Dark Metal - Solo or Co-Op SciFi Tabletop Adventure RPG
A project in Seattle, WA by TSS Creative000days
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A narrative driven solo or cooperative, bring your own minis, party based, tactical RPG playable as a board game or miniatures game.
Backers: 27
Average Pledge Per Backer: $20
Funded: $538 of $1,800
Dates: Nov 27th -> Dec 13th (16 days)
Project By: TSS Creative
Backers: 27
Average Pledge Per Backer: $20
Funded: $538 of $1,800
Dates: Nov 27th -> Dec 13th (16 days)
Project By: TSS Creative
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Latest News
A big thank you! 
December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Adjusting Difficulty in the Campaign
December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
I tried to write the campaign scenarios at a low to mid level of difficulty for someone familiar with tactics or strategy games (either video games or tabletop games). I think I've mostly succeeded, with the boss fight being reasonably difficult. It... (Read More)
Pregen Character Background
December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I wanted to share one of the character backgrounds that I've written. This is tentatively for the Sword and Pistol character, but could work for one of the others as well. The tube grown daughter of two earth born scientists, Terra was never... (Read More)
Building a Well Balanced Squad
December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Generally, you will want to build your squad around the multi scenario campaigns that are planned to form the core of the game experience. All of the pregenerated squads have four Allies to support the Squad Leader character. Having a Medic and/or a... (Read More)
The Knowledge and Communication Traits
December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I wrote about the six base traits in Dark Metal briefly in a previous update. Here they are again: Athletics - Close combat skill Precision - Ranged combat skill Instinct - Not getting hit Awareness - Seeing things (traps, small enemies, other... (Read More)
Meet the Eight Pregenerated Builds
December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
The eight pregen characters are listed in the following table: The Play Difficulty column is a general rating on how complex the character is to play. The Type is a 1-2 word summary of the build, and the Notes describe a bit about what their traits... (Read More)
Different Ways to Track Health and Ammo
December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been using one of three ways to track health for the characters, depending on what kind of playthrough I'm doing and where. The first is the paper method using the squares as provided on the character sheet. The Health and Power squares are... (Read More)
A Scenario for the Holidays
December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Rather than just put up one of the existing scenarios here, I'd thought it would be cool to make a free one for you to take a look at, with a holiday-esque theme. This scenario is on the more complicated side and is currently untested. I will be... (Read More)
Powered Weapons in Dark Metal
December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Fusion reactors are the premiere power source available to the denizens of the known galaxy. Unfortunately, they are difficult and expensive to manufacture, requiring a complex chain of advanced factories. They are robust and can provide large... (Read More)
Pregenerated Character and Squad Breakdown
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Before play, you will need to either construct a Squad Leader and their allies, or choose one of the pregenerated characters. Each of the pregen characters is made of four sections spanning a total of 7 pages. The first section is a page with a... (Read More)
Some Black Friday to Cyber Monday Deals
November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Just some of our favorite deals. Will post more game content tomorrow! DriveThruRPG sales are ending Monday night https://www.drivethrurpg.com/featured.php?promotion_id=2019-BFRPG Heresy Lab has a one day sale, ending tomorrow, on their front page:... (Read More)
Character Generation
November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
A big thank you to those who have backed so far! I'll be keeping an eye on the comments if you have any questions. I thought I'd talk a little about Character Generation today. Dark Metal comes with at least 8 pre-generated characters and their... (Read More)
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