Raygun Renegades
A downloadable tabletop RPG
The galaxy is a dark and chaotic place- that is, it was, until the people of Earth took to the stars. These courageous Earthlings heroically discovered dozens of planets and their inhabitants, and without even needing to be asked, incorporated them into a federation: the Galactic Authority.
For some reason, the arrangement didn't make everyone happy or usher in an age of peaceful enlightenment. Life within Authority space is a retrofuturist paradise for a few and a prison of oppressive conformity for most. There are conscientious objectors who protest the gunship diplomacy of the Authority. There are nay-sayers and rebels who insist on living, acting, and thinking the wrong way. To the paranoid powers that be, these renegades could be anywhere and look like anyone, and they threaten the continued prosperity of the core worlds.
That's you- you're the wrinkles that need ironing out. Life under the Authority's bootheel has gotten a little too cramped to stick around. You'll have to make your names as spacers on the fringes of the galaxy, where your oppressor's grasp is tenuous. Undoubtedly, those starchy bastards won't let you stay in one place for too long- there's probably some well-groomed, monologuing captain out there right now who's made it his life's purpose to catch you and stick you in a penal colony.
Don't let it happen! Evade the Authority, explore a strange galaxy, tussle with space pirates, and zap things with rayguns.
Gameplay
Raygun Renegades is 45-page TTRPG focused on hex-based tactical combat. It uses a d10 dice pool system and has a heavy emphasis on random loot. It has simple rules for ground combat and slightly crunchier rules for optional starship combat.
Features
- 11 crewmates
- 19 monster templates
- 100+ weapons, armor, upgrades, tech, and spell options
- 4 ship schematics
- All proceeds go to Trespasser, my current project!
Purchase
In order to download this tabletop RPG you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- 1.1May 26, 2022
Comments
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Hi there, could you clarify a little bit more what you mean by hex-based combat? Does it apply to both person-to-person combat and space combat? Is it sort of like The Fantasy Trip style or something different? Cheers!
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Thanks for asking! It's a turn-based combat system, you have a pool of d10s that you spend to perform different actions on your turn, and you can also bank them to perform reactions in response to triggers outside your turn (like shielding yourself from an attack). There are rules for taking cover, area-of-effect attacks... the usual for tactical combat. And the combat takes place on a hex grid.
The game has complete rules for skirmish combat, that is, ground combat between small groups of characters. It has a less fleshed out ruleset for starship battles based on the same system as ground combat, and starship battles also use a hex grid. Hope that clears things up!