Fight the Power Word, Kill

Today (6 Aug 2016) I ran a one-shot of Bootleggers by +John Harper, for two players. A grand time was had by all.

Rules stuff:
I reduced the level threshold to 4 scores in order to get to more of the good stuff in our single session (the episode concluded with a daring smuggling run to hit level 3), and was forgiving with the "doing more than one job on the boat" rules, to account for the reduced personnel.

AP stuff:
The Butchers were led by impulsive boat guy Finn and aquarium-loving lady gambler Turtle, who made the midnight run, at maximum speed and damn the stealth, by boat from BC to Seattle. They butted heads with rival gang the Dock Hounds, led by the Malloy brothers and their big cousin Moose.

Finn and Turtle's escapades included numerous midnight boat runs, seaborne shootouts with the Hounds, bribing the coastguard, helping their supplier Maggie to round up escaped cows, getting busted and sent to jail for two months, repeatedly betting all their cash at the poker table, trying out new varieties of moonshine (Turtle almost spent a fate point to avoid the hangover) and a dockside showdown with the Hounds that left Dan Malloy with a busted nose (Turtle's baseball bat) and Moose missing his front teeth (Finn's hidden monkey wrench).

Clip show:
"There's nothing to do in Victoria."
"That's why you gotta drink."

"Your milk makes me strong."

"I can't get a hangover, we hafta to do this run, yo!"

"10 weeks in jail is probably better than where we actually live."

"Jayzus, my feckin nose, she broke my feckin nose!"