100AC System Discord Dice Bot Updated

100AC System Discord Dice Bot Updated

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!

100AC System Dice Bot for Discord

100AC System Dice Bot for Discord

Online play is more important than ever for tabletop roleplaying games, and while Scratchpad Publishing will always be excited to create games that support quick, off-the-shelf play around a table, we also know that many of you have been looking for more tools to help you play Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars online. You can now add a 100AC System Dice bot to your Discord server, which uses a series a simple commands to let you roll the percentile dice, advantage dice, and challenge dice used by these two systems.

Print-on-Demand Spectaculars Setting Books

Print-on-Demand Spectaculars Setting Books

Now available in print through DriveThruRPG’s Print on Demand service: additional Spectaculars setting books! If you’ve been wanting to create another setting or run multiple campaigns in different settings, this book contains all of the content of the Setting Book included in the Spectaculars core game, formatted to standard Letter paper size and printed on paper that is easy to write on. Grab one, two, or a few today!

Form-Fillable PDFs for Spectaculars

Form-Fillable PDFs for Spectaculars

With many people making the shift to online play, form-fillable PDFs make the transition much easier. Several of the Spectaculars PDFs have been updated with form-fillable versions, including the Setting Book from the core game, the free Teams & Heroes pack, the free Villains & Minions pack, and the free Hero Progress sheet! Download these updated PDF packs today from DriveThruRPG to get the new form-fillable sheets!

Spectaculars 40% Off

Spectaculars 40% Off

In the hopes that you’ll have a Spectacular 2021, from now through the end of February 2021 the Spectaculars core game box set is available at 40% off when purchased through our online store. This month-and-a-little-more-long discount is to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the release of Spectaculars, as well as the launch of our new online store. Thanks for your support!

Online Sales Temporarily Disabled

Online Sales Temporarily Disabled

For a short period, you will not be able to purchase physical copies of Scratchpad Publishing products through our website. The company that warehouses our games, and handles our online sales, is moving to a new inventory system, and for a short time our online sales must be disabled. This issue should be resolved, with products once again available for purchase, very soon. In the meantime, you can still purchase copies of our games through Indie Press Revolution.

Warehouse Move

Warehouse Move

Over the next few weeks, Scratchpad Publishing products will be unavailable for sale through our website as our warehousing company moves our stock to a new warehouse. In the meantime, you may place orders through Indie Press Revolution for both the Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars core game box sets, and through Campaign Coins for the Dusk City Outlaws metal tokens and Spectaculars metal tokens.

Dusk City Outlaws & Spectaculars on Tabletop Simulator

Dusk City Outlaws & Spectaculars on Tabletop Simulator

Now available on Tabletop Simulator for free through Steam Workshop: official conversions for both Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars. If you have been looking for a way to play the Scratchpad Publishing games online, these TTS modules represent the first steps toward providing official online environments for play. If you own Tabletop Simulator on Steam, you can subscribe to these workshop modules to gain access to custom game setups that include high resolution components derived directly from the printer files for each game. A copy of either game (either physically, or in PDF format) is still required to play.

Spectaculars Now Available for Sale

Spectaculars Now Available for Sale

I am very pleased to announce that fulfillment of the Spectaculars Kickstarter is complete, and physical copies of the core game box set are now available for general sale. You can purchase a copy of Spectaculars directly through this website, or through your local game store if they are an Indie Press Revolution customer. Now, get out there and start making your own comic book universe!

Spectaculars Digital Creator Pack Now Available

Spectaculars Digital Creator Pack Now Available

Now available for free on DriveThruRPG, the Digital Creator Pack for Spectaculars gives you everything you need to produce new material using the graphic design and iconography of the actual game. Packed with icons, backgrounds, and publishing templates, the Digital Creator Pack includes a free license to produce and distribute material in digital format for free.

Dusk City Outlaws Nominated for Origins Award

Dusk City Outlaws Nominated for Origins Award

It is with great honor that Scratchpad Publishing announces that Dusk City Outlaws, the first independent game by creator Rodney Thompson, has been nominated for the 2019 Origins Awards! It is a great achievement for the game, and truly a privilege to be considered alongside other excellent nominees for the Origins Awards, the winners of which will be announced at the Origins Game Fair in June.

Spectaculars Kickstarter Ends

Spectaculars Kickstarter Ends

Thanks to the generous support of over a thousand Kickstarter backers, Spectaculars not only reached its funding goal, but also raised enough money to unlock every stretch goal along the way! A Pledge Manage for Spectaculars will go up soon, allowing backers to modify their pledges and provide shipping addresses. If you missed the Kickstarter, the Pledge Manager will also allow you to preorder the game at the discounted Kickstarter price.

Spectaculars Has Funded!

Spectaculars Has Funded!

As of this posting, Spectaculars has surpassed its funding goal on Kickstarter, which means that the game will be produced! A sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the game so far. But it’s not over yet! There are still three days left to support the campaign, and a whole batch of new stretch goals are ready and waiting to tear through during the last hours of the Kickstarter.

Spectaculars Livestreams: Help Make the Setting!

Spectaculars Livestreams: Help Make the Setting!

On Monday, 10/29, at 6 PM Pacific Time, Spectaculars will appear on the LoadingReadyRun Dice Friends show on Twitch. On Tuesday, 10/30, at 8 PM Pacific Time, Spectaculars will appear on the Saving Throw Show. You can take a survey now to help create the setting and the villains that will be used in those, and future, livestreams!

Neon City Outlaws Released

Neon City Outlaws Released

Now available on DriveThruRPG, Neon City Outlaws is a setting hack for Dusk City Outlaws that translates the heist game into a the dystopian cyberpunk setting of Neo-Dunhaven. Under the oppressive eyes of the Consortium Council, the Right Kind of People of Neo-Dunhaven plan heists and execute cons, dealing with artificial intelligences, digital memory storage and transfer, and an immersive virtual reality network.