Threadbare RPG (PBtA)
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With careful stitches and meticulous work¸ a ragdoll carefully sews back a torn limb on a panda who is crying out his troubles (girl troubles... isn't it always a girl?) while he sips from a daintily painted teacup filled with brandy.
In another room in the shoebox house she calls home¸ the ragdoll's other patients wait patiently for her craft. A Mekka bulldozer¸ metal with chipping yellow paint¸ is missing his front left wheel. He holds a vinyl doll's head¸ waiting for it to be glued into the empty wheel well. It won't roll quite the same¸ he knows¸ but he can live with the handicap until he scavenges a better part.
The ragdoll finishes with her panda patient and wishes him a cheery farewell¸ tucking his payment (2 buttons and a tiny watch gear) into her skirt pocket. She quickly schools her face to hide her sly¸ greedy smile when she steps across the threshold to the waiting bulldozer. His repair is going to need glue¸ and glue is a costly resource¸ my friend...
Threadbare RPG is a role-playing game in which you play a jury-rigged toy in a broken world. Caught in a world where Entropy is a constant danger¸ you'll patch yourself up¸ invent new devices¸ and maybe make new friends along the way.
Threadbare is a Powered-by-the-Apocalypse role-playing game by Stephanie Bryant. You'll need two 6-sided dice and a group of 2-5 friends to play.