Mectors
A downloadable game
Fragments of War
After the war, thousands upon thousands of bipedal mechanized fighting vehicles (or “Bimechs”) were left scattered across the land. Many were brought back to the capital cities to be repaired or scrapped, but the majority of them were too damaged to be easily transported. With the war won, the victors simply left their mechanical refuse in the battlefields to rust and wither.
Reclaiming the Scraps
Across the nations, in communities that had lost great numbers of working folk, these Bimechs replaced rudimentary tractors and mining equipment. Nobody knows who was the first to call them “Mectors”, but the name caught on and spread. The war ended over a century ago, and while the world still bears its scars, it has also healed. The capital cities still skirmish from time to time, but those fights rarely extend into the farmlands and mines of the common folk.
What is Mectors?
In Mectors, players take on the role of a farmer, miner, fisher, carpenter, or some other worker in a labor intensive field. Mector Owners come from all kinds of backgrounds. Some own a Mector that’s been in their family for generations. Others came across theirs recently, through purchase or luck. And a rare few have managed to piece their own together using scraps from decommissioned Mectors, but this is even harder than it sounds. No matter how they got it, they now have a powerful tool with a long history.
What's Included?
- The full rulebook laid out in individual pages (great for screens)
- The full rulebook laid out in side-by-side spreads (great for monitors)
- The full rulebook laid out as a printable booklet (great for printing)
- The character sheet as a PNG file
- The town sheet as a PNG file
Content Warning(s): war, tyrannical leaders, violence, accidental or intentional bodily harm, magical harm.
Supplies Needed: one or more six-sided dice (more is better), pencils, and these rules
Game Length: 2-3 hours
Tales from the Heartland
Set 100 years before the events of Mectors, Minted in Blood puts players in the middle of the Trade Wars. Play as scrappy heroes fighting against the plutocratic PTC. (Currently in development!)
Set long, long after the events of both games, As the Crow Flies is a solo journaling game about a crow leaving the nest and exploring a world that humans left beyond ages ago. See how nature, magic, spirits, and the Earth Mother have changed since humanity's disappearance.
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Mectors is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This work is based on Charge RPG, product of Fari RPGs (https://farirpgs.com/), developed and authored by René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
This work is also based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (16 total ratings) |
Author | Chubby Crow Games |
Genre | Survival |
Tags | Crafting, Farming, Fishing, Mechs, mining, pastoral, roleplaying-game, Romance, Tabletop role-playing game |
Purchase
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Development log
- Mectors 2nd Edition ReleasedAug 07, 2023
- Art and Character SheetAug 03, 2023
- I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map!Jul 31, 2023
- Mectors 2.0 In ProgressJul 26, 2023
- A New Game in the Heartland Collection!Aug 31, 2022
- Full Release, plus Art!May 05, 2022
- Heartland BundleApr 09, 2022
- Into the Heartland: A Setting PrimerApr 07, 2022
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I got the very last community copy, so auto 10/10. Going to come back and leave a more in-depth review, particularly as I have been on a mecha TTRPG and lore kick.
That's very kind of you, and I'm excited to hear your review.
Hey, going through the game now, but I noticed that you put a link to the 4Chan /tg/ Archive link for the TTRPG Safety Toolkit instead of the actual website.
Kinda weird as most "4Chan" things tend to be malicious in nature. Or how you clearly didn't read the PDF to link the original site or click on the second link on a basic Google search. Though perhaps that was the goal all along.
At least, if you do intend on continuing to use the /tg/ Archive, make sure to understand that it is blocked in certain countries.
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I mean, Mechs, what's not to love about that, right!
I'm not gonna disagree with you there!
Thank you so much :D I hope you enjoy the read, and please let me know if you play!