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 ====== Content Packs ====== ====== Content Packs ======
-This is just a scaffolding for the future content packs landing page... Most content is currently [[deprecated:rules:core:gameplay:cards|deprecated]] while I'm working on a major rules revision.+ 
 +Content Packs are physical cards and handouts to facilitate gameplay around a table. These are available as digital images for download.  In the future these will be made available for purchase. 
 + 
 +Each Content Pack other than the Core Rules depends on one or more Extensions and is intended to adapt the Core Rules to fit a particular game setting (fantasy, sci fi, etc.). 
 + 
 +Content Packs exist to help GMs translate People, Places, and Things from other systems into No-Dice Actors. 
 + 
 +__They:__ 
 +  * define People, Places, and Things 
 +  * include item lists, creatures, factions, environments 
 +  * recommend (but do not enforce) Extensions 
 +  * translate external RPG material into No-Dice Actors 
 + 
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 + 
 +> **Content Packs may depend on Extensions.** 
 +> **Extensions never depend on Content Packs.** 
 + 
 +This one-way dependency keeps the ecosystem sane forever. 
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 + 
 +===== Content Pack Organization ===== 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Tier 0: Core Rules** 
 +The always-on content that is generic, genre agnostic, and can be used in any game setting, or without another Foundation Pack to keep the game simple.  
 +{{indexmenu>.core-rules:#1}} 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Tier 1: Foundation Packs** 
 +Pick one or two of these genres as a basis for your game world: 
 +  * **[[.:foundation:fantasy:start|Fantasy]]**--A mythic or pre-industrial world where the supernatural exists but is rare, dangerous, or costly, and survival is never guaranteed. 
 +  * **[[.:foundation:science-fiction:start|Science Fiction]]**--A future or alternate reality defined by advanced technology, scientific assumptions, and environments hostile to unprepared humans. 
 +  * **[[.:foundation:modern:start|Modern]]**--A contemporary world grounded in familiar technology, institutions, and social structures, serving as a baseline for realistic play 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Tier 2: Mode Packs** 
 +Pick one of these to give your game the more specific feel you're going for: 
 +  * **[[.:mode:high-fantasy:start|High Fantasy]]**--A fantasy world where magic is systemic, cultures are larger than life, and conflicts often carry epic or cosmic significance. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:sword-sorcery:start|Sword & Sorcery]]**--A gritty, pulpy fantasy mode focused on personal survival, moral ambiguity, and magic that is corrupting, alien, or feared. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:hard-sci-fi:start|Hard Sci-Fi]]**--Science fiction constrained by real or near-real physics, where resources, time, and environmental hazards are central pressures. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:space-opera:start|Space Opera]]**--A cinematic science-fiction mode emphasizing heroic individuals, interstellar politics, and emotional drama over scientific realism. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:cyberpunk:start|Cyberpunk]]**--A near-future mode where technology amplifies inequality, corporations rival governments, and identity is shaped by gear and data. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:western:start|Western]]**--A frontier mode defined by isolation, fragile law, scarce resources, and violence with lasting personal consequences. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:espionage:start|Espionage]]**--A modern or near-modern mode where information, deception, leverage, and social manipulation are more decisive than open violence. 
 +  * **[[.:mode:superhero:start|Superhero]]**-- focuses on characters with extraordinary powers, advanced technology, or exceptional skills who protect the public, fight crime, and battle villains, creating a contrast between "normal" humans and "superhuman" beings. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +**Tier 3: Overlay Packs (optional)** 
 +Overlays are optional color to fine tune your game setting: 
 +  * **[[.:overlay:horror:start|Horror]]**--An overlay that heightens tension by restricting information, slowing recovery, and emphasizing fear, loss of control, and vulnerability. 
 +  * **[[.:overlay:gothic:start|Gothic / Urban Fantasy]]**--A hidden-world overlay where supernatural beings exist alongside modern society, sustained by secrecy, hunger, and social masquerade. 
 +  * **[[.:overlay:mythic:start|Mythic]]**--An overlay that elevates characters and conflicts into the realm of legends, gods, and symbolic actions with lasting world impact. 
 +  * **[[.:overlay:post-apocalyptic:start|Post-Apocalyptic]]**--An overlay where civilization has collapsed or is collapsing, making scarcity, salvage, and survival the dominant forces of play. 
 + 
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 + 
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 +Combined, these let a GM say:  
 +> “I’m running Modern + Espionage + Horror” 
 +or 
 +> “Fantasy + Sword & Sorcery” 
 +or 
 +> “Sci-Fi + Cyberpunk + Horror” 
 + 
 +No explosion. Maximum remixability. 
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 + 
 +---- 
 +===== Mapping Popular RPGs → Content Pack Combos ===== 
 +Below are recommended Content Pack combinations for converting material into No-Dice RPG. These are intentionally modular—GMs can swap overlays to taste. 
 + 
 +**__Dungeons & Dragons (5e, Pathfinder)__** 
 +  * Fantasy + High Fantasy 
 +  * Optional: Mythic (for epic tiers), Horror (for Ravenloft-style play) 
 + 
 +**__Old‑School Essentials / Basic D&D__** 
 +  * Fantasy + Sword & Sorcery 
 +  * Optional: Horror 
 + 
 +**__Conan__** 
 +  * Fantasy + Sword & Sorcery 
 +  * Optional: Mythic (for legendary heroes) 
 + 
 +**__Vampire: The Masquerade__** 
 +  * Modern + Gothic / Urban Fantasy 
 +  * Optional: Horror 
 + 
 +**__Call of Cthulhu__** 
 +  * Modern + Horror 
 +  * Optional: Mythic (for pulp variants) 
 + 
 +**__Traveller__** 
 +  * Science Fiction + Hard Sci-Fi 
 +  * Optional: Space Opera (for cinematic campaigns) 
 + 
 +**__Star Wars RPG__** 
 +  * Science Fiction + Space Opera + Mythic 
 + 
 +**__Cyberpunk RED__** 
 +  * Modern + Cyberpunk 
 +  * Optional: Horror (for body-horror or dystopian emphasis) 
 + 
 +**__Shadowrun__** 
 +  * Modern + Cyberpunk + High Fantasy 
 +  * Optional: Horror 
 + 
 +**__Boot Hill__** 
 +  * Western 
 +  * Optional: Horror (for Weird West variants) 
 + 
 +**__Deadlands__** 
 +  * Western + Horror + Gothic / Urban Fantasy 
 + 
 +**__Top Secret__** 
 +  * Modern + Espionage 
 + 
 +**__Delta Green__** 
 +  * Modern + Espionage + Horror 
 + 
 +**__Numenera__** 
 +  * Science Fiction + Mythic 
 +  * Optional: High Fantasy 
 + 
 +**__Blades in the Dark__** 
 +  * Fantasy + Gothic / Urban Fantasy 
 +  * Optional: Horror