Bucket of Bolts | Sleigh Full of Santas Holiday One-Player-One-Shot

Happy Merry & hope your holidays are going wonderfully cozy, easy, and not at all stressful.

 

In this Christmas Eve solo holiday special, I'm reskinning Jack Harrison a.k.a. Mousehole Press' Bucket of Bolts from a futuristic spaceship POV experience to inhabiting the iconic sleigh of St. Nicholas himself, instead playing as the sleigh for the many Santas throughout the centuries.

 

It's short, simple, and fun, but definitely made me think about how I would run this game if I was playing in a sci-fi game, especially because it opens up such interesting ideas for sentient ships, AI co-pilots, and just fleshing out the story of an oft-overlooked member of any spacefaring party - the ship itself.

 

Other contributors to Bucket of Bolts whose tables I used included: 

• Riley Rethal
• Matt Sanders a.k.a. Sealed Library
• Anna Blackwell a.k.a. Blackwell Games

Friend of the show Raso & I just released a game called MECH, a Carved by RUNE hack of GilaRPGs' incredible RUNE & REAP games, which I've played on this channel. It's a solo TTRPG with tactical combat where you pilot a MECH against Dormants - apocalyptic threats to humanity. Can you remember the Promise and pledge it or beat back the kaiju to buy the city more time? More will be coming out for MECH in 2025!

 

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Music in the Episode:

Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands

Bucket of Bolts soundtrack by Mousehole Press