Katanas & Trenchcoats: Retromodern Roleplaying
A project in Seattle, WA by Ryan Macklin000days
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Embrace the dream of '90s tabletop roleplaying through the darkness-fueled madness of immortals, werebeasts, car wizards, and more!
Backers: 895
Average Pledge Per Backer: $37
Funded: $32,766 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 1st -> May 1st (30 days)
Project By: Ryan Macklin
Backers: 895
Average Pledge Per Backer: $37
Funded: $32,766 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 1st -> May 1st (30 days)
Project By: Ryan Macklin
$32,766
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 1 @ 03:01 -0400 GMT
327%
of goal
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Latest News
Nearing the Campaign's End! 
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +7 Grandeur points for the story of Ciaran Morgan, tied to Connor Lin and Snake-Eyes Delgado +5 points for the story of Connor Lin +6 points for the story of Kallisto, tied to Ciaran Morgan +5 points for this immortal taking a... (Read More)
Creating Your Immortal's Story, Call for Artists
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +5 Grandeur points for some Darkest Seattle fanfic +5 points for more backdrops on #YOLF from Lynne Hardy +2 points for some Twitter fiction +5 points for Werepig art! +5 points for a fan-made Pinterest board! +1 point for tagging... (Read More)
What it Means to be an Immortal
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +7 points for this moment in a Darkest Art Gallery (5 for being a character, and another 2 points for being the first character photo I've seen!) +45 points for all the great rumor/hook submissions on the #YOLF hashtag! +5 points... (Read More)
Guiding Story Masters on Aphotic Journies
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +5 Grandeur points for these potential backdrops (one, two, three) +20 points for four (!) write-ups of locations in Darkest Vancouver (one, two, three, four) +2 points for this stunning immortal. Well played, Victoria. +4... (Read More)
Going Color, System Overview Part 3: Character Knowledge
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +5 Grandeur points for this actual play tweetstorm +2 points for this rickety backdrop +10 points for reaching $22K (and blowing past $21K)! Current points: 321! Since we're just four points shy, I'm going to post the next five... (Read More)
My Ethos as a Creator, and Hardcover Editions!
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +6 Grandeur points for a fantastic fan song contribution +8 points for the longest fanfic piece written so far +62 points for all the tweet fiction over the weekend! Check out the #YOLF tag on Twitter. +5 points for hitting $20K!... (Read More)
What Are Car Wizards, Really?
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +6 points for these pictures from @8_panelgrid: one, two, three +5 points for the first set of lyrics, posted to Twitter! +2 points for this bit of Twitter fiction +5 points for crossing the $19K mark! Current points: 223! Soooooo... (Read More)
System Overview Part 2: Basic Rules
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +5 points for the start of A FREAKING SONG, the details of which are at the bottom of this update +5 points for a sonnet composed in a previous update +2 points for micro-fiction on Twitter: "Some days, the thing I miss most in a good... (Read More)
My Darkest Legion & the Beautiful Cacophony
April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Metagame Update +5 Grandeur points for having the video transcribed (which means the video now has closed captioning!) +5 points for Jay Edidin doing a sharpie tat of YOLF on my knuckles! (I'm allowed to award points for that; I was the canvas, not... (Read More)
The Eleven Splats Described
April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
First, Metagame Update +5 Grandeur points for this self-proclaimed "terrible" fan art of a werebeast with a katana. +5 points for this fiction of another werebeast. This is clearly Werebeast Friday! So I'm going to award 2 extra points for being... (Read More)
System Overview Part 1: Essences & Domains
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
The first Wednesday of the campaign means the first post about the system behind Katanas & Trenchcoats. At its core, the dice system K&T uses is familiar: You take a thing that looks like a core attribute and a thing that looks like a skill.... (Read More)
First Unlock! And a Clearer Metagame
April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Grandeur point total: 105! 70 for hitting $14,000 (5 per $1000) 5 for a fan film script (whose writer is looking for a person or two for filming in the greater Seattle area) 5 for horrifying my dreams with "Red Hood & The Yolfman: A Standalone... (Read More)
Why the Focus on Immortals?
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
It's Monday, so here's another bit about the game! Turns out that when you have ageless immortal humans and undying vampires in the same setting, people ask: "What makes immortals special?" And that's a super-great question I've been playing with... (Read More)
The Metagame: Unlocking New Stuff
April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
It's common for tabletop game Kickstarter campaigns to have stretch goals, with new stuff that gets unlocked at different amounts of funding. I like that first part, but I'm also throwing a lot of conventional wisdom out the door, so I'm not gonna... (Read More)
What Makes Katanas & Trenchcoats Different?
April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I've received this question a couple times today and a few times in the past year, and given that Katanas & Trenchcoats is a riff game at its core, it's a super pertinent question. And since it's a Friday, here's the first of the game info posts!... (Read More)
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