An Expansion for VOID RUNNER: Random Contract Generator

NUELOW Games has just released a sci-fi mini-RPG-Void Runner! We hope it's easy to learn and even easier to play. (The tables can also be used as inspiration for other sci-fi adventure games!)

Contract Generator

Roll 1d10 on each table to create a unique contract. The combination of results tells the basic story of your next desperate job.

Employer Table

1. Broken Megacorp: A mid-tier corporation with more secrets than credits

2. Desperate Colonists: Trapped settlers with nothing left to lose

3. Rogue AI Fixer: An autonomous network broker with unknown motives

4. Exiled Aristocrat: A fallen noble seeking revenge or redemption

5. Criminal Syndicate: Ruthless gang controlling a critical trade route

6. Independent Research Team: Scientists with dangerous discoveries

7. Refugee Network: Underground movement helping people escape corporate oppression

8. Watcher-Adjacent Broker: A mysterious intermediary with alien connections

9. Decommissioned Military Unit: Soldiers surviving outside official channels

10. Ghost Collective: Anonymous data traders who never show their faces

Objective Table

1. Data Extraction: Steal critical information from a secure system

2. Assassination: Eliminate a high-profile target with maximum deniability

3. Rescue Operation: Extract a valuable asset from hostile territory

4. Smuggling Run: Transport forbidden tech or restricted materials

5. Sabotage Mission: Disrupt a corporate or military operation

6. Relic Recovery: Retrieve an artifact of unknown origin and power

7. Hostage Negotiation: Complicated extraction with multiple moving parts

8. Surveillance Infiltration: Plant or retrieve monitoring equipment

9. Corporate Espionage: Gather intelligence on a competing organization

10. Quantum Courier: Transport something that defies normal physics

Complication Table

1. Betrayal: A team member has hidden motives

2. Time Limit: Mission must be completed before a critical event

3. Competing Crew: Another Runner team wants the same prize

4. Watcher Interference: Alien entities are watching or actively blocking

5. Environmental Hazard: Extreme conditions threaten mission success

6. Unexpected Surveillance: Corporate or syndicate eyes are everywhere

7. Equipment Failure: Critical gear malfunctions at the worst moment

8. Political Instability: Local conflict complicates mission parameters

9. Quantum Anomaly: Reality itself becomes unpredictable

10. Total Lockdown: Unexpected security upgrade traps the crew
    

If these tables look interesting or useful, you should probably check out Void Runner: A Sci-Fi Roleplaying Game by clicking here. It's short and dirt cheap!