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Oct 9, 2024

Both Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars will be reprinted in early 2025, and the best way to stay in the loop on the reprints, as well as new games from Scratchpad Publishing, is to sign up for our new email list. If you’re at all interested in the upcoming reprints or new projects, this email list will be the first place announcements are posted, giving you a head start on everyone else!

Oct 9, 2024

Jun 6, 2024

Spectaculars is 74% Off All Summer

Jun 6, 2024

We’re hoping you’re going to have a spectacular summer, so we’ve deeply discounted the Spectaculars box set for the Spectaculars Summer Sale! Marked down to just $19.99, there has never been a better time to try out the Spectaculars RPG, creating your own comic book universe as you play through the four included campaigns, over 50 sessions worth of stories! Visit the Scratchpad Publishing store to grab a copy before the sale ends!

Jun 6, 2024

Jan 25, 2023

100AC System Discord Dice Bot Updated

Jan 25, 2023

The 100AC System Dice Bot for use in Discord has been updated with some improved readibility and a more colorful interface. If you’ve already added the dice bot to your server, you will get these changes automatically. If you’re looking to play one of the 100AC System games online, but haven’t yet added the bot to your Discord server, you can add the 100AC System Dice bot to your server and start playing online right away!

Jan 25, 2023

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100AC System Dice Bot

The 100AC System Dice Bot offers an easy-to-use interface for adding dice rolls to your Discord Server. The bot allows you to roll percentile dice, advantage dice, and challenge dice, and can be used to play Dusk City Outlaws, Spectaculars, or any other 100AC System game. Use the !help command for a full usage explanation.

Dusk City Outlaws Companion Bot

The Disk City Outlaws Companion Bot is a Discord bot designed to make running Jobs for your crew online easier. Once the bot is added to your server, it can create a timeline of day/night cards and track the Heat pool as it grows automatically over the course of the Job. Use the !dcohelp command for use information.

Spectaculars Initiative Bot

The Spectaculars Initiative Bot is a helper bot that makes playing Spectaculars online easier. Once you add the bot to your server, you can create initiative tracks, add and remove cards from the track, and automatically step through the initiative order with a suite of intuitive command. Use the !inithelp command to see the full list of commands.

About Scratchpad Publishing

Scratchpad Publishing is an independent games publisher founded in 2016 by Rodney Thompson with the purpose of publishing tabletop board, card, and roleplaying games.

Mission Statement

We are committed to publishing entertainment that is fun, welcoming to players of all kinds, and that meets a standard of quality that is among the highest in the industry. We are also committed to paying all contributors a fair and generous wage, crediting those who help us achieve success, and uplifting everyone in the Scratchpad Publishing family, both personally and professionally.

First Publication

Dusk City Outlaws (2017)

Latest Publication: Spectaculars

The latest game from Scratchpad Publishing is *Spectaculars*, a game of comic book heroes and villains set in a world you create as you play through the game!

Company owner and Founder

Rodney Thompson

Rodney Thompson is the founder of Scratchpad Publishing. A 22-year veteran of tabletop roleplaying game and board game design, he was part of the core design team for the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. His design credits include Marvel: Age of Heroes, Thornwatch, the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition core rulebooks, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition, Lords of Waterdeep and its expansion, Scoundrels of Skullport, the 4th Edition Dark Sun Campaign Setting and Dark Sun Creature Catalog, Monster Vault, and d20 Future. Rodney currently works as a senior designer on the Destiny video game franchise at Bungie, Inc.