Wailing, Thrashing, Flailing

WAILING THRASING FLAILING- A TTRPG about gambling and desperation

Most people lead lives of quiet desperation.

Scoundrels live a life of increasingly loud and explosive desperation.

Throughout whatever chain of consequences, mistakes and errors, they've turned to a life of crime- and not the quiet white-collar art of fraud but flamboyant, majestic crime, the type that makes Interpol rage and bystanders cheer- until it hurts them of course.

Scoundrels no longer the common throng, with skills that defy logic and luck that defies probability- but also lacking the peace and prosperity available to them. The option to turn back was lost years ago- you’re now in it for life- for better or worse you’ll never be one of them again.

It’s a glamorous life, but one of constant gnawing need- for the next scheme, the next heist and of course the next big score…

Features of this fine submission to the 2025 WTFjam include: 

• A ruleset for the World's Greatest Heist RPG (patent pending!)
• The Blackjack roll, a new way of messing with dice that increases your chance of success the more dangerous things are- unless you overshoot!
• The Harm and Ego roulettes that means any hit could mean defeat! 
• Talents that let you switch the world to toon physics- and snap the frail balance of the game into pieces!
• The finest art the Public Domain can offer!
• Guidelines to making your own Scoundrel to steal yourself a place in the world!
• Guidelines and charts for making your own heists- a
• Unsolicited Gamemaster advice!
• A mildly antagonistic atmosphere,  where you get meta-currency if you sabotage your buddies!
• The promised of continued development and improved art once this illustrious author can actually get people to playtest this!

So what are you waiting for? Let's get this show on the road! 

Planned Stretch Goals:

So this project got away from me, and while it's Publishable it's not Perfect...Not yet anyway.

So for some time after the jam I'll be working toward Version 2 of this game!

Proposed additions include:

A cheat-sheet with a truncated version of the rules

Quality of life updates- Such as a glossary, and page numbers for whenever the book refences.

More Case files to better explain how the game is played

A Rouge's Gallery of potential targets, antagonists and mooks. 

Example Pre-generated Scoundrels to throw at your players.

An example heist location

A variety of random charts for the Mastermind's benefit

Even more unsolicited DM advice!

Even more ways to let your players hurt eachother!

And if the game is a major success- I will do the impossible and commission graphic designers and artists to make the game pretty!

No refunds will be provided, but as the game is Pay What You Want anyway it's a moot point. 

Deadlines to these task will be given about a week after the jam ends so I can rest up for once.