Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps is a solo ttrpg in which you play as a doomed mech pilot in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest. It explores “burning out” through the stories of doomed mech pilots and the discourse inspired by the Godfather of Grunge’s album Rust Never Sleeps.
What kind of TTRPG is RNS?
Rust Never Sleeps is a comprehensive solo rpg with mission modules and journaling. In other words, Rust Never Sleeps…
- offers lite yet complete mechanics for gameplay and character creation;
- provides guided and pre-written stories for your character to enter; and
- invites the player to journal in their pilot’s log during both character creation and mission generation.
What's it like to play?
In Rust Never Sleeps, you progress through journal prompts as a doomed mech pilot. You use your pilot’s skills or your mech’s equipment to complete tasks, overcome obstacles, and complete challenges for your mission.
You get to decide which skill checks or equipment checks to make, and you can make any type of check, so long as it is narratively congruent with the plot.
But every check that you make uses up your cards and draws on your battery pack. You must complete your mission before the deck runs out.
What do you need to play?
This tabletop roleplaying game is played with a standard deck of cards, a printed character sheet, coloring utensils, and a music playlist.
Standard Playlists (Spotify)
Mixtape: Side One
Mixtape: Side Two
To copy these playlists...
- Create a new playlist and name it.
- Go to the playlist you want to copy.
- Select all songs.
- Drag them to your newly created playlist.