Blade Runner

Game 1

LA from the Blade Runner start up set

Blade Runner The Role Playing Game 1st Edition 2022 by Free League written by Tomas Härenstam and Joe Favi using the Year Zero stepped dice engine.

The intension of these games is to follow the published campaign equence with occasional intermediary sessions. 

The game revolves around the PAPD RepDetect Department tasked with replicant associated crime and is set in the year 2037AD of an alternative timestream.  

This is as a procedural police game and to get that feeling without getting to bogged down in real paperwork I used a few procedural play aids. The game already includes some, particularly the end of shift report which I have each player fill out at the end of each shift. The scenario sets also come with loads of pictures and maps.  The NPC pictures in particular made me want to see crime boards so that's what I did. I use a large magnetic white board, a tin of magnets and various coloured board markers and have the players create an ongoing board.  These two points really give a flavour of an actual police investigation and the players seem to enjoy the extra activities. The in-game rational being that each has a KIA which is effectively a closed network tablet comms so any reports and actions on the crime board are instantly available on everyone's KIA at the same time.

Departmental magnet tin, Do Not Remove.

 

Detectives

Detective Arnold Hardee played by RichardB

Detective Donald Teransky played by MarkW

Detective Stanley Warkowski played by LeeL

Detective Dennis "Sticks" Lewis played by GaryG

Detective TV21-7.49 - Antoney - Nexus-9 played by PeteR

Detective Cal Amenda played by LanceB

Sessions

1. 10/6/23 - A starter game with MarkW and GaryG off-duty.

Thu 14/5/37 - The Maid Did It Case

2. 8/7/23 - Five players this week, LanceB going Off-Duty. 

Fri 15/5/37 Morning - Electric Dream Case part 1

3. 12/8/23 - Only session to have the whole gang but shortened by players needing to leave early.  On paper it doesn't look like we did much, just two shifts.

Sat 16/5/37 Morning - Electric Dream Case part 2

4. 9/9/23 - Final with PeteR off-duty.

Sun 17/5/37 Morning - Electric Dream Case part 3

Next Session to be confirmed probably 2025

Following on with an extended version of the published campaign Fiery Angels.