An enclave near the Mississippi River needs a person smuggled across the border to perform a vital task. One group of Takers has to deal with hostile humans, the undead, and greed if they want to pull the job off. This is a playtest for the second edition of Red Markets, focusing on new combat mechanics. Enjoy!

Caleb as the GM
Ross as Smoke the Latent
Maddy as Absentee the sniper
Aaron as Control the techie
David as McStuffins the medic

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind* the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Adam Scott Glancy as the Keeper
Ross as Private Eddie Howell
Aaron as Chaplin Colin Erinmore
Caleb as Private Paul Stokes
Vee as Private Andy Miller

The freelancers have gained access to the temple on their mission to secure the alien artifact for the Sharpe corporation. They need to hurry before the orbital bombardment destroys everything though. Even if they find it, can they defeat its final guardian?

Jason as Sgt Pound, Marine
Tom as Del Krieger, Teamster
Elle, as Johnny Service, Android
Aaron, as Felonious Darlington, Scientist

The new soldiers discover that German artillery and disease aren’t their only threats. Strange incidents and stranger dreams hint at a danger they can barely understand. As the squad tries to investigate, they draw ever closer to the front lines.

Adam Scott Glancy as the Keeper
Ross as Private Eddie Howell
Aaron as Chaplin Colin Erinmore
Caleb as Private Paul Stokes
Vee as Private Andy Miller

Eight years ago, the miners found something deep in the rock of an isolated rimworld. The anomaly granted some of them strange and horrifying powers. They overthrew the Sharpe Mining Corporation and claimed the mine for their own. In time, they converted it into a temple to a strange new creed. The Board of Directors has tired of these expenses and approved one final attempt to retrieve the object before they flatten both the mine and the neighboring company town of Sable with an orbital bombardment to constrain the spread of this cult.

When the freelancers touch down, they get to know the sorry souls stuck in the town, infiltrate the cult’s sanctum filled with fanatical miner warriors and terrifying beasts, and learn why the locals whisper that these fanatics have… abilities considered unnatural.

Jason as Sgt Pound, Marine
Tom as Del Krieger, Teamster
Elle, as Johnny Service, Android
Aaron, as Felonious Darlington, Scientist