Author: Fernando Gomes

Hi guys.

Does anyone have an horror story in The Sprawl?

I’m thinking about a 2-part session. The first one is the usual get info/people/research/etc about a virus.

The second will be more horror oriented. The players will get to the source of the virus: a cabin in the woods (evil dead feelings).

And below it a huge lab… where something (or someone) went bad.

But I’m trying to put more horror and uneasiness in this session. Could someone help?

Thanks!

Hi, guys!

I would like to know how you are handling nanomachines/nanites on your missions.

I want to, slowly as possible, present this technology to the players, but I don’t want to create “the perfect” weapon, instead I want to show the dangers, destruction as well the cost x benefits.

Can you help me?

Hello, everyone.

I think I’m making myself a fool here, but I have a problem with ICE and how to defeat them:

Page 159 – Compromise Security

The move states that ICE can be activated/deactivated

Page 156 – ICE

Here it is said that ICEs cannot be disabled with compromise security and we have to use melt ICE.

Sooooo….which one is correct? To me it should be the second (ICEs will be defeated only with melt ICE), but what do you guys think?

Thanks for you help.

Hi, guys.

I’m here just to say that my first mission (I was the MC) was a total fun, epic, awesome blast!

I MCed (is this the correct verb? hehe) for a hacker and a soldier. First time ever, for both, in The Sprawl/Apocalypse Engine. They loved the interaction and how they can create/change the world and its history. We all came from D&D but I have been working with Dungeon World/Spirit of 77 for a while.

The mission was simple: retrieve a safe deposit box from a bank. The soldier used to do some security jobs for this banking corporation and knew two or three workers needing money that could help in the mission.

The hacker managed to create a fake record saying that the safe deposit would be requested by a security team (guided by the soldier).

But, as always, rolls go bad and, suddenly, they were locked inside the vault, with a lot of drones and security forces surrounding the building.

The players were amazed and always talking/thinking how they would get out of this mess.

Sadly my time ran out (3 hour session) and I had to leave. Next week we’ll continue.

I had to share with you all this great moment we had.

To Hamish: dude….dude….great work!