Vía Continental

A one-page TTRPG in which players, with the help of a game master, assume the role of a train crew delivering shipments on short deadlines on hostile tracks, and where the resolution mechanics are based on Black Jack. 

Danger and tragedies reign on the Continent's vast, aging rail network. Be it centuries-old  bridges collapsing,  haunted tunnels, corporate rail warfare, or unstable scrapped engines, life on the tracks is cruel. And fast. 

Crews operating in the heat of the Company locomotives are, more often than not, Outcasts. Sent on the rails by misfortune and hardships, they cling to what little solidarity they can build, away from the well adjusted life of the cities, delivering shipment after shipment; sacrificed so that no train is ever late. Until the engine dies. 

Vía Continental is a ttrpg inspired by Mad Max, Sorcerer, Cowboy Bebop, and cool trains. Players take the roles of a crew of Outcasts and cooperate to pilot, repair, and defend excentric trains and accomplish fast-paced missions for their employer, and with the help of a GM (the Conductor) build a formidable story filled with a sense of emergency.  

Rules are narration and character development-focused, with a stat system based on each character temperament and a resolution mechanic inspired by Black Jack.

• 1 Game master 
•  A fistful of players
•  A deck of 54 cards
•  Pen and paper

Léo "Maaz" Lesètre
Original idea, game design, world building, graphic design
Adrien Brégeot
Illustrations, world building, graphic design
Romane Borgeais
Graphic design, re-reads, corrections

Special thanks to Solène for re-reading 

Written for the One-Page RPG Jam 2024