Ready Player 2.4

This is a game I made for #24XXJam and #ArtIsEgoJam. It's a parody of Ready Player One and the awful subculture around obsessive fan trivia and so on. It's also a bookmark game because I meant to make something for the Bookmark Game Jam earlier this year.

The PDF is just a poor tiling of 5 bookmarks on each page, along with a black/white version if you (like me) cannot afford to print sheets with a lot of color. This is my artistic statement.

You only need a set of standard gaming dice and any preexisting TTRPG adventure. Any one. Whenever you attempt something risky, roll d6.

• 1-2: You fail and things get worse.
• 3-4: You succeed at a cost.
• 5+: You succeed without any issue.

Before you roll the usual d6, you can make a reference to any movie, show, or other work. For each person at the table who <GETS IT>, step the die up: d6 -> d8 -> d10 -> d12.

No one else can refer to that work for the rest of the session. Make sure to keep track of all the cool references you make! That’s who your <character> is.

If you’re at a disadvantage while attempting the risky thing, step the die down once: d12 -> d10 -> d8 -> d6 -> d4.

Ernest Cline is a male chauvinist pig and the 80s were stupid. Ready Player One is just Sword Art Online for sad old men.