The Golden Barge
The Golden Barge spools its way along a luminous thread through the humpbacked sky.
On the prow, under the sheen of a translucent dome, tiny figures are moving…
I've been meaning to get into Troika by Daniel Sell for a while. The PDF has been sitting in
my dropbox but till now I've only rolled a few characters and enjoyed the art
by Dirk Detweiler Leichty and Andrew Walter.
That changed this weekend when I set sail on a Golden Barge and dipped a toe into the system
with a few friends.
I'm pathologically unable to run a module in any system and couldn't help home brewing up a
quick one shot. Above is my attempt to map one of the Golden Barges eluded to by the rules
(more than lightly influenced by Leichty's fantastic illustrations). I had hoped to actually make
this post a rough outline of that adventure but I'd need to work further on my understanding of the
system and the bones of the adventure itself for that to be worth your time. Instead, in the spirit of
Troika, I offer you this map as an invitation to your own imaginations.
I'll include these two room descriptions I drafted for the session.
The Kitchens
A fury of shouts and flames, a spicy assault on the senses - a cadre of inevitable chefs are busy cooking orders.
They have been recruited from a fanatical culinary sect that will stop at nothing to spike any ticket that comes into the kitchen. An army might march on its stomach but these chefs will lay waste to entire spheres to serve canapes. Only once a meal is served will they return to their regenerative cocoons until service hours resume.
The Hangar
It takes a lot to traverse the spheres. The assorted craft here aren’t up to the task - being more suited to
a quick jaunt or occasional maintenance of the barge itself. The options in each bay are as varied
as the passengers themselves.
1. A Gossamer pleasure skiff - great for being seen whilst seeing the sights.
2. A large insectoid with mouth parts like a garbage disposal. Its compound eyes seem to shift from you
to the saddle hanging nearby.
3. A vapor ski - perfect for enjoying the humpbacked sky at the expense of everyone else.
4. A Scorpedo Rum Runner in jailbreak blue. There is a pistolet in the glove box and a person in the trunk.
5. A two person, pedal powered, velocipede.
6. A Gronk class sky tug - solid as a bathtub full of concrete and just as maneuverable.
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