PLANET FIST | Satirical Sci-fi Narrative Wargame

Creating your character

PLANET FIST character creation is meant to be done at the table. The creation mechanics establish existing relationships between your squad members, with intertwined backstories at time of creation. In PLANET FIST, creation is a storytelling opportunity—its own kind of play. I'll be there to walk you through the process. Squad creation usually takes 1-1.5 hours, leaving plenty of time to play a full mission in the remaining window!

Preparing for the session

✅ Players will be provided a free prerelease PDF copy of PLANET FIST: Faithless Edition—a near finished new edition of the game. ✅ Players are encouraged to read the player section of the rulebook before the game, to maximize their ability to apply the rules & player's tools at the table, but there's no need to memorize & reading isn't even required. Jess will be there to guide players through the rules throughout play, and teach them from scratch at the beginning if needed! Additionally: ✅ Players will need to join either a Discord server or Discord group chat (if they would prefer not to join a new server) ✅ The game will be hosted via a Discord audio call. ✅ Players will be polled on both their comfort and desire with inclusion of video—if everyone is comfortable and anyone desires it, we'll play with video on. ✅ If some players are uncomfortable with video, but anyone would like me as GM to have my video on, I am also opening to being the only one on video! ✅ I'll show the battlemap through the free, easy-to-use VTT Owlbear Rodeo—though if players all agree they'd be more comfortable with another VTT, I can accommodate and switch! ✅ Google Sheets will be used for character sheets

What Jess brings to the table

⭐️ Raucous, gonzo, silly, and darkly comedic combat 🔫 ⭐️ Narrative and relational storytelling moments suffused throughout combat 🫂 ⭐️ Heavily stylized and dramatic character voices 🗣️ ⭐️ Unique and interesting NPCs full of personality 📚 ⭐️ Over 15 years of GM experience 📣 ⭐️ A professional educator's ability to teach new and unfamiliar systems 👩‍🏫 ⭐️ An award-winning game designer's ability to make flexible rulings on the fly 🎲

How Jess creates a safe table

Given that PLANET FIST is full of video game-y hyperviolence, the proper use of safety tools & safety discussions is particularly important. To that end, in addition to lines & veils, PLANET FIST uses a unique tool at the beginning of the session, where players respond "Yes", "No", or "Hell Yeah" to the following items. Any of which that have at least one "No" are removed, and any elements with any "Hell Yeah"s and 0 "No"s are emphasized. 💥 HIT DESCRIPTIONS: Describing where and how people get hurt, beyond just that they're "hurt" or "hit." PLANET FIST can be a bit difficult to play without this, but not impossible! 💥 VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE: Team Fortress 2 & Quake style "gibbing" in which you might describe bodies exploding into (potentially bloodless) chunks which scatter and roll before dissolving into a cloud of spent nanos. 💥 BLOOD: Bloodied bodies, blood on the ground. At the "Hell Yeah" level, could even indicate blood spray, blood splatter on the walls, or explosions into fine mists of blood. 💥 BODY HORROR: Let's be more than bloody. This violence is meant to terrify. In addition: ✅ A Lines and Veils document will be sent out beforehand for players to add lines and veils, then reviewed at the beginning of the session ✅ Players may send X (stop), N (change direction), or Os in chat or by indicating them verbally—as I always tell my players, I used the X-card live on a stream demonstrating one of my own games, so believe me, it's totally okay to use the X-card! ✅ There is an Open Door policy, and players are welcome to leave or pause play at any time In addition, it should be noted that the particular adventure being run for this one-shot includes a "combat stimulant" drug as a plot point. This drug is not depicted as addictive in any way, nor are themes of addiction depicted at all.