#zero void

I'm sorry, who are you?

We're @sashasienna​ and @jonnywaistcoat​, and we make tabletop RPGs as MacGuffin & Co.!

Tabletop what-nows?

Immersive storytelling games where you and your friends can dive into weird worlds, play fascinating characters and have harrowing adventures!

What, like Dungeons & Dragons?

*sigh* Yeah. Like Dungeons & Dragons

Ok, so what have you made?

Well, we've got a collection of system neutral micro-settings called Odd Jobs - it's eleven small and fascinating worlds to play games in, each with a campaign you can play through in a month. They're not designed for any particular system, so you can play them with whatever game you like!

Oh, and it won the 2022 UK Games Expo award for Best Adventure and was nominated for Ennie Product of the Year. Just sayin'.

We've just released a tarot-themed magical river game called Upriver, Downriver with our dear friend Ella Watts, in which you play the crew of a ship sailing the Great River, either travelling upriver to the mythical Source with it's magic and revelation; or downriver towards the unending Sea with it's freedom and horizon.

We have KER-SPLAT! - a high-chaos, full nonsense cartoon RPG we wrote with Ross Barlow, where the players can't die and the GM can't stop them in a hilarious cascade of silly jokes. Also, not to brag, but this is the funniest RPG rulebook you'll ever read.

We also have smaller games, such as Zero Void - a no-prep one-shot zine game, where you play a bunch of desperate space criminals trying to escape a space station before the law arrives.

Is there any way to keep up with what you do?

Well, following our Tumblr is a great start. We also have a monthly mailing list you can sign up to from our website that will keep you updated on what we do.

We also have a Patreon.

What was that? You're mumbling!

Yeah, like all creators trying to eke out a living, we have a Patreon. If you sign up you get behind -the-scenes updates, small or prototype games, RPG resources, new micro-settings and our monthly TTRPG Gamesmasterclass, where we use our 35(!) combined years of GMing experience to help you run the best games ever.

But what if I want to see your faces?

Then I have great news! We stream boardgames and RPGs every Sunday at twitch.tv/macguffinandco! Jonny also streams videogames every Friday at twitch.tv/jonnywaistcoat, and Sasha steams their Jane Austen Bookclub every Monday at twitch.tv/sashasienna

Sounds cool - where can I find out more?

macguffinandcompany.com, baby!

Wait, so why are you on Tumblr?

A recap in case you missed it… or want it now!

Available as a physical copy or PDF here

Zero Void is a no-prep sci-fi RPG scenario for 1-6 players and a GM. In it, a team of interstellar criminals are on the run following a botched job, trying to outrun the full force of Imperial Security Enforcement. Do they work together to get out in one piece, turn on each other to try and save their own skin, or go down in a blaze of zero-g desperation?

Ok, listen up scummer, here’s the deal. You’re jekked. You’re void. And you need to get out in one piece. The job started fine - your crew got into the vault, grabbed the money and were headed for the exit when some would-be hero tripped the jekking alarm. Your ship was locked down and you had to grab the nearest piece of dreg you could find in order to get out of system.

Too late, though. Hunter Koltz is on your tail and the can you stole didn’t have the juice to get any further than the Dantix system. So now you’re pulling into Port Caliban, a tiny space station with the only fuel for five light years. You’ve got three cases of credstix that aren’t worth dreg ‘til you can get them to a cleaner, and you’ve got the body of the jekking rachit whose can you took lying in the hold. Koltz and ISO are right behind you and could be here any MINIT.

We didn't get much chance to shout about it over the weekend because we were in a field but the follow up to ZERO VOID: Bad Day at Port Caliban is here! ZERO VOID: Dregs of Rebellion is another no-prep sci-fi one-shot TTRPG, but this time the players are thrust into chaos as the remnants of a revolutionary cell having the worst day of their life. It's currently available on the MacGuffin & Co. Patreon.

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