BACKSPACE
A downloadable supplement
Six new Labels and their Servers for HARDCASE by Thursday Garreau.
Each new Label comes with a Perk, but all of these include drawbacks.
Nothing is free.
Includes...
- A 7-page PDF with text anchors
- A text-only version
- A text-only, dyslexia-friendly version
Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This supplement requires HARDCASE to play.
It also plays well with…
HARDPLACE by Binary Star Games.
HARDSCRABBLE by Charles Gillespie.
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What a lovely treat! Thank you so much for yet another piece of HARDCASE's growing world <3
Big fan of: As a lifelong insomniac, I think your take here is really elegant. KBD is incredibly cute, and and is a good reminder to include more insufferable influencers/microcelebrities in the game overall. Voyager has a wonderful little Perk. Academic set my brain on fire - how have I never thought of education in this world before! You've totally *got* the voice for Online stuff: believing OWLS is a secret acronym, a pair of unrelated cult leaders wannabes, a two-faced cheerleader/troll, the wide variety of Exostation posters... Gorgeous minimalist layout throughout, too!
Jack-off-All-Trades-Masturb8-Em got a loud guffaw out of me, as did Tooter.
Critique: If Defector is meant to give a Label Perk from all 3 chosen Labels, I think that could be spelled out a little more clearly - it currently sounds like you get all of their Perks, which is a lot! I'll also say, if it's not too rude, that the combination of 1 ability and frequently modifying the core of play or the starting state of play almost makes these feel more like Origins than Labels? There's a lot of good stuff in them, though!
Wow, thank you so much for your feedback! I'm elated to hear these thoughts -- especially that I got the Online vibe and the fact that Academic opens up some compelling possibilities for the world. Plus, thank goodness you approve of the way Insomniac functions! I've dealt with some insomnia before, but it's mostly my partner who struggles with it, so I'm glad the Label seems to do insomnia justice.
Defector is indeed supposed to garner the HC all three Label Perks; I figured starting with a Threat and a perpetual Condition (since only three Conditions means death) was a big enough nerf to offset the wealth of Perks. But perhaps not! Also, it's not at all too rude to point out the mechanical dissonance between what I've created and the intended function of Labels! I'm unsure how to address this -- maybe tweak the Perks? I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, since I think the Servers I've made for each new "Label" work well.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts! Makes me smile.
I think the easiest 'fix' would be to just tie the Servers to the Origins, honestly? TRUTHSEEKER introduces a Server that isn't attached to any Label at all as part of a Mystery, and I could definitely imagine more of them cropping up around all sorts of things other than just Labels! Don't feel pressured to tweak it on my behalf, though <3
Thank you again for the lovely expansion!
Excellent, I will think on this.
Thank you for reading/commenting and for creating the incredible HARDCASE in the first place!