 Stabbed
3 Broken 6 Fucked Up
WRECKE
FUCKING DEAD
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Wait, what if you run out of Health??? Well then you’re dead.
Death shouldn’t happen by accident, and you’ll hopefully be
able to see when your decisions are leading up to it. But like
death can also be hilarious, and isn’t even permanent in our
dumpster future.
ED!
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AZARUS
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PERCEPTION
Sometimes you wanna look around and investigate shit. So
you ask questions, and the Garbage Player answers. Choose
one category as a lens to view the world around you for this
scene. You can ask a number of questions based on how
many tags you have in that category, and they have to be
about the category. Also, you can only do perception like
this once a scene. Afterwards you gotta make rolls to figure
out the answers for any other questions you come up with.
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LESSONS
Okay so people can change and grow when they encounter
shit; failing spectacularly and succeeding massively.
Challenges, emotional upheavals, hell just time passing. All of
it contributes to things like self actualization, fulfillment, and
just plain thrills.
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BULK
Bulk is used when heft and gravity matter. Stuff which has a
bigger bulk is physically bigger and tougher. Use the
difference in Bulk as a dice bonus or penalty when it would
make sense, like trying to drive through a wall, hauling shit,
or run over a dude.
EXAMPLE BULKS
& Bulks
VEHICLES
Time to drive, motherfuckers. You can roll a random
array for each vehicle you bump into, or like just pick some
numbers.
RANDOM CAR
1d6+4 Tags
1d3+1 Bulk
2d6+3 Cruise
Health: 10 + Bulk +/- Tags
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BIGGUN
1 Hauler
2 Extra Headlights
3 Snowplow
4 Firehose WEIRD
5 Lots of Tires 1 Hover
6 Crows Nest 2 Tractor Beam
3 Flamethrower
4 Force Field
MOTORCYCLE 5 Jet Engine
1 Sidecar 6 Nuclear
2 Big Wheels
3 Slim Profile
4 Trike TANK
5 Integrated Machinegun 1 Treads
6 Throttle 2 Armor Plating
3 Teakettle
4 Ram
SEDAN 5 Fearsome
1 Hatchback 6 Mounted Cannon
2 Top Rack
3 Gun Mounts
4 Seat Belts
FLASHY
5 Grappling Hook 1 Spoiler
6 Extra Seats 2 Neon
3 Spinners
4 Hydraulics
5 Rolling Coal
6 Gold Plated
TIMRE TO 26
DRIVE!..
PLAC
JUN
PLACES
1 Cyber Jungle
2 The Dlachogtha Void
3 Hugo’s Place
4 Lonesome Highway
5 The Diner
6 Neon Graveyard
7 Factory of the Unclean
8 Big Rock
9 Mouse Town
10 Finnegan’s Wake
11 Desolate Road
12 Miss Lucy’s
13 Dead Man’s Curve
14 Bounce Citadel
15 The Skyway
16 Lonely Ridge
17 Ruins of New Nouveau
18 The Blood Oak
19 Flea Circle
20 Motherfucker Island
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CES &
NK JUNK TAGS
1 Long
2 Short
3 Comfortable
4 Used
5 Damaged
6 Volatile
7 Lumpy
8 Wiggly
9 Screeching
10 Moldy
11 Silent
12 Organic
13 Frozen
14 Magenta
15 Well Made
16 Bloo
17 Knife Taped dy
On
18 Real Big
19 Glowing
20 Fancy
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DETOURS
Shit can get weird fast on this landfill we
call Earth, here’s a selection of some of the
shit that might cause complications or
lend a helping hand.
1-2 Super Storm
3-4 The Eternal Engine
5-6 Mike Vaughn
7-8 Gremlin Union
9-10 Warlordz
11-12 Vulture Girls
13-14 Wizards
15-16 Lunar Patrol
17-18 Smart Bears
19-20 Garbage Dragon
BE LIE VE R
SUPER STORM
r, it’s a big one!
“Oh shit, oh fuck, oh motherfucke
t has to drive
Would hate to be the poor soul tha Volunteer
through that...” - Benji Espiritu,
his bunker
weatherman and safely secure in
had enough and just
Sometimes the Earth decides it’s
Super Storms come
needs to wreck shit. That’s where
and hail that are
in; maelstroms of dust, firebolts,
miles and miles long. Run.
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THE ETERNAL ENGINE
“GAS GUZZLERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
BEHOLD THE FURY OF STEEL AND RUBBER
PERPETUAL MOTION IS AT HAND”
- Hymn of The Eternal Engine
Health: 7
Tags: True Believer, Engine Grease, Vroom, Scre
aming, Chains
Gyrobyke
Health: 12
Bulk: 2
Cruise: 14
Tags: Hooks, Wheels on Wheels on Wheels, Roll
ing Coal, Sick
Paint, Gyroscopic
IN!
BITCH
Gas
guzzle
Of the w rs
orld
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MIKE VAUGHN
“Hi, I’m Mike Vaughn! And this is my friend Mike Vaughn!
What a coincidence, right?” - Mike Vaughn
A bus filled with clones is not the most unusual sight on the
junkyard horizon, but the fact that they are so gosh darn
friendly is. What are they hiding??
Health: 5
Tags: Chatty, Spare, Paunch, Library Card, Coupons,
Oblivious
“The Bus”
Health: 16
Bulk: 5
Cruise: 6
Tags: Clown Car, Tinted, Square, Has His Face On It
oX
32
GREMLIN UNION
“Ey comrade, whatcha got there?
A broken flamethrower
you say? Bitchin!” - Ayomide Sar
aki, Union organizer
Nobody can really agree what bo
ss they are organizing
against, but damn is the Gremlin
Union handy with a
wrench. Gremlin members are pre
tty much happy to do
whatever for the common good
. Just step back if you’re
asking for help, because they hav
e a tendency to explode,
catch on fire, or launch into son
g.
Health: 6
Tags: Praxis, Tinkerer, Fiddle, Too
ls, Accident Prone,
Communists
Broken
Flamethrower ?
LOR
WARLORDZ
“Bro, do you even stand a chance? I will rip you limb from limb
if you don’t give me back what is rightfully mine:
EVERYTHING” - Richie “The Gun” Delgado, CFO
A board room of fucking narcissists, all the way from the top
to the bottom. Warlordz just wanna control shit and make
their little fiefdom. When you get down to it, all they are is a
bunch of bullies.
Health: 10
Tags: Business, Synergy, Protein Shake, Mahogany,
Hierarchy, Disrupting The Industry
Royal Limo
Health: 12
Bulk: 3
Cruise: 9
Tags: Stretch, Bloodthirsty, Minibar, Minigun
RD
VULTURE GIRLS
“Hey there pretty thing, that ass
hole bothering you?
Wanna watch him eat this baseba
ll bat and beg for his
life??” - Miss Mohini Murder
Health: 7
Tags: Baseball Bat, Leather Jacket
,
Feminist Pins, Sharp Eyeliner, Pie
rcings, Hu gs
Riot Bike
Health: 11
Bulk: 2
Cruise: 12
Tags: Spikes, Turbo, Saddlebag
s, Stunts
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R a b b it s
from Hats WIZARDS
“Ah but you see, any sufficiently advanced magic is
indistinguishable from technology! Watch closely, as I pull
a rabbit from my hat.” - The Amazing Widdershins
Health: 3
Tags: Sleight of Hand, “Magic ”, Well Actuall y, Robes, The
Good Shit
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LUNAR PATROL
“By Order 235 of the Penal Code of Unified New Luna, you
are hereby under arrest” - Sgt. Michaels, Third Division
Commander
“Fucking pigs, GO BACK TO THE MOON!” - Every mutant
within earshot
Health: 12
Tags: Cops, Stun Baton, Smug, Tear Gas, Handcuffs, Lunar
Patrol Lander
Health: 15
Bulk: 3
Cruise: 8
Tags: Lunar, Bullhorn, Flashing Lights, Space Travel, Armor
Plating
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Man B IG
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BEAR
l it e r a l l y
SMART BEARS
“Pawn to E4” - A literal bear
Health: 16
Bulk: 2
Tags: Erudite, Abstract, Furry, Growl, Keen Smell, Hungry,
Board Games, Big Paws
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GARBAGE DRAGON
the garbage dragon? Well it’s
“Y’all ever heard the legend of
n’t piss it off. Ifin you do, that’s
not a legend, good luck and do
dream to imagine...” - Old Man
a world of pain you could only
l quest giver
Henderson, Local stereotypica
earth for millenia, now
Big lizards have been around on
radioactive energy drinks and
they’re just supercharged with
ge Dragons do not fuck
alien brake fluid. Seriously Garba athe radioactive lightning.
n bre
around, and some of them eve
Health: 25
Bulk: 6
Cruise: 4
ything, Massive, Junk
Tags: Big Scales, Wings, Eats An Cold Blooded, Teeth and
me,
Encrusted, Slumbering, Fearso
ing Breathe
Claws, Radioactive Lightn
40
TEE
this is a mother fucking game
you’re gonna play a role
and tell a story collaboratively
set in the hyperpop mutant garbage
er
of this post-apocalypse cosmic dumpst
that we call earth
!!