The Grinning Frog
Game Publishers
Hey everyone Frog overlord here,
It has only been four days since we launched Protocol Runners but we have already hit half of our stretch goals! So thank you to everyone who has backed and supported us so far.
This is not only good for the campaign, but also the wider universe itself. With more Runners, there might be a chance to save humanity itself before its too late...
Story
Humanity has spread far into the galaxy; the advancements of technology and medicine have allowed humans to both conquer worlds and live far longer than before. However, constant expansion and the ever needing pressure to grow led to certain human factions growing disillusioned with the main established order. And after careful planning and backdoor negotiations to other fellow minded leaders - Humanity split into various violent groups.
This fracture led to the Wars of Unreason, the largest and most devastating civil war in universe history.
Protocol Runners is set six decades into this conflict. Billions are dead. Millions of planets left in ruins. It is not a matter of who will win, but, who will die first.
Your job is not to stop the war, simply limit its reach. Win - The galaxy survives. Fail - It is the end of life as we know it
Stretch goals
Major cards are your ultra powerful abilities that are used in specific situations - Reshuffling opponents, granting free items. These come with greater risk, for every card played your alert meter increases. Once this hits a specific number you will be hunted down by search & destroy squads.
Minor are less powerful and yet more general. They come with less risk (fewer-no alerts) when used and apply to a wider span of encounters - Combats, traps, NPCs or challenges.
(Blue border: Major / Rainbow: Minor)
Free downloadable sample pages
The red link below will take you to a google drive containing eight pages. Number 2-3 is the current format of how the adventure will look and read, we welcome all feedback.
It's one thing to explain how the game will look but for most (including myself) its better to see the product itself. As far as the content goes, everything is subject to change as these are draft documents and have not yet been finalised or reviewed by our editor.
Currently we are planning to release both the first adventure and rulebook in seperate booklets. In this case we have merged them together for viewing ease.
Protocol Runners: Sample pages
That's all for now and if you want to check out more then click any of the blue hyperlinks to be taken to our kickstarter page! We will continue to release weekly updates on here and also have plans to release more sample pages as and when we have them.
Join us to save the universe from the warring human factions!
Until next time see you on the battlefield,
Ben (Junior Frog Executive)
It has only been four days since we launched Protocol Runners but we have already hit half of our stretch goals! So thank you to everyone who has backed and supported us so far.
This is not only good for the campaign, but also the wider universe itself. With more Runners, there might be a chance to save humanity itself before its too late...
Story
Humanity has spread far into the galaxy; the advancements of technology and medicine have allowed humans to both conquer worlds and live far longer than before. However, constant expansion and the ever needing pressure to grow led to certain human factions growing disillusioned with the main established order. And after careful planning and backdoor negotiations to other fellow minded leaders - Humanity split into various violent groups.
This fracture led to the Wars of Unreason, the largest and most devastating civil war in universe history.
Protocol Runners is set six decades into this conflict. Billions are dead. Millions of planets left in ruins. It is not a matter of who will win, but, who will die first.
Your job is not to stop the war, simply limit its reach. Win - The galaxy survives. Fail - It is the end of life as we know it
Stretch goals
- Void card (Minor) added to the deck -
- Adventure Expanded -
- Additional lore content relating to your primary adversaries -
- Void card (Major) - locked
- Expanded reference codex -
- Two new character backgrounds -
Major cards are your ultra powerful abilities that are used in specific situations - Reshuffling opponents, granting free items. These come with greater risk, for every card played your alert meter increases. Once this hits a specific number you will be hunted down by search & destroy squads.
Minor are less powerful and yet more general. They come with less risk (fewer-no alerts) when used and apply to a wider span of encounters - Combats, traps, NPCs or challenges.
(Blue border: Major / Rainbow: Minor)
Free downloadable sample pages
The red link below will take you to a google drive containing eight pages. Number 2-3 is the current format of how the adventure will look and read, we welcome all feedback.
It's one thing to explain how the game will look but for most (including myself) its better to see the product itself. As far as the content goes, everything is subject to change as these are draft documents and have not yet been finalised or reviewed by our editor.
Currently we are planning to release both the first adventure and rulebook in seperate booklets. In this case we have merged them together for viewing ease.
Protocol Runners: Sample pages
That's all for now and if you want to check out more then click any of the blue hyperlinks to be taken to our kickstarter page! We will continue to release weekly updates on here and also have plans to release more sample pages as and when we have them.
Join us to save the universe from the warring human factions!
Until next time see you on the battlefield,
Ben (Junior Frog Executive)
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