Martian Muckraker

Devlog

• Rules Summary
  February 04, 2022 by Martian Muckraker#summary, #easy to learn

  Index Card Rules Summary & Hawai’i Hello Fellow Martians! - we now have an index card rules summary that you can use to help teach the game. There is one card for each role - Lead Player Character... Continue reading
• Pluto's Plan, Wonderland and Currencies
  December 24, 2021 by Martian Muckraker#new project, #currency, #new game mechanics

  Merry Christmas Martians! I’ve bee playing many rogue-likes and many Idle games recently. These have gotten me curious about Currencies as a gameplay mechanic. Yesterday my friends and I playtested... Continue reading
• Martian Muckraker Core Rulebook Released!
  July 12, 2021 by Martian Muckraker

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  #Core Rulebook, #Story Deck, #Release, #thank you, #Artwork

  It’s Here!!!! Thank you! 55-card custom deck, A InDesign-drafted rulebook, 180+ file assets total involved in the project folders, Fresco/Indesign/Photoshop/ClipStudio/Aseprite. Play testers. Rewrit... Continue reading

  
• Custom Muckraker Deck!
  May 31, 2021 by Martian Muckraker#Tarot Deck, #Custom Deck, #Artwork, #Halloween

  Hello Everyone! This is an exciting day as the first version of the Martian Muckraker Storytelling Deck is now available. Martian Muckraker can still be played with your favorite set of Tarot cards, b... Continue reading

  
• Version 10 Released
  March 02, 2021 by Martian Muckraker

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  Hello Martians! This project was my first experience with RPG design. It was so fun trying new ideas, building the Muckrakerverse and playing with great people. I am happy to announce that I believe t... Continue reading
• Play Test Success
  January 14, 2021 by Martian Muckraker#playtest, #update, #memory tap, #instant success, #diceless

  The playtest with the East Bay Martian Society, using the most recent ruleset, was a great success. Easily the best playtest so far. I am lucky that I will be able to playtest with the Cincinnati Adve... Continue reading
• Map Making!
  November 20, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#tarot table, #edits

  Updates Tarot table to help with map making Spelling corrections Minor rules edits on forging relationships Improvements to cheat sheets in back... Continue reading
• Muckraker System
  November 19, 2020 by Martian Muckraker

  Martian Muckraker 7.0 is out! It uses the streamlined dice system and a very clear scene based structure to the game. Each scene starts with a tarot inspired lead and continues until a central conflic... Continue reading
• More lessons learned
  November 16, 2020 by Martian Muckraker

  This past weekend one of my group members wanted to experiment adding Tarot cards to the game Microscope. We learned something very important: It’s fun for tarot to drive the action, but too much ta... Continue reading
• Dice Dice Dice oh my!
  November 15, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#dice system, #other projects, #overlap

  There are now several very different dice systems being considered for Martian Muckraker. There is the version in 3.0, the Dark Maria System , There is the dice system that the one-page version (Tarot... Continue reading
• Dark Maria System
  November 14, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#Dark Maria, #Tarot, #playtest, #major release

  The past playtests have revealed a *central difficulty& in the current Muckraker systems. Tarot cards are so diverse that it’s hard to utilize them and still have a GM-created scenario. Thus now two... Continue reading
• Muckraker 4.0
  November 08, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#release, #tarot, #RPG, #streamlined

  Based on the results of today’s playtest updates have been made: Streamlined dice system - only one die needed to arbitrate success or failure. Zero Prep time - Players use Tarot cards to set up the... Continue reading
• Play Test Number 2
  November 07, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#playtest

  Excited that some of the good people at the East Bay Martian Society will be giving Martian Muckraker another playtest tomorrow. I plan to write out my GM’s notes after the playtest as a pre-made ad... Continue reading
• Muckraker 3.0 Is Here
  October 16, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#Tabletop RPG, #aliens, #RPG, #ORPG, #science fiction

  Hello everyone! After our (admittedly bumpy) playtest a new version of the rules (3.0) is available along with a One-Page version of the game (front and back and yes a seperate character sheet) which... Continue reading
• New Playtest Coming
  October 16, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#aliens, #short rules

  Hello Muckrakers! The first playtest was a little rough. Heck it was a lot rough, read more here . But the players are interested in giving it another shot. The newest version of the dice system is in... Continue reading
• Poison, Parasites, Ethics . . . Oh my!
  October 16, 2020 by Martian Muckraker

  Some advanced rules for using the stress track to also model poison, parasites and special effects as well as some additional rules on ethical conflicts and NPC interaction have been added to the Game... Continue reading
• Playtest Underway!
  July 03, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#playtest, #upcoming

  Hello Fellow Martians! I am excited to announce that I have found a group of guinea pigs -er I mean friends who have agreed to try out this experimental ruleset with me! I will share what I learned fr... Continue reading

  
• Martian Muckraker Playtest 1.2
  May 21, 2020 by Martian Muckraker#playtest

  Added sprite of General Vikiper Simplified super power rules for dice rolls Edits to remove sources of potential confusion... Continue reading