I bought the California Wildfire Relief Bundle off DTRPG, which means that I now have a bunch of new games on PDF in my project. That's fine, I didn't really want to make any headway.
The Game: B.O.A.
The Publisher: Brandon Crilly
Degree of Familiarity: None with the game, a decent amount with snakes
Books Required: Just the one
There's an alternate version of me that's a full-on snake guy. I really loved snakes when I was a lad (I mean, I still do, really). I used to catch garter snakes by the creek (pronounced /krIk/, thanks) when I was in middle school. As such, what sold me on this game was these sidebars:
In B.O.A., you play snakes who are members of the titular organization, the Bureau Of Agents. One can contact the Bureau in various ways, and if they accept your mission, they'll never quit. "A half-eaten mouse does no one any good." (Snek wisdom.)
There's no character sheet, sadly, but chargen isn't exactly difficult, either. Let's mek a snek!
First, we pick a breed from one of the six listed. Well, heck, let's be Monarch so I can be a kingsnake.
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That gives me the Dazzle special move, I can mesmerize with my glimmering scales. (I'm so pretty.)
Now I get to pick a general move that I'm good at. Let's say my snake is especially good at Scope (lengthening his neck to look around).
I get a gadget! I think I want a Ghost Shed, a false skin I can wear until I shed it and produce a duplicate of myself. It can't move, it just sits there lookin' pretty until someone touches it, at which point it deflates.
And, finally, I pick a Morph, which describes my coloration. Obviously my guy is Candy Cane.
My snake's code name is Prettyboy. He is long and thin, and good at looking around and charting out an approach. He's also good at just curling up and looking beautiful so that people (and not-people) get bedazzled by his lovely colors, which gives his team time to do some serious snekin'.
Prettyboy
Morph: Candy Cane
Special Move: Dazzle
Specialization: Scope
Gadget: Ghost Shed
