The Boomtown Planet
A pulp style RPG set in the fictional city of Boomtown during the Dirty 30s of the U.S. -- with a focus on investigative reporting for its daily newspaper¸ the Planet. It is an over-the-top setting with ghosts and other supernatural influences¸ where there are only two countries: the corrupt Capital State and warmongering Klankeruberalles. It uses a dice pool system where you roll either your attributes in d6s (if you have the appropriate skill) or 1d6 (if you don't); and also declare odds or evens. The number of successes is the number of dice over the difficulty and matching your odd/even call. The six attributes are Strength¸ Endurance¸ Fortitude¸ Perception¸ Essence¸ and Agility. There is no character generation system -- only sixteen pre-generated members of the Boomtown Planet's staff. - A description fromdarkshire.netwith kind permission of John H. Kim