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A roleplaying game in the genre of stealth action technothriller games like Deus Ex¸ Alpha Protocol¸ and Splinter Cell. The player characters work for an independent espionage organisation¸ Black Seven¸ set ten minutes in the future. Action resolution is by rolling 2d6 and adding an action number. A total of 11 or above is success¸ while 10 or lower is failure. It has an abstract system for breaking into Facilities without using maps. The Facility has a Threat Level ranging from 3 to 5¸ and failed rolls can affect the level via the temporary status traits Noticed and Exposed. - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim
BLACK SEVEN is an independent espionage organisation that undertakes deniable operations deemed too politically sensitive for governments¸ corporations¸ or private individuals.
Stripped of the marketing speak¸ BLACK SEVEN's Agents break in to places¸ sneak around¸ steal data¸ beat up guards¸ hack computers¸ get into running gun battles¸ and occasionally assassinate people. Sometimes¸ they do this for Queen and Country. Sometimes¸ it's for God¸ America¸ and Mom's Apple Pie. And sometimes it's because a nice lady with an indiscriminately European accent handed over a suitcase containing five million in non-sequential fifties as a downpayment.
It's ten minutes into the future. You live a life of luxury¸ at least until you get the call from BLACK SEVEN. Then¸ you go to risk your life. Whether you do it for the money¸ for the safety of the free world¸ or to expand the definition of the "free world” is up to you. All Control cares about is that you get the job done.
BLACK SEVEN is:
- 58 pages of modern espionage RPG inspired by stealth-action games like Deus Ex¸ Alpha Protocol¸ and Splinter Cell.
- An abstract system for representing position and stealth without the need for maps or precise measurements.
- Focused on stealth action with Agents defined by what actions they take when infiltrating an enemy facility.
- Creative Commons licensed¸ so one purchase feeds the gaming needs of a whole group. If you like it and got it for free¸ I hope you buy it.
- Multiformat¸ including the rules and a sample adventure in PDF¸ ePub¸ and Kindle format¸ and a host of PDF reference sheets-including a business-card sized Agent Record.