Welcome to the Indie Media Group (IMG) screamsheet for Neo-Vegas!
Jack in right here for our latest screamsheet drop – straight from the glowing guts of the Strip.
We slice through the static and bring you the raw feed on everything that matters: bleeding-edge Fashion, rigged Casinos, blood-soaked Crime, and the straight-up savage Fun that keeps this chrome jungle pulsing after dark.
In the grim neon-drenched sprawl of Neo-Vegas, the old Strip has been swallowed by megacorp overlords, chrome-plated facades, and endless holographic ads promising escape from the dust-choked badlands outside. Every bet is tracked, every win feeds the corps, and the house almost always wins—unless you’ve got luck on your side, the right deck or the nerve to burn it all down. Chrome up, choom. The neon never sleeps.
“What happens in Neo-Vegas… usually ends up on a bootleg BD sold in Night City for half price.” -Kid the Fixer
We’ve been encountering a little bit of a screamsheet Renaissance lately. I love this because it aligns with my proclivities as a vigilante graphic designer. Plus, the screamsheet is one of those perfect little background elements of the big-c Cyberpunk setting.
Whether you’ve read the one your GM’s using to convey story hooks, or gazed in awe of the shit-hot new Rayfield in the copy Kirk hands you in 2077’s Streetkid origin path. If there’s a Media in your Crew, they may even sell an exaggerated version of your gigs to your local rag. Either way, screamsheets are always there.
Not too long ago, GMRUNSGAME gave you a perfect guide on how to make your own, peep that bad boy right HERE. And of course I posted a copy of Black Wall, which is the perfect screamsheet for characters who love UFOs and Bigfoots. We make a lot of focus on the content, but I know at least for me while I was laying out Black Wall something was missing.
Open a magazine, right now. Interspersed with the articles you claim to be the real reason you bought it, what do you see?
Ads.
Everywhere and anywhere. From the time of Randolph Hearst to Shane Smith, in perpetuity, advertising is the backbone of media. The medium is the message, and the message is that you need dick pills.
What we have for you here is nothing less than a cornucopia of ads to spice up your next scream sheet. From full-pagers to banner toppers, and a lot more in between. We’ve even added a few in for those who may set their games in places other than NC.
When I created this scream sheet to use in one of my games, I tried to make it as flexible as possible. Lets take a look at how it could play out depending on the type of game your running or playing.
Option 1
Save the Exec’s!
A client contacts your group, the article is true choom! The Vorn’s embezzled assets, falsifying records in the process. Your client was the benefactor (a rival corp? a Rockerboy?) and now “The Sheriffs” an elite NCPD group have caught their scent. Get to the Vorn’s, and get them the hell out of Night City!
Option 2
Find the Scum!
Officed R.Mendez is book smart, they have tracked the Vorms to Old Japantown but the Combat Zone’s been to hot since someone calling themselves the Great Bozo united several of the waring clans. Head to Japantown and ask around. The players could face a choice between siding with the NCPD and the news story. Or protecting the Vorn’s after they reveal where the Eddies went.
Option 3 – You’re the Sheriffs!
When the pay is this good, even edgerunners can be the good guys…right? The Sheriffs are both elite and secretive. In truth, the Sheriffs are any half cooked team of edgerunners that strike the balance between getting the job done, and plausible deniability for the NCPD. A necessary evil. Mendez gets in touch via your local fixer, the jobs simple. Dead or Alive recover the Vorn’s. They paid 6th Street with a cut of the money they stole and have spent the last 10 years under their protection, heck now there are rumours they play an active part in the gang. Anyone fancy testing the second amendment?
Option 4
It ain’t always about you choomba…
The article isn’t directed at you and yours choom. Instead the advert is. Maybe a character in your group is linked to Blackwood Technologies. Perhaps they discover their biomonitor is Blackwood tech and capable of improvement but they need to get in touch with the company. Maybe it’s a tracker and bomb and users have been blown up when they are close to Blackwood’s competitors.
The possibilities are extensive. When your creating your scream sheets, don’t just think about the here and now. Give these companies reputations, affiliations, and start to create an impression in your players minds. Think about long term characters and mention them like Mendez here, or interviewed as the players approach a potential encounter to show their motivations and personalities. Later in the campaign, this kind of world building creates great buy in, especially when the Corp is your creation and all the info your players get can be controlled for the end goal.
Until next time chooms, remember to tell your mainline you love them. Night City’s a crazy place…
Attached is Capricious Nature’s Guide to The Vehicles Of Red.
This guide includes in-depth descriptions of driving & piloting mechanics in Part 1, including new Quick-Glance DV Tables.
In Parts 2, 3 & 4, the guide establishes Civilian & Military Vehicles, and introduces a total of 35 Civilian Vehicles, 18 Military Vehicles, and 20 Military-Grade Weapons, and even more “Home Made” Variants!
In Part 5, we introduce the simple mechanic of Customizing your vehicle, with 40+ different customizable modifications, not including the Nomad section in the Core Rulebook.
Part 6, a brand new addition as of April 2022, we have “Vehicle Packages”, allowing any Edgerunner or Nomad to spruce up their vehicle with a set of upgrades!
In the Supplements section, we introduce Night Market & Nomad Market purchases, as well as an additional Map. I also included a full Player Vehicle Customization Sheet, with Form-Fillable PDF Boxes, which will be included separately.
As a professor of economics at Night City University, people frequently ask me about the past, present, and future of Night City’s economy. Over the last several years, my students have frequently asked “How can a war from before I was born still make it hard to buy what I want? There is a lot of manufacturing in Night City, why can’t we just make everything we need?” The answer to these questions starts with the founding of Night City.
Attached are 2 different NPC Block designs, to let you create your own Homebrew creatures! Embedded fonts, CRB similar design & aesthetics, these PDFs will help you bring your creatures & creations to life! Don’t have a PDF Editor? Empty NPC Statblock Images are available too!
Free to public, these are the first few pages of my upcoming supplement to join us on https://www.twitch.com/CyberNationUncensored as we continue our campaign
You can catch us Weekly for Fallout Fridays on https://www.twitch.tv/cybernationuncensored USA: Friday, PDT 4p-7p / EDT 7p-10p Europe & Asia: Saturday, GMT 12a-3a, CST 7a-10a / AEST 9a-12p We will be broadcasting WEEKLY, to stream you the Grim-Dark Adventures of Fallout: Asia!
Upcoming additions will include brand new Lore for the Fallout Universe, including inventions, companies & events. Encounters with the folklore of Asia, newly translated by Sophie Yang (楊蕾) for use with this campaign. And of course, new Enemies & Monsters to lead the spooks!
Update #1: Added Equipment Update #2: Added ARTec Robot Line Update #3: Added Bunker Dwellers, New Equipment, and Re-Stat on Ammunitition Update #4: New Origins & Loadouts added, new weapons & rebalanced food system! Update #5: New Artwork, Additional Factions, New Weapons & rebalanced Rarity!