Escape the Organ Rail (One-Shot) - Frontier Scum - Acid Western RPG

“You are prisoners aboard the Organ Rail, a penal train clad in black iron, spewing blood-red smoke as it rattles across the tracks of the Big Nothing. Rumors say its belly-vault contains the confiscated swag and treasures of a thousand robberies gone wrong.

The next stop is Fort Gullet, where you will be hanged for your crimes, so you better get a wiggle on! To get out alive, you will need enough supplies to get you across the sweltering sands to the swamp oasis of Sickwater; no straight shootin’ lawfolk would ever set foot in that veritable rat’s nest of thieves and outlaws. Yup, that’s your only chance.

Of course, it would not hurt to have a look in that vault where you are here … could it?”

For those familiar with the TTRPG Mork Borg, this is its acid western cousin Frontier Scum where you play not as heroes but as scum struggling to make a living on the unforgiving Lost Frontier. It is a d20 system where your rolls are based on four abilities. While there are different “backgrounds” that are the equivalent of classes, there are no advantages or disadvantages to whichever background you pick. It is whatever flair you bring to the character! I will bring pre-generated characters as well as blank character sheets for anyone interested in seeing how the character creation process works.

Players should bring a standard set of seven dice, pencils and paper. No experience is necessary! I will make sure to go over all the rules and mechanics before we start and provide everyone with a rules overview sheet for reference.

Being of the OSR style and of the same vein as Mork Borg, Frontier Scum is a rules-light and deadly game where your max HP can only get up to 9 and guns will auto-hit. So try not to get too attached to your character and take all the chances and take plenty of risks!