#nerdburger

[madfishmonger]

Be Nice to Your Gaming Friends Day

Today is my buddy Craig's birthday so if you've bought one of his games in the past, please go leave a nice review on his page or say something nice about his games. If you haven't bought a game, go have a look and/or go tell your favourite creator, game master, or player something nice in his honour.

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: The Sun

Aleister Crowley: and now as we approach the winter solstice Crowley: great god apollo, great master brain thinker guy thoth Crowley: all the little thelematic sprites and boggles Crowley: now is the time that the great beast says Crowley: DO AS THOU WILT!! Crowley: I'M THE GREAT BEAST!!!

Crowley: now that its the winter solstice Crowley: its time to pay tribute to the spirits of the season Victor Neuburg: how're we gonna do that boss? Crowley: we're gonna eat this big block of hashish and fuck Crowley: love to keep the holiday traditions alive

Crowley: great sun god ra, hear our prayers and Lauren M Davis: [appearing in a flash] who dares call upon my fiery majesty? Davis: whom the egyptians named ra, the greeks named apollo, the aztecs named Huitzilopochtli? Davis: as the duly noted owner of the sun, that is infringing on my intellectual property Crowley: your...? Crowley: oh man i am too high for this right now

Lauren M Davis: since the dawn of time, mankind has yearned to destroy the sun Davis: i do the next best thing Davis: i own it! Davis: as surely as disney owns day of the dead Davis: as surely as family guy owns double dribble Davis: as surely as snapesnogger owns nagas Davis: i will copyright the sun!

Davis: Gaze upon the fiery majesty of the sun ©!!! Davis: NO on second thought, don't! Davis: no one look at me! Davis: you! plants! Davis: you dare to photosynesize with my holy rays?? Davis: I hope you got a good lawyer

Crowley: you can't own the sun Crowley: the sun is Crowley: Crowley: its Crowley: its you know Crowley: it's Victor Neuburg: its a star isn't it? Crowley: SHUT UP NERDBURG I KNOW WHAT THE SUN IS Crowley: I WAS JUST Crowley: I WAS JUST PAUSING FOR EFFECT OR SOMETHING Crowley: I DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU AT ALL, JUST SHUT UP!

[haveyouplayedthisttrpg]

Have you played LOW STAKES ?

By Craig Campbell and NerdBurger Games

Heavily inspired by What We Do In The Shadows, Low Stakes is a rules lite TTRPG where players take on the roles of monster roommates living in a house together going about daily life. As monsters, you all have your own powers that could come in handy but also your own personal issues that could get you into trouble. Sessions play out like episodes in a TV show complete with a documentary crew , characters gain confidence in their decisions and clout to sway their fellow roommates. Complete with “offscreen confessionals” where players talk to the film crew recording their house party or roadtrip.

[ttrpgbrackets]

The featured games!

In the interest of being a thoughtful community member, below are links to all of the games featured in our bracket, submitted by followers!

Ascendancy can be found on Ruby Soleil-Raine's itch.io.

Patchwork World can be found on Aaron King's itch.io page. Patfinder can be found on Paizo's online store.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Monster of the Week, For the Queen, and Blades in the Dark can be found at Evil Hat's online store.

Pokemon Tabletop Adventures 3rd Edition can be found here.

Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist can be found here.

BXLLET and its expansion SHXLL CASXNGS can be found on Legendary Vermin and Rathayibacter's itch.io pages.

Justicar can be found on Nevyn Holmes' itch.io.

Troika can be found on its website.

Exalted Third Edition can be found on Onyx Path's website.

Glitch can be found on Drivethrurpg.

Lancer can be found on Massif Press's Itch.io.

Monsterhearts and The Quiet Year can be found on Buried Without Ceremony's website.

Wraith: the Oblivion and Mage: The Ascension can be found from White Wolf on drivethrurpg.

Fiasco can be found from Bully Pulpit Games.

Chuubo's Marvelous Wish Granting Engine can be found on drivethrurpg.

Beam Saber can be found on Austin Ramsay's itch.io.

Spire: The City Must Fall and Heart: The City Beneath can be found from Rowan, Rook, and Dekkard

Guardian Mecha Generations is by Chris Longhurst, though a direct link could not be found by this author. Submissions and asks with more information are welcome.

Public Access can be found from The Gauntlet.

Leverage is no longer in print, but was designed by Cam Banks and Rob Donaghue for Margaret Weis Productions

Disparateum can be found on Rathayibacter's itch.io.

World Wide Wrestling is found on Nathan Paoletta's website.

10 million HP Planet can be found on Sandy Pug Games' Itch.io.

Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined can be found on Riley Hopkins' itch.io.

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying can be found from Cubicle 7 Games

City of Mist can be found from Son of Oak Games

Final Bid can be found on liberigothica's itch.io.

Apocalypse World can be found on its own website, by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker.

Lasers and Feelings by John Harper can be found on its own website.

We Are But Worms can be found on itch.io from Riverhouse Games

Kingdom can be found on Ben Robbins' website.

Kernel can be found on Ava Ayers' cohost.

Ironsworn: Starforged can be found on the Ironsworn website.

Capers can be found on NerdBurger's website.

Fellowship 2nd Edition can be found on liberigothica's itch.io.

Eidolon: Become Your Best Self can be found on the Eidolon Playtest patreon.

Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast can be found on Possum Creek Games

Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game can be found from Greater Than Games

Fathom can be found on Brandon McLeod's itch.io.

Apocalypse Frame can be found from Binary Star Games.

We Used to be Friends can be found on Jonathan Lavalee's website.

I was unable to locate a link to purchase or read Perennial Ultimatum: Bloomward. If you have any information on this game, please feel free to submit a post.

[petty-davis]

Good morning, nerdburgers

[bigtopburgerofficial]

Zomburger more like

Nerdburger!!!! #roasted #epic #cool #owned

[literalite]

Ok nerdburger it's time. you're on a deserted island with no reception or internet. How you got there is up to you, only 3 items from your luggage survived, what three things would u find. (Can't be survival items it can only be what you would have packed in your suitcase)

I RESENT MY INABILITY TO BRING A KNIFE .

one! coffee candy because i will literally pass out and die without caffeine and it'll last me longer

two! my key chain which sounds benign i guess but its a chain. like an actual chain that i attached my keys to. its the length of one of my arms and pretty heavy and hurts like a bitch

three! my glasses because if i don't have them i'll have one good eye only and if that gets taken out i'm basically blind which would make my chances of survival go down

[nawnlynyer]

Hey, nerdburger!

[starchild-26]

Needless to say, I’m pretty awesome 💁🏻‍♂️

[klick-klick]

He's a very good egg! Anniversary preseeeeeeeeeeeents for meeeeeeee! Thanks bebeh! 😘 . . . 📆 : 05.26.18 #anniversary #anniversarypresents #presents #gifts #giftwrapping #giftwrapped #waxsealstamp #waxstamp #waxstamps #waxseals #waxseal #lettersealstamp #lettering #wax #colouredwax #artsandcraft #art #artsy #mylove #ilovehim #theloveofmylife #iloveyou #myhandsomeman #lovethisguy #catchofalifetime #nerdburger #🤓🍔 #❤

[madfishmonger]

Running Games at Gencon!

Hey, I'm running some games at Gencon this year for Nerdburger Games! Here they are, if you're going to be there, come check out a game or two!

Capers: Tick Tock: Thursday, August 1/24, 10 am. Waking up from a rowdy party, you discover the boss' heirloom pocket watch has been stolen. Clean yourself up, ramp up your superpowers, and find that watch, or else! In CAPERS, you’re a super-powered gangster in the 1920s.

Staged Heroism: Cosmic Retirement Home for the Superpowered. Friday August 2, 10 am/Saturday August 3, 10 am

The number one rule at the Cosmic Retirement Home for the Superpowered is: "You're retired now. No more adventures!" However, something awfully suspicious is going on with a new experimental medical treatment. Use your lifetime of experience to expose the truth without compromising your future in this luxurious retirement home. Staged Heroism is a comedic game of supers, legacies, and kind of screwing up a lot.

I'll also be helping out at the Nerdburger booth, which will be here:

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Magic

Ray Bradbury: and so, at that dusty little carnival on that humid summer night Bradbury: that little boy saw real magic for the first time Aleister Crowley: c’mon, that’s not what real magic is Crowley: real magic is when get a woman to suck your dick so hard you can move objects with your mind Crowley: GO WILDCATS! Crowley: helps if you’re wearing a big pyramid hat with an eyeball on it Crowley: chicks cannot resist the big pyramid hat with the eyeball Crowley: [nudging Sonia greene] eh? Eh? Greene: it’s over aleister Crowley: I don’t get it, leah hirsig went mad with lust in 3 minutes Victor Neuburg: glavin I really like your pyramid hat aleister Crowley: S-SHUT UP NERDBURG Crowley: YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH OR I’LL POUND YOU [later] Crowley: [blushing, confused] h-he said he liked my pyramid hat <3

Alan Moore: [appearing in a cloud of smoke] Alan Moore: foolish hedge wizard!! Your powers are nothing compared to the arch magus! Moore: true magic is when you roll a natural 12 on your dexterity saving throw! Manly Wade Wellman: No way! Real magic is when you wrap a potato with red yarn and bury it under a widow’s doorstep  Eve Harms: you’re all full of it Harms: real magic is all about memorizing a really complicated math diagram

Ray Bradbury: you all claim you’re versed in the ways of magic Bradbury: but can any of you explain away the mystery of what makes a young man’s heart flutter pitter pat when he first calls on his lady friend, her freshly laundered shift dress rippling in the warm autumn breeze, to escort her to the barn dance down at Miller’s General Store? Moore: Crowley: Wellman: Harms:

Bradbury: also real magic is about electricity Bradbury: can any of you put a light bulb in your mouth and make it light up? Crowley: what, like uncle fester? Bradbury: yeah like uncle fester Crowley: Crowley: oh hell, I can’t compete with that Eve Harms: no but check out this diagram of eight intersecting triangles Harms: it’s called "the thinkological fulcrum" Crowley: whats it do Harms: if you cross your eyes just right, it shows you a biblically accurate angel Crowley: hmm Crowley: I could probably fuck that Crowley: here, show me how it works

[machinegunmeow]

Book 4 - I’m changing up the pace now. After 1984, I think I need something less dystopian. Marginal gains to high performance seems reasonably grounded enough. Has anyone read this book? . I’ll post my review of 1984 soon. . 📚 . #bookworm #matthewsyed #blackboxthinking #read #books #book4 #yearofreading #nerdburger #marginalgains #highperformance (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwaU6BgU_i/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y0julyg1buzl

[dragonfruitsoup]

road to ninja merc akatsuki was such wasted potential. please. pls. give. bring them back. [pounds fists on table] BRING THEM BACK!!!

[enlamadriguera]

This is a cute portrait I made for NerdBurger (Cazz). She talks about comic books and toys and that kind of cool stuff in her Youtube Channel. ♥

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[rpgsandbox]

It’s the 1920s Prohibition Era in the United States. Alcohol is illegal. Organized crime grows at an unprecedented rate as gangsters get rich selling hooch to a thirsty populace. You are one of those gangsters…and you have superpowers!

In the CAPERS tabletop roleplaying game, you portray a character with extraordinary abilities in the Roaring Twenties. As a gangster, you seek to exploit the law and get rich off of alcohol, gambling, prostitution, and racketeering. You join up with other players to collectively seek your fortunes in the vice-riddled, booze-soaked casinos and speakeasies of the Jazz Age.

Alternatively, you and the other players can portray members of law enforcement seeking to bring these criminals to justice.

The setting features some prominent, historical Prohibition Era characters but also a variety of gender-swaps and race-flips to make the game about more than mostly Italian and Irish guys. A slew of unique, fictional NPCs of all types have been created to give every player something to latch onto when perusing the game world.

CAPERS is a game of action, adventure, virtue, and vice in a world coming into its own. It’s a world of theft, fraud, subterfuge, and espionage. Your character will risk their life to find their place in this world, regardless of which side of the law they fall on.

When playing CAPERS, each player (and the GM) uses their own deck of standard, poker-style playing cards (52 suit cards plus 2 jokers) to determine if a character succeeds at difficult tasks.

The pip value of the card you flip (2, 3, and so on, up to ace high) determines success versus failure. The card’s suit determines the DEGREE of success or failure, starting at clubs (the worst) and going alphabetically upward to spades (the best). You’ll be able to flip multiple cards based on your character’s capability. You might flip the king of clubs, certainly a success with a king, but just barely a success with clubs.

Do you settle for barely successful or flip another card, hoping for a better result? Each flip is a gamble, risking failure.

Every backer at the Bootlegger level and higher gets the following. (Refer to individual backer levels for other rewards specific to that level.)

A PDF of the CAPERS game, approximately 150-160 pages in color, including all unlocked stretch goals. Projected book length is dependent upon hitting all stretch goals.

A variety of PDF support materials. See “Support Materials” for more information.

A link to purchase a soft or hardcover book at cost from DriveThruRPG.com later. See “Ordering Physical Books” for more information.

A link to purchase a deck of CAPERS-themed playing cards from DriveThruCards.com later. See “Ordering Cards” for more information.

A PDF of the CAPERS Preview Edition, made available to all backers shortly after the Kickstarter funds. (EDIT: The preview edition is available to backers NOW. Check out Update 7.) This preview edition is bare bones, with just enough information to run the game and is in black and white. It may read a bit differently from the final book. It contains some setting info, the rules, a handful of powers, some pre-generated characters, and an introductory adventure.

A thank-you in the book's credits.

These PDFs are free to all backers at the Bootlegger level and higher. They aren't necessary to play the game, but they can help.

Form-Fillable PDF Character Sheet: Print it and fill it out or type into it on your computer or tablet.

Rules One-Sheet: A handy one-page summary of the rules that you can reference on your tablet or print and make available to everyone at the table.  

GM Screen Sheets: Print them off for reference or slip them into the sleeves of generic GM screens. Portrait and landscape orientations available.  

Pre-Generated Characters: A series of starting characters ready to play. Half are gangsters. Half are members of law enforcement.

Rivals Adventure: An introductory adventure for gangster characters.

One Busy Night Adventure: An adventure for more advanced gangster characters.

Gloves Off Adventure: Yet another adventure for even more advanced gangster characters.

Are there more? Wait and see...

You can learn more about what went into making CAPERS as well as listen to some actual play by clicking the links below.

The One Shot Podcast folks are playing CAPERS this month.

CAPERS interview on Gaming Ballistic.

Brie Sheldon's Thoughty Blog.

I talk to Misdirected Mark about games that don't use dice.

I ran a game for some fine folks at DSPN Presents.

I talked about using real world history in a game with Table Top Babble.

I popped into Nerdarchy three hours into the Kickstarter.

Kickstarter campaign ends: Fri, April 6 2018 2:00 AM BST

Website: NerdBurger Games