Unexpected Downsizing
A downloadable adventure
The company has just informed you that your office will be immediately DOWNSIZED. Corporate security is on its way to conduct EXIT INTERVIEWS and you have 15 minutes left in your shift. That’s just enough time to GET EVEN and GET OUT.
RAID THE SUPPLY CLOSET. SMASH THE PRINTER.
PUNCH YOUR BOSS. STEAL THEIR HOVERCAR.
The clock is ticking. Every minute counts. Get even and get out, before corporate security forcibly "retires" you.
PRINT. FOLD. PLAY.
Adventure and GM screen all in one. Simply print out, fold in half, and place directly on your playing surface of choice. A special edition of this adventure is provided for those with access to their work printer.
This system-neutral fold-and-play adventure was created for the 2022 Hyperspeed Jam.
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I remember this adventure from the Sci-fi jam from 2022 and I just ran it for two players today as a filler session since the other two couldn't come. It was great! We did it in 1h30, just as I planned, using The Expanse RPG setting (AGE system). It was easy to find an insertion for that in the narrative.
So here's what happened: one of them broke the printer (but I forgot the boss would leave his room because of that); the other one entered the supply room, stole all the food and put fire on everything, including the servers. Then, the one who broke the printer tried to enter the boss' room without success while the other waited next to the car. When both met next to the car, security arrived, storming the office, but it didn't see them. The guy who raided the supply room sent a granade through the boss' window to knock him out (he had a granade launcher) while the printer guy was turning the car on by himself. All the objectives were already completed when the granade guy decided to throw another one to distract security, that had already spotted them, but he failed the throwing test, the grenade fell just behind the car, exploding its rear end, the tyres and sending into the office wall, so they fled by foot.
By the way, I found the rules very clear and straighforward. It's a really good job.
I'm sitting in my cubicle (browsing itch.io) and laughing aloud at the "print this version at work" edition. We have around 500 employees and I think everyone needs a hardcopy.
From one corporate cog to another, this is precisely what I want to hear.