This jam is now over. It ran from 2020-09-19 04:00:00 to 2020-11-01 03:59:59. View 24 entries

This is a game jam to coincide with the Kickstarter release of the BOLT RPG Engine, live on Kickstarter until 4 October 2020!

BOLT is fundamentally a game meant to be hacked, modified, and adapted, and this is a chance for folks to formulate, prototype, and show off their ideas for where they could take this silly game idea!

If you want to back BOLT, here is the Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boltrpg/the-bolt-rpg-engine

You can back BOLT at the Adventurer Tier for either 35 USD or 10 USD, and either way, you’ll get the latest v0.8 rules of BOLT! (It’s in Update #0, scroll to the way back of the updates list if you’re a backer!)

If you want some inspiration, check out the BOLT RPG Hack Bundle, a collection of amazing BOLT hacks that are already on sale! https://itch.io/b/592/bolt-rpg-hack-bundle

THE RULES

1) No hateful content. That’s racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fascism, colorism, orientalism, or meme-y shock content meant to flirt with hateful content. 

2) Put content warnings on your work. Make sure people know what they’re in for.

3) Put out your work on the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 License. I’d throw in the following text into your game:

The text of this work is offered under a CC BY SA 4.0 license. Also, the text of this work is offered under a license having the terms of CC BY SA 4.0, except (1) if the Adapted Material is a literary work, then the Adapter's License need only be applied to the text and (2) you must include this and the following sentence in your licensing terms. 

Basically, the text is under Creative Commons, but the sharing rights of art and layout is up to the folks who made the art and layout.

4) Put a hefty price tag on your work.

No, seriously. If you make a rules module less than 10 USD I will strongly suggest you price it higher.

What about people who can’t afford content?

Vibes! I’ll help you set up Community Copies, which is a solid workaround!

My content isn’t worth that much money!

I assure you, it is

Why do you care?

I’m trying to set norms about pricing of indie TTRPG content. For a long time, RPG writers have been pressure to underprice their work, and that’s led to an industry that doesn’t support a lot of full-time jobs. Pushing back against that pressure is my attempt to help make the overall industry a more stable place to work in.

I already have a Day Job. I feel weird asking for money on a side hustle.

Oh, hey, Ajey! I’ve been donating BOLT proceeds to bail funds and—in my case—the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe! If you feel weird holding onto RPG money, 1) Itch will handle the taxes side, and 2), if you’re on colonized land, use this app: https://native-land.ca/ to find whose land you’re living on, and donate your Itch money to them! Alternately, find a local bail fund to donate to, or donate to an organization like The Okra Project, which helps provide healthy food by Black trans folks for Black trans folks: https://www.theokraproject.com/


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Scoob & Shag inspired roleplaying
Cybernetics module for the BOLT RPG Engine
A WIP game of transforming heroines contending with cosmic terrors and inner turmoil
A Street-Level Superhero Adaptation for the BOLT RPG Engine
A Fantastical Zineventure of Queer Self-Actualization
A BOLT RPG Space Fantasy Setting
A Cyberpunk BOLT Hack of Tearing Down Systems and Making Your Own
A one page map/zine for BOLT RPG
Expanded rules for Animal Companions for the BOLT RPG
STAR
$10
A Science Fiction BOLT RPG Hack
A BOLT-Action game of sword fighting souls and sorcerers
Expanded Rules for Shields and Taking Cover in the BOLT RPG
FIVE
$20
A BOLT-Action Fantasy ttrpg built on classical elements. (Beta)
A Supplement for the BOLT RPG Engine by Ajey Pandey.
BOLT-ON rules for Lightning Fast Action with a d6 Dice Pool
LANE
$20
Tabletop fantasy brawling for two or more players
A Hard Science Fiction BOLT RPG Hack
Weapon & Armor Crafting Rules For BOLT By Ajey Pandey