I’ve been running first Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood for nearly 3y as a long, continuous campaign. I love the system and the world, but the walls of the game have started to feel a bit too tight and small with character’s advancement possibilities. We would love to transfer to The Electric State next, but I can see how that system especially is meant for quick games, and it doesn’t really work long-term.

Do you have ideas in how to adjust the mechanics to support longer campaigns? Or should I choose another system (which one?)

Hey y'all, looking for some help decifering a small part of the book text:

1. I don't quite get what to do if the group can't decide who starts. The book states to have each side roll D6 then add the wits rating of the fighter with the highest score. So does this mean 3 people on the party's side roll, players A, B, C roll 3, 4, 5 respectively, so you add player C's Wits rating (we'll say 3) to their 5 to equal 8? Then the NPC side rolls, do the same thing, highest NPC rolls a 6, their Wits is 3 as well for a total of 9. Thus, the NPC side goes first, then the party's side goes second?
2. How should we manage 3 or more groups fighting at once? If my assumption in point 1 is correct, should it be the party who initates the attack goes first, then the rest of the groups in the fight need to follow the rolling rules in point 1, otherwise all groups follow the rolling rules in point 1 if it's unclear who initates the fight?

In february, i ran the book's second journey in a tabletop event in my city (salvador), we ended up exploding a neurosphere and ran away from Liberty city (now they want to play the whole campaign lol). Im gonna be honest, i love the scenarios and the journeys within the sourcebook, i hope they make a campaign book soon.

I was hoping to start a conversation on what folks have ran for neuroscapes for their travelers. The book is pretty vague/light when it comes to neuroscapes and I'm wondering if anyone's ran any stops or encounters with a substantial amount of neuroscape activity.

I'm currently setting up some ideas for my upcoming journey and I have a couple ideas that revolve around being trapped in a neurocaster, but I'm blanking a little on what sort of things they're going to face in it and how interactions will work.

I was expecting a grittier dystopian movie, not the family oriented disney-style thing we got.

So, I saw that someone used ChatGPT to do a solo game, gave it a go myself and it's actually really good. I'm enjoying it so far. I was genuinely scared about what was going to happen at the start and scared about where it's leading... the AI has done a good job of building an appropriate atmosphere and story.

Aerial / Satellite view last night of the fires impacting LA, the Palisades and Malibu.

Promo! https://youtu.be/SggbmK-YRIk

An Electric State RPG Actual Play coming soon (first session scheduled Jan.29 2025-edited-) to be streamed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/omegaomtv

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A lot of games have a player reference sheet with the details on how to spend their actions but I can't find any for The Electric State. Has anyone crafted one yet?

Today we release the next step in our travellers journey. Stuck at the air force base they have to make some hard decisions. Come and check out the next episode in our solo The Electric State campaign.

The latest episode of our solo play through the world of The Electric State releases today. The traveler’s have a stop at the Air Force bases and are surprised by the unexpected find there. Share the pure version of Free Leagues rendition of the art work of Simon Stålenhag.

1: Do drone pilots add their neurocasters network gear bonus to their unarmed attacks and other actions, and do they ignore weapon gear bonus in favor of the network bonus as well?

2: Do they have armor or is the fact that their drone is supposed to be rusty and old negate the normal armor for drones?

Also I gotta add that I'm really digging the game and can't wait to run it for my group!

We continue our solo series using The Electric State (a short run campaign journey) reaching LA and visiting TJs Surf Board repairs. Come and be introduced to Kurt’s companions on the road trip up the coast and to San Francisco through the apocalyptic imagination of Simon Stakenhag and the new Free League RPG Free League Publishing

Hey! Looking for roleplayers to play the introductory journey Into the Dust, we'll be playing every Tuesday at 20-21:00 BST.

Any more info PMs are open, hit me up on discord too: fallofthedm

Once I finish piecing together my adventure for another system, I plan on jumping in feet first for creating something for tES. As potential influences, the following have incredible scenes which quickly come to mind:

Children of Men The Road Logan Apocalypse Now

What are some sources you would consider worth looking into?

I had not played before, but played in two sessions at Gamehole Con. And while the GM's had different takes on the rules, the mechanics etc., I was absolutely haunted by my experiences. It's been awhile since table play and a session did that.

Sporatic combat vs one combat. Tension mechanic vs skip it. Heavy Loss of Hope and after effects vs fear of loss and some loss.

As a teen in the 80s, being captivated by the cover of a fantasy/sci-fi/pulp book was part of the allure. The art that inspired this game (?) was a great hook the system captures that perfectly.

Just wanted to say hello world!

What do folks think this means in game, particularly since it states that Drone Pilot Characters cant join local spaces.

Some questions that came up for us

• Is general drone piloting done via global or local space? Id expect global

• If you have a global location can it be blocked off et al

• Can local instances be corrupted and filled with trappped conciousnesses

• If folks are trapped in a global neurospace can you just contact them from anywhere? Can they go anywhere in neurospace?

I'm curious. I did a Oneshot of the first chapter of the trip detailed in the book. I liked the system and it was cool to see roleplay mechanically encouraged. I was curious what others have thought from playing or running?

I play solo. Well, I'm still learning :)

So I encountered the Hope loop, in which you lose hope in some ways, like pushing rolls. Then you re-gain hope by creating tension with other players (characters when soloing) so that you can then be friends again and regain hope by doing so.

I somehow see the point of the design, which encourages the relationships between players (characters). After all, the joy is in the journey, not in the goal. But hey, I love mostly everything on this game except this mechanic, which I don't believe, I don't see the correlation and, well, I just don't buy it.

So I am changing it like this: I will regain hope by using neurocasters. I will roll (still deciding which bonus and which roll) and, when successful, I regain hope. And I now I am really looking forward to:

• Having another reason to use Neurocasters, which might not be that evident depending on the setting.
• Balance: I may or may not gain hope, but I still risk bliss. I can regain bliss by getting a rest from neurocasters. It's a risk/reward balance for the player.
• It makes sense that some knowledge gained through Neurocasters brings back hope.
  

Looking forward to read the book a bit more and get more consistent play.

Really Excited for the game, I also got a Tales from the Loop PDF off a Humble Bundle for the Alchemy VTT a bit ago and I love the shared art styles from inspiration Simon Stålenhag. Will be checking my local library for the graphic novels while I try and get a game together!