Another (very brief) update.
Layout on the POD edition is almost complete. Just working up a sandbox (teaser below) and some associated assets to round off the project. Once I'm happy with all the content, I'll get the book upped to Lulu and pull the trigger on the proof copy.
Extremely excited to get this finished and in to your augmented hands.
More soon. :)
Just a quick heads-up that I've recently made some good progress on the layout of the swanky new POD version of Sprawl Goons: Upgraded. I'm in the last stages before I submit to Lulu for a proof copy, so we are now looking at a matter of weeks to release.
This version collates all the material from the original rules, plus the contents of both the Booster Pack and the Plug-In Pack, with a revised layout. There are also select vehicle rules from Metal Express included in this release. There are some (minor) revisions, mostly for clarity, but this version will also include some extras. More details when the book is released into the wild.
In the meantime, here's a couple of spreads from the book to prove it's really a thing, actually. ;)
Put the pedal to the metal in your Sprawl Goons campaigns, with Metal Express!
Inside you'll find (lite) rules for vehicle types, plus tables of abilities, quirks, bolt-ons and interiors, to customise your ride.
There's new rules for manoeuvres, races and chases, vehicles in combat and dogfights, control rolls, ramming, pedestrians, collisions, along with the really big guns - missiles, cannons, decoys, and more - and the necessary vehicle crits table, for when it all goes horribly wrong.
We've even given you the means to hack your enemy's transportation!
Plus, guidance on repair work times and costs and some Sprawl-based mechanics to do the dirty work.
Finally, visit the Showroom for a wide selection of sample vehicles, from motorcycles and jet skis, to submarines, blimps, tank suits, jets, VTOLs and main battle tanks.
All this is crammed in to 46 pages of high octane Sprawl Goons content!
Available at DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/389670/Sprawl-Goons-Upgraded--Metal-Express
And at itch: https://p-d-gallagher.itch.io/sprawl-goons-upgraded-metal-express
Jesus, it’s 2022 already?
What have I been up to, you ask? Gaming-wise we were stress-testing the shit out of Sprawl Goons via Skype (I need to do some more session write-ups…), then moved back to our group’s long running CP2020 campaign set in the Cape. Just handed the reins to our other GM for the final time as he starts us down the path to the campaign’s climax. Frees me up to finish off some goodies for you guys. And it’s good to be playing again.
As for Geist Hack output, there are a couple of new products in the pipeline, with Metal Express being the most likely to cross the finish line first, hopefully in the next month or so. Then, the long awaited physical Sprawl Goons omnibus. Puttering away in the background is the second volume of Augmented Reality, which, truth be told, needs a lot of work, but it is happening. There may also be a Sprawl Goons adventure or two in the works, so watch this space.
I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you for your patience and support! I’ll try not to leave it so long next time.
Vehicle rules for Sprawl Goons: Upgraded, coming soon to both dtrpg and itch.io.
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Recently, I've been asked whether I planned to provide a price list for all the gear in the Sprawl Goons trilogy. Originally, my intention was to leave it up to individual GMs to determine the values according to their perceived game-worlds, but realised it may be helpful if I created a base-line.
These toys are priced in bit-yuan, but could just as easily be valued in dollars, nuyen, bits, eurobucks, credits, or c-bills. Pick your flavour.
General Items
- Cheap Sanyo® Cell Phone 25 b¥
- Ono-Sendai® Cyberspace Console and ‘trodes 675 b¥
- Toolkit 150 b¥
- IR Goggles 200 b¥
- Stolen Credit Card (blackmarket) 150 b¥
- Bottle of Moskovskaya® Vodka 30 b¥
- 3 Doses of Brazilian Hyperdex 45 b¥
- Capsule Hotel (24 hours) 30 b¥
- Yeheyuan® cigarettes (20) 10 b¥
- Fake ID (blackmarket) 500 b¥
- Handcuffs 20 b¥
- Mirrorshades 15 b¥
- Palm-sized A/V drone 250 b¥
- Lazarus Patches (blister pack of 6 patches) 30 b¥
- Self-adhesive motion sensor 80 b¥
- Professional Medical Services (per hour) 250 b¥
- First-aid kit 60 b¥
- Exo-womb 500,000 b¥
- Hayabusa® H-520 semi-autonomous loader 80,000 b¥
- Quality Assurance drone 9,000 b¥
- Mitsubishi® snakebot 5,000 b¥
- Strato-cabbie’s Hopper 10,000 b¥
- Memory Backup Service (per month) 5,500 b¥
- Fresh, healthy clone 300,000 b¥
- Cybrid (new bioplastic synthetic) 10,000 b¥
- RFID tag (implanted) 500 b¥
- M-94 Tank Suit 1,000,000 b¥
- Mnemonic Envoy Service (per data set) 2,000 b¥
- Nano-fabricator 250,000 b¥
- Carbon nanobar 1,000 b¥
- Glucose bar 5 b¥
- Calcium block 350 b¥
- Limo 80,000 b¥
- Biofeedback console and ‘trodes 1,500 b¥
- VR-training session (24 hours) 500 b¥
- Unlocked, low-grade AI 5,000 b¥
- Counterfeit personality chip 600 b¥
- Cloned Cortical Archive (blackmarket) 25,000 b¥
- DRM-cracked cybrid (blackmarket) 6,500 b¥
- Net-shrine account (per month) 200 b¥
- Emitter array/processors/drives/interface rig 16,000 b¥
- Neoprene hexayurt 150 b¥
- Neural cut-out (implant) 500 b¥
- Average augmentation installation fee 1,000 b¥
Augmentations
- Sentry® Military Grade Neurochem 2,000 b¥
- Ishiteki® Muscle Matrix 4,500 b¥
- Clavel Industries® Combat Neurolink 1,000 b¥
- Dornier Orbital® Neural Lattice 1,250 b¥
- Sentry® Amped Hearing 500 b¥
- Genexus® NeoDerm 1,500 b¥
- Ishiteki® Slicers 500 b¥
- Komatsu® Full-spectrum Optics 1,000 b¥
- Cradle Biolabs® Filter Lungs 650 b¥
- Clavel Industries® Savvy Jack 500 b¥
- Cybernetic Limb (generic arm/leg) 800 b¥ / 1,200 b¥
- Ishiteki® Myomar Tendons 750 b¥
- Komatsu Systems® Vigilance Suite 500 b¥
- Sentry® Exo-plating 2,500 b¥
- [Various Manufacturers] Pop-up Weapon price as weapon + 500 b¥
- Hayabusa Heavy Industries® Linear Frame 3,500 b¥
- Dornier Orbital® Vehicle Interface 250 b¥
- Genexus® Bio-auditor 200 b¥
- Genexus® Pain Blocker 500 b¥
- Kanawa-Mendez® Spider Optics 1,000 b¥
- Genexus® Softdrive 5,000 b¥
- Clavel® Cortical Archive 600,000 b¥
- Komatsu Systems® Striking Cobra 1,250 b¥
- Cradle Biolabs® Infernoweave 2,000 b¥
- Clavel® EMP Shielding 5,000 b¥
- Komatsu Systems® Skull Gun 2,500 b¥
- Cradle Biolabs® Dispensary 600 b¥
- Ishiteki® Nanodocs 3,500 b¥
- Sentry® Tac-net Comm 450 b¥
- Kanawa-Mendez® Hermes-class Cyberlegs 2,000 b¥
- Kanawa-Mendez® Spinal Reinforcement 1,250 b¥
- Cradle Biolabs® Kickstarter 3,000 b¥
- Dornier Orbital® Mood Modulator 450 b¥
- Genexus® Neuro-bridge 350 b¥
- Takematsu-Hegenaur® Augmented Reality Module 200 b¥
- Cradle Biolabs® Toxin Scrubbers 350 b¥
- Clavel® REM-inducer 200 b¥
- Komatsu Systems® Wampyrs 350 b¥
- Hideyoki® Monowhip Digit 300 b¥
- Ishiteki® Jacked Reflexes 1,000 b¥
- Kanawa-Mendez® Cybershell 150,000 b¥
- Clavel® Mind-Drive 2,000 b¥
- Ishiteki® Scratchers 400 b¥
- Dornier Orbital® Voice Modulator 200 b¥
- Ishiteki® Mirrorshades 500 b¥
- Orchard Technologies® Machine Link 120 b¥
- Clavel® Surveillance Array 500 b¥
Shardware (for use with the Savvy Jack)
- Kung Fu Shard 300 b¥
- Nice Guy Eddie Shard 250 b¥
- Photo Memory Shard 250 b¥
- Shiver Shard 500 b¥
- Tank Suit Shard 150 b¥
- Language Shard 200 b¥
- Style & Etiquette Shard 150 b¥
- Felony Register Shard 250 b¥
- Vehicle Zen Shard 200 b¥
- Tech Spec Shard 300 b¥
- EMT Shard 350 b¥
Firearms
- Haldane & Kluvis® HAK G55 10mm SMG 1,500 b¥
- PKD-45 Police Special Revolver 500 b¥
- Hideyoki® Shard Gun Flechette Pistol 800 b¥
- Echo International® KR-16 5.56 Assault Rifle 2,000 b¥
- Sony-Diahatsu® Type-6 PLP Pulse Laser Pistol 5,000 b¥
- Haunt® M10 Anti-material Sniper Rifle System 7,500 b¥
- AK-91R 7.62 Assault Rifle 1,200 b¥
- Echo International® Nemesis 10mm Semiautomatic 500 b¥
- Armcor® Diamondback 10mm Machinepistol 750 b¥
- Sentry® P226 9mm Semiautomatic 450 b¥
- KRYSS® Venom 11mm Modular SMG 900 b¥
Ammunition Options (box of 50)
- Standard 50 b¥
- Hellfires 100 b¥
- Shredders 150 b¥
- LN2s 500 b¥
- Splinters 200 b¥
- High Explosive 300 b¥
- Moisture-responsive HE 450 b¥
- Depleted Uranium 800 b¥
- Jelly Rounds 300 b¥
- Gas 375 b¥
- Acid 250 b¥
- Hollowpoint 80 b¥
Weapon Modifications
- Targeting scope 250 b¥
- Custom grips 150 b¥
- Gyro-stabilisation 400 b¥
- Bio-lock 350 b¥
- IFF chipping 500 b¥
- Teleoperation link 800 b¥
- Folding bipod 100 b¥
- Silencer/suppressor 85 b¥
- Electronic trigger 120 b¥
- Extended magazine/drum mag 65 b¥
- Smart targeting 750 b¥
Heavy Weapons
- Sentry® M-88 RPG 4,000 b¥
- Haunt® Light Anti-Tank Weapon 2,500 b¥
- Echo International® KS-49 5.56 SAW 2,250 b¥
- Armcor® Accelerator AP 18mm Railgun 6,500 b¥
- Sentry® Shredder Portable Minigun 2,000 b¥
- Hideyoki® L5 Heavy Chemical Laser Weapon 3,750 b¥
- HAK® G40 Rhino 40mm Grenade Launcher 1,200 b¥
- Echo International® K-60A .50cal Machinegun 1,350 b¥
- Barrett® AT3 .50cal Anti-Tank/-Borg Rifle 4,500 b¥
- Haunt® EMP-1 Electro Magnetic Pulse Rifle 2,750 b¥
- QBZ® Leong Incinerator Unit 950 b¥
Melee Weapons
- Hideyoki® Monomolecular Knife 55 b¥
- Carbon steel Katana 200 b¥
- Nunchaku/Tonfa 40 b¥
- Sentry® Electronux™ Knuckleduster 65 b¥
- Shuriken 15 b¥
- Switchblade 10 b¥
- Mono-dao (monomolecular sword) 350 b¥
- Sledgehammer 10 b¥
- Telescoping Baton 45 b¥
- Chain 5 b¥
- Club 2 b¥ / FREE
Armour
- Motorcycle Leathers 80 b¥
- Arachnoweave Sleeve 250 b¥
- Carbon Fibre Flak 150 b¥
- Laser-ablative Fabric 300 b¥
- Impact Gel Inserts 95 b¥
- Ceramic Plate 120 b¥
- Heavy Kevlar Jacket 200 b¥
- Exo-frame 3,000 b¥
- Coil Suit 1,750 b¥
- Flame Retardant Sleeve 220 b¥
- Heavy Leather Coat 110 b¥
Narcotics (estimated street value per dose)
- Hyperdex 20 b¥
- Fauxcaine 30 b¥
- Stim 15 b¥
- Slaught 45 b¥
- Syndorphine 50 b¥
- Iniquity 25 b¥
- Xeno 30 b¥
- Tetrameth 40 b¥
- Red Rapture 25 b¥
- Meta 30 b¥
- HD 20 b¥
Illicit Software (blackmarket prices)
- NeuroShield 100 b¥
- ReBoot 300 b¥
- Tunnel Rat 550 b¥
- God Mode 800 b¥
- Hunter 250 b¥
- Khali Grade 7 5,500 b¥
- Cloak 450 b¥
- Spoof 200 b¥
- Quiver 150 b¥
- Mr Sparky 2.0 300 b¥
- Peripheral 220 b¥
Cyberspace Consoles
- Orchard Technologies® nPod 475 b¥
- Genexus® Gestalt Bio-modem 3,900 b¥
- Ono-Sendai® Shinobi-7 1,800 b¥
- Braun® Hyperion 3,700 b¥
- Hideyoki® Vision 512e 4,000 b¥
- Toshiba® Nimbus 2,600 b¥
- Sony-Diahatsu® Yūrei 5,250 b¥
- Komatsu Systems® Ubi-C 3,200 b¥
- Thompson® Eye-phones 990 b¥
- Ishiteki® Kyōka suru 1,100 b¥
- Numan-Lloyd® N-24A 800 b¥
Personal Drones
- Situational Awareness 300 b¥
- Targeting 325 b¥
- Buddy Bot® 250 b¥
- Holo Emitter 220 b¥
- Surveillance 300 b¥
- Defense 550 b¥
- Medi-drone 425 b¥
- Bomb 850 b¥
- Assassin 1,200 b¥
- Tracker 320 b¥
- Ortillery FO 5,575 b¥
