Xeno & Kraft

Concept: “You can never have enough new character names. This one-page PDF with 100 names, 100 aliases, 19 origins and thousands of possible serial numbers is intended for the world of CY_BORG, but can work in any sci-fi or cyberpunk setting. Print it and bring it to the table. Your gravestone will thank you.”

Content: Several tables for generating names, aliases, origins, and serial numbers.

Writing: Table data contains a wide range of choices both exceptional and mundane. 

Art/Design: Black-on-white organization with minimal graphics (an icon to distinguish each table) and simple table ornamentation.

Usability: Tables are consistently and easily laid out and distinguished from one another, with names and aliases alphabetized for an additional means of navigation.

Concept: “CY’s corporate elites soar over the city aboard the Highline, a private maglev train known for its exclusive drug-fuelled raves. But tonight the Highline plays host to more than just high fashion and designer narcotics. A weapon is being smuggled aboard the train and you’re being paid handsomely to extract it. Get on the train, get the goods and get out of there before any junked-up plutocrats figure out who you really are.”

Content: A job to swipe a smuggled mech from the Virid Vipers while aboard a private train. A player-facing handout with some information about the train layout & contents is also included.

Writing: Lots of concise details about relevant train cars, passengers, events, and more impressively stuffed into several pages.

Art/Design: Black-on-white clean aesthetic (for both the mission details and the player handout) using multiple columns on each page with several sleek maps/diagrams to help situate the job and its variables. 

Usability: High-contrast and consistent use of fonts, arrangement, emphasis, borders, etc. all contribute to quick and effective navigation and identification/location of information.