Thursday, March 18, 2021

Burger Wars!

Burger Wars! is Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, but set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Umerica. Unlike many DCC adventures, this is pretty much an open sandbox. Designed for characters of level 3+, characters work with and potentially double and triple cross the factions of Oniontown.

Oniontown is a large ruined city that's home to a few factions:

  • Cult of Buddy O'Burger - I've discussed my love for Buddy before. He's the god of customer service, feasting, and cannibalism. His cult was the most powerful faction until they were weakened by the Salt Lich's curse.
  • Piggy King and his Piggy Pals - Mascots have power in the magical wasteland of Umerica and Buddy's archrival, Piggy King, sensed weakness in the power structure of Oniontown
  • The Salt Lich - The Dead Prince of Preservation hates life and wants it to suffer. His litter mummies roam the streets. The Salt Lich cast a curse on the city preventing Buddy's cult from magically creating food (which cut them off from some of their patron spells)
  • Howard (1-5) and the Sleepers - There is a large supply of food and humans in cryosleep located in Industrial Park A. They are watched over by the Howard androids. The two food factions would gain much prestige and power from taking the resources here. Also there is a preserved head with knowledge that would be beneficial to all factions.
The layout of the adventure is rather simple. Background is given. Four prominent locations are given (one related to each faction above).  There are some random encounters given that can play out between visits to those locations. There are also supplemental plot hooks, subplots, and encounters. Finally, their is information on Jollymeals, which are special rewards given out by Buddy's cult.

You probably won't be surprised to found that I love this adventure. It's a great sandbox and I adore that Buddy O'Burger is an important part of it.

You can get the adventure in print and pdf on the Goodman Games store.

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