About the game system:
Beakwood Bay is a PbtA/Carved from Brindlewood roleplaying game for 2-4 ducks and a Keeper (GM), but not just any ducks. Inspired by Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics, in this hack of Brindlewood Bay you play as bipedal Mallards hired to hunt down treasure instead of solving mysteries. Beakwood Bay is a thriving port city inhabited by all sorts of anthropomorphic animals, where anything can happen and adventure is always on the agenda. The city’s aesthetics are rooted in the early 20th Century, but there are all manner of scientific advancements, such as an experimental rocketpad, a bustling university, and many factories. The oligarchs who control these technology-focused businesses often act as patrons for working ducks and adventurous mallards. No one comes to Beakwood Bay without a plan of how to leave richer. But there’s a curse that comes with this pursuit and many fall victim to the so-called Coin Fever. Ducks who are sitting on vaults of gold are frequently cruel and miserly in later years, pushing away family and friends to slavishly protect the gold they’ve acquired.
But for now, you are just a Middle Class Mallard who dreams of adventure with your friends. Your ducks work in service of the city’s wealthy benefactors, trying to make a fortune to call their own all while working to avoid the crippling greed and exploitation that is rampant among the city’s elite. Hindered by NPCs after the same treasure, players do their best to gather clues (represented as helpful information and tools that can be used to recover the treasure) before finally trying to retrieve it. There is no prewritten canon path or method, instead it's up to you to cleverly combine all that you've found to obtain the treasure! Will you succeed? Play to find out!
Session pitch:
Not a sound has been heard from Frederick Foie’s Fanciful Factory for more than three decades. The conveyor belts haven’t moved, not a spot of smoke has come from the chimneys, and no truck packed with candy has left the loading dock. The factory loomed over Beakwood Bay for nearly forty years when the eponymous candy maker and his assistant, a young duck named Quincy Quackling, left the building behind in pursuit of something they couldn’t find in their whimsical factory. Ever since, the building has been abandoned and a subject of enduring fascination for nearly every duck in Beakwood Bay. While many have tried to recreate the lost sweets, no one has come close to making any “Never Melt Sticky Stacky”. Rumor has it the lost recipe can still be found at the factory... Come find out if your Mallards can succeed in this adventure inspired by Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and Willy Wonka!
This game will be great if you like Ducktales, Indiana Jones, cartoons, comic books, Brindlewood Bay, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling
Players should build characters ahead.
New characters (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
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This game will be played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: greed, capitalism, social class differences
(free download of character sheet)