Rebel Scum (2nd Edition)
A downloadable game
Rebel Scum
2nd Edition
Check out the anti-fascist RPG banned from DrivethruRPG!
Now with entirely new art, minor rules clarifications and three new adventures!
REBEL SCUM tells the story of how scrappy, anti-fascist heroes can fight back against a government with unlimited power (including giant lasers and space magic). Inspired by a love for a certain line of 3 and 3/4 inch action figures, this is a fast paced, feel good, space opera of rebellion and adventure. In this TTRPG, characters are all expressed as action figures, with their pertinent stats and abilities "on the back of the card." Choose your toy and get out into battle!
Cinematic Action
Create your own character or grab a pre-generated character and dive into the action fast. Spend Stars to take dramatic action mid-scene, and keep an eye on the Danger level, which will increase as the game goes on. Everything is about creating movie-like space opera drama, with the players at the center of this fast-paced, exciting, revolutionary tale.
Easy to Learn
Rebel Scum runs on the Polymorph system. Each player only ever uses ONE polyhedral die: a d4, a d6, a d8, or a d10. Each die represents a different character “role” in the group. Whenever a player asks “can I do something?” they roll their die and with a quick glance at a resolution matrix, know if they succeed. It's easy for both newbies and old hats to use and learn.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $14.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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Well - this is a game right up my street. I'll be boycotting the other sites.
Bought. Anti-fascist greetings from germany.
I almost never buy TTRPGs digitally at full price, so I ordered physically from their website today (plus pdf) even with the insane $62 postage cost. Looking forward to making the Zolar System great again...
I just wish there was solo play. :(
Read Banned Books! ✊
Cool game, 9th Level Games team!
Oh no, this game's political and Roll20 didn't like that here's $15 keep doing what you do.
Bought both editions today because its ridiculous what Roll20.LLC did to your game.
Look, we all hate fascists but DTRPG are a business and acting well within their rights. I will now NOT be buying this game because of the ridiculous overreaction.
"ACTualLy WHaT THEy dID WaSn't STrictlY ILLeGal"
Get ahold of yourself.
I just bought this game and convinced several of my friends to buy it too. Get fucked.
**clown emoji**. Ridiculous is chiming in to say what they're "NOT" gonna do like it's special, even though the mass majority of people are never going to visit ITCH, much less by a game. This is not the own you think it is. Own-goal if anything.
“The people capitulating Nazis are the real victims.”
You’re not buying it because you don’t mind Nazis, be honest with yourself.
"Look, we all hate fascists...BUT"
honk honk
did you seriously seek out a indie ttrpg page just to argue on behalf of a large business?
Seriously?
Like ignore political context for a second, just this alone is loser shit tbh.
It don't get better adding back the political context.
"It's a business". What a joke, go sit with the rest of the cowards and wipe the boot polish off your tongue.
One of the worst takes on anything I have ever seen on the internet. Amazing, truly.
Shame on DriveThruRPG! But at the very least, the ban is how I heard about this game, so now I'm considering buying it.
I had to do it. Looking forward to playing this!
Hi, I purchased this on the 9th level site, is there a way to get the blank cards and crew of the last hope?
On the page for Rebel Scum, scroll down and look for a "FREE DOWNLOADS" tab next to the Game Description. We try to make all character sheets available on each games page.
Thank you so much! I didn't see that before.
Is there a place to purchase a physical copy?
Depending on your location in the world, you can purchase a physical copy from our website or from many Friendly Local Game Stores!
https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum-2nd-edition
If we have the original in physical form, would there be any way to apply for a free or reduced copy of this PDF? And are there plans to release a physical copy in future?
At this time we are not offering a discount. Did you get the PDF with your purchase of the 1st edition paper back? We try to provide PDFs with physical purchases when requested. You can email contact@9thlevel.com with proof of purchase.
Depending on your location in the world, you can purchase a physical copy from our website or from many Friendly Local Game Stores! https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum-2nd-edition
I got a copy of the 1st Edition PDF from the retailer...I think they sent me an email link a few days after I bought it? I'll look through emails and try to find the actual communication.
Why do you ask? If I have access to that, does it update with the second edition?
what caused this game to be banned by DriveThruRPG?
I too would like to know.
I sincerely hope it wasn’t the ‘Punch a Nazi’ rule. 😆
Rebel Scum is a game about politics and DriveThruRPG stated they had received complaints regarding the political nature of the game. DriveThruPRG says the political content breaks their terms of service and they told us if we removed the political content we could keep the game listed on their site. We said no.
That same site still allows RPGPundit, Venger Satanis, Daniel Fox, Zak Smith, and others to keep their works up. This is absurd.
Pundit, Venger, and even Fox don't put their politics in their books.
True, but their politics aren't hard to stumble across, nor was this the only RPG with political leanings on their platform.
I think the worst thing about this game is that I would save more money if I just bought the physical book than if I bought the pdf. A pdf should be at least half the cost of the physical book price, and that's just being nice about it.
That's complete bullshit. Games are art, and art is inherently political. How can you push boundaries as an artform if you're muted from social commentary?
I'll be grabbing this as soon as I have enough spare change.