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Troika!: The Wild Cards
A renowned but either desperate or delusional patron has reached out to you. They need a team to go on a job. Get to the briefing room… if you can…
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About the adventure
- They needed a team. They got…you. - A renowned but either desperate or delusional patron has reached out to you. They need a team to go on a job for them, and somehow they think you will be “a great fit for this exciting opportunity”. Whatever your reasons for showing up, you have. Your first task is simple. Make it to the briefing room on the sixth floor of the Blancmange & Thistle Hotel and bond with your new “colleagues” on the way. At least it pays well. You’re sure it pays well. That’s what you heard. - Strap in for Troika!: The Wild Cards, a gloriously chaotic fantasy RPG. - Played using the Troika! system, your journey unfolds across the Humpbacked Sky, a realm where floating islands, impossible creatures, and desperate patrons await your unlikely talents. Forget your traditional heroes; you're part of an eccentric crew navigating the bewildering, multi-sphered cosmos of Troika! Expect strange jobs, even stranger creatures, and adventures that will test both skill and luck. In The Wild Cards we will play through the adventure material of the Blancmange & Thistle Hotel to let everyone settle into their characters, get used to everyone’s play style, and work out on a scale yet to be defined how much they regret their life choices. (If you’ve played this opening adventure before then you already know it’s just a great backdrop for new parties to tell stories against as there are dozens of options to move through it.) Afterwards the party (or whoever has survived) will go on to play the adventure material of the Eye of Aeons. It’s a campaign that will focus on the rule of cool and role playing, as well as having fun. No idea how long it will last, it depends on what pace and tone the group decide to set. The players will own that, not the GM. We will play using Discord and the theatre of the mind. For later adventures if players vote for it, we can have maps (where they exist) through Owlbear Rodeo. Don’t worry if you haven’t played the system before. We will teach as we play. The GM (that’s me, hi) will provide a private Discord server for your group that has a dice bot, background information on the system including rules summaries, a form fillable pdf for character sheets if you want to use it, and the option of background music during the session through a sound bot. We will have a code of conduct and safety checklists to make sure that we remember to treat each other like human beings and can have fun in a made-up world without making each other personally upset (ain’t nobody got time for that).
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Meet the Game Master
2 years on StartPlaying
6 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Inclusive
About me
Hello there. I’m Suse, and I’m here to guide you through worlds where the weird and wonderful collide. For more than 25 years – one does never ask a lady her age – through character sheets untold and game systems unnumbered, I have played and GM’d my way here to the StartPlaying portal to now share some of those worlds with you. Roll sanity checks for me in Delta Green, indulge me as to how your ogre sous chef wishes to cook up a storm in Troika!, or roll +Cool in Monster of the Week for your Mundane to Act Under Pressure after I’ve made a Hard Move against them. I’m a ‘yes, and’ kind of ref with a dash of ‘rule of cool’. I believe the best stories are those we tell together, where your wild ideas are celebrated and your characters truly shine in their spotlight, in a safe and welcoming environment. Who will you play at my table?
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Sets the Mood
Inclusive
Suse is a fantastic GM. She did a thorough and streamlined session 0, had clearly put in a tonne of work in preparation, and had us onboarded and ready to go smoothly and easily. Now that we have begun the game proper, the story is interesting; the atmosphere is thrilling; the use of art, music, and effects is impressive without being distracting; and the overall experience has been incredible. I cannot recommend Suse' games enough - a wonderful experience all-around!
So far only just on session zero, so a lot of it was the initial setup but Suse was very good, she ran through and clearly described how everything was going to work, she talked through rules, code of conduct and checked in with everyone with a survey on any potential trigger subjects. She worked with us all both in public and in private channels to help us finish off our characters, their back stories and individual hooks into the game. This gave us some time for all the players to get to know each other as well as to understand the game. Because she gave us our hooks and so forth individually, once everyone was setup and we started to play, we were able unveil our characters to each other so there is still a fair amount of mystery about them, so you get the joy of that slow reveal. Not only that but she had prepared background music to set the tone, and materials showing us the places and the NPC characters that we were meeting and a map of the town, but she only revealed these to us as we encountered each of the places and people. Overall very happy with the story, and excited to see where it's going!
Character creation
Creating your character
Character creation will happen mostly in session zero. The GM will walk/talk you through the process. Selection will be from the core Troika! setting book. Form fillable pdf available for those who want it (recommended for those new to the system). Characters joining after session zero will have a private (and free) meeting with the GM to cover this.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You’ll need a Discord account and some kind of internet capable device to access it. Microphone recommended to help sound quality as all game play is theatre of the mind. Quiet space to play from to reduce background noise/distraction beneficial for the same reason. You don’t need to read anything ahead of time. A dice bot will be provided.
What Suse brings to the table
I’m a ‘yes, and’ kind of ref with a dash of ‘rule of cool’. I believe the best stories are those we tell together, where your wild ideas are celebrated and your characters truly shine in their spotlight, in a safe and welcoming environment. You can expect plenty of room to tell your own part of the collective story and an equal share of the spotlight. I get a lot of personal joy running Troika! and am looking forward to sharing this with you all.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Suse creates a safe table
Code of conduct for all involved. Safety checklists to set mutually agreed boundaries in play. Pause, Rewind, and Skip mechanic. Open door policy. Breaks.