VOID 1680 AM
Bannerless GamesNight after night, you sit alone with your thoughts, your music, and a microphone. Whether you come to your radio show with somber attitude or joyful spirit, you use the music that moves you to etch something fleeting and beautiful into the big empty.
There are other voices in the darkness. With a deck of cards, a six-sided die and a stack of music, you will build a playlist, invent and interact with Callers to your show, and evolve their stories over as many broadcasts as you like. No matter their motivations, they simply must be heard. In that way, you are very alike.
VOID 1680 AM includes rules for single-session and ongoing play, instructions to have your show broadcast on the airwaves as an Affiliate, and even a way to add your voice to a library of Callers that other DJs can use in their own games.
Key Features
- An original rule system that helps you build a playlist with surprises and deep emotional connection, invent the Callers who call you during your show, and even provides rules for continuing Caller stories over multiple sessions.
- Methods for submitting your show for broadcast on the real VOID 1680 AM, and for becoming a Caller for other people's games.
- Beautiful original cover art by comic artist Jordan Witt, and custom radio diagrams by Dylan Todd.
Press Clippings
- "Fill the late-nite airwaves with music and meaning in playlist-building solo RPG VOID 1680 AM," Dicebreaker
- "VOID 1680 AM creator talks comic books and tabletop RPG similarities and exploring the lonely airwaves," Dicebreaker
- "7 indie tabletop RPGs released this year that you shouldn't miss," Dicebreaker
- An End of Year selection on Dice Exploder's 2023 Year End Bonanza
- "10 TTRPGs We Want To Play in 2024," The Bad Spot podcast
Get all of Bannerless Games' solo mystery games for a special price in the Bannerless Bundle
28 page, 6.5 x 10.25 inch, black & white, saddle-bound zine
Includes digital package with digital versions
At first glance I thought is this really worth it? It has this analog basic look, it's only a few pages but you can never judge a book by its cover (although the cover is pretty cool). It consists of using cards and occasionally a d6 to create a playlist and curate it with callers. The first playthrough took me about two hours, I was working hard on that playlist...then it made me want to actually do something with it.... then I read the last page and you can send it to the creator to broadcast and you can even call and leave messages for others to use.... sold. Totally worth the cost.
Great game!
As soon as I described this game to my friends they said it sounded like it was made for me. I used to be a pirate radio host for a show that covered most of Austin, and this just brings back all of those memories.
Had a quick look through the rules, seems super easy to play and create an ongoing story. Really excited to carve out some time and play
This is going to be sooooo fun
I love that you can submit your playlist to an real micro-station.