Captain & Crew
A downloadable solo ruleset
A solo ruleset built for Pirate Borg.
Includes:
- The OAR, a simple gameplay loop for story-forward solo play.
- Rules for Abbreviated Combat so you can breeze through encounters to keep your story moving.
- Rules for acquiring and utilizing Crewmates.
- The Pirate's Code, a set of oracle tables
- Hoist the Colors, a dice drop adventure generator.
- Seen at Sea and Encounters to Die For, additional tables to add random encounters to your maritime exploration of the dark Caribbean.
Written for the Pirate Borg Cabin Fever Jam in May 2024.
This ruleset was heavily influenced by:
Legal Text:
Captain & Crew is an independent production by M. Allen Hall. It is not affiliated with Limithron LLC. It is published under the PIRATE BORG Third Party License.
PIRATE BORG is ©2022 Limithron LLC.
Captain & Crew is an independent production by M. Allen Hall and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.
MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.
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Development log
- Encounter Generators and New EventsMay 05, 2024
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Hi, how the events die is supposed to be used? as a complement to the "and" and "but" of the oracle?
The Events tables (the d6 table of the Pirate’s Code and the d66 table of Events to Die For) are both in there for when the player just needs a little inspiration, or they just want to shake things up. You could also use them if you need more ideas for your Maritime Travel Encounters (when you Fail the Presence tests). Honestly, the keywords Event and Encounter could pretty much be interchangeable.
Hi! Thanks for making this, this looks great! I'm not sure I understand the oracle tho. There's 3 different words in each cell. Does that mean I can pick one that's most suitable for my scene?
Hello! Yes, that's exactly what it means. In general, the words are a set: verb, noun, adjective. Pick the one that makes the most sense for your situation or sparks the most interesting outcome for you.
If you would like to see an example of how to use the oracle, you can check out an actual play report I posted a little while ago on my Substack. Admittedly, that was a different kind of game with a different oracle table, but I tried to make it clear in the write up what words the oracle was giving me and what I did with those sparks.
Thanks for your swift answer :) Sounds good! And thanks for the actual play! I'm going to watch that for sure :D :D
It prints up nice! Thank you for some excellent solo tools.
They look great!! Enjoy!
This is great and super helpful! Cool oracle too. Thanks a lot, Allen!
Excellent! I love PB but no one wants to play, this solves it for me!
I'm sorry/you're welcome! Hope you have fun.
Ay chance you could export this as pages in addition to the spreads? Acrobat is a weird creature and refuses to print this correctly for me.
Done! Let me know if you have any other troubles.
Awesome! Thank you!
This looks great! Cant wait to try it out!
Nicely done! Simple, clear, elegant - the kind of solo supplements that do best
I’m so glad you like it!
Incredible supplement for PB!
I hope you get some good play out of it!