ieadAM MIND THE MAP aon A metro system exploration RPG By Sam Bell /Anne Bertran/Leon Hewitt /Katrina Rose hewittLeon.itch.o/mind-the-map Humanity has fled from the surface and moved to ‘the metro. You are part of a community Living in a central underground settlement and tasked with pploring the Lines of the metro map in pursult of ‘making your people's lives better. But others also lay claim to the subterranean network... What are ‘you willing to compromise to make a home? This is ‘a Di2based, post-apocalyptic roleplaying game about connections and community. NAVIGATING THE GAME A group of players and a GM decide on themes ‘and types of play they want to explore, and the GM selects game elements (such as factions) ‘that draw on these themes to create plot hooks. Use a metro map and work together to narrate ‘your journey from a central settlement. The GM ‘can use random tables to introduce complica- tions to the adventure. TRAVEL GUIDANCE + Rely on your Fallow passengers, + Hold on to your ticket. If It's Lost so are you. + The further you stray from the centre, the ‘more unpredictable life will be. + Please mind the gap between the train and the platform, CHARACTER CREATION You are one of thousands Living in these tunnels; they are all anyone has known for generations. The dim light, the echoing clangs of metal and the spirits in the cables have altered the physi- ‘cal and mental traits of those who live here. To build a character, roll or choose from the table for a physical characteristic, a skill, and a flaw. Additionally, choose a desire, memory, item, character bond, and characteristic that ‘make you who you are, and write them on the a: sociated ticket stubs. Darkvision Electrical Engineer (technology) Hotheaded TICKETS AND STUBS A character's ticket is their character sheet. It re- Presents their ability to physically and mentally navigate the tunnels, Tickets also have several. tearable stubs which are removed when an action drastically falls. When a player Loses the Last stub ‘on their ticket, their character cannot continue with the quest and must be retired. ACTION ROLLS. When players do something meaningful that invol- ves an element of risk, the GM should call for an action roll. By default, players roll 2D12, taking the highest roll as their result. Ifa roll falls under the character's Ifa character's Flaw is relevant tothe situation, specialism, the dice poot is the dee pea reduced to 1D12, 29302 If both specialism and flaw are appropri, players roll 2012, but the fry consequences should bbe more patent. ROLL RESULTS 1-3: Player fails, stub torn off 4-6: Player falls 7-9: Player succeeds with drawback 10-12: Player succeeds USING STUBS You may find unused stubs on your journey to Use instead of your own. Players can sacrifice a stub for a guaranteed full success on one ‘action. If this Is thelr final stub they go out in 2 blaze of glory, ‘Acute hearing ‘Track Runner (agility) Spineless. ‘Tremor sense Conductor (sociability) Ruthless. Hyperosmia (enhanced smell) | Mechanical Engineer (strength) Loud Magnetoreception ‘Chemist (alchemy) Obsessive Extrasensory perception ‘Occuleist (magle) ‘ClumsyFACTIONS Pick a metro map. The game is designed to work with real-life metro maps of any city, as Long as they have three or more lines. Some real-life maps that work well: Toronto, Rome, Xuzhou, Buenos Aires, Tehran, Sofia. For a short game, choose three factions and assign each to a different line of the under- ground network. For longer games, Include more factions. Think of a different goal for each ‘of the in-play factions. If your party enjoy high-confliet stories, these goals should not be mu: ‘tually compatible. For a more di- plomatic style of game, the oals should be disparate but reconcilable. hooks: why home 1 | Their home is under threat of annexation from a hostile faction, RUNNING THE GAME Use these tables to help you flesh out the world of your story. Rell or ‘choose according to the themes you want to explore with the players. oer ene rr ‘Annuclear war levelled the world; the Lands above are uninhabitable. ‘The few who remain are now mutated past the scope of humanity. 2 | Motherworldly invasion left the world above a scarred wasteland Inhabited only by aliens. 3 | Toxic atmosphere drove the surface dwellers below ground. The air is, too polluted to breathe without special protections. ‘A sacred calling from the Tunnels summoned your people below ‘ground, To return above would be sacrilege of the highest order. Rising sea Levels, acid rain and uninhabitable temperatures. The tunnels beneath were the only place Left to go. | | Resource scarcity Led to civil war. The only place to go was down, and nobody ever Looked back up. eee ee 1_| Religious zealots who find rapture in the purity of the electric spark. 2_| Milcane authoritarians and ultra-capitalists who rule with an iron fi 3_| Druids who tend to the mycelium network and seek balance above all 4_ | Firebrand rebels bent on tearing the whole place down 5 | Monsters human or otherwise) from the world beyond the tunnels, {6 | Poor souls who have Lost their tickets and therefore themselves. They will do anything to get another. 2. | The power has stopped ‘working, they must find out why and restore it ere ees 1 ‘A cavesin blocks your route. You will have to find another way. 3 | Shipments of vital resources from a previously friendly 2_ | You encounter a smatl group of traders selling goods. 3 | Ticket inspectors verify the validity of your ticket. Your ticket is not faction have stopped. considered valid if it is too damaged (at GM's diseretion). 4 | Fallout from the surface 4_ | Atrain speeds toward the party - find cover, stop It, or be destroyed. begins to creep down - find a E Lacs e Z new safe place to call home. 5 | Mutated rats crawl out from the walls. 5 | An important community 6 | Faction radicals attempt to collapse the tunnel above you. figure has gone missing Bring 7 | All of the signs in the area have been changed, either by faction agents| iam tome ‘or spirits. No matter which route you take, you end up in the same © | The party awakens at the place at the end of the day. os eee 8 | Dangerous elements from the surface creep down into the tunnels. 9 | This station is an active war zone between two factions. Fight through | it or negotiate between the sides. DERAILMENTS 10 | Faction radicals block the path and will allow progress only to those ‘The further from the centre of the ‘who share their allegiance. network you are, the more dang rous it is, Faction Ideology beco- mes more extreme, tunnels are no Longer maintained, and wild beasts prowl. For every two stations out from the central station you are, in- ‘crease the die rolled by a category [d4 to dé to d8 to di0 to di2).