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DEADLINE - A Clockwork Press is a GM-less, news-chronicling, and map-making TTRPG.

In this game, players will don a quill and cap and assume the roles of journalists for the largest news publishing house in the City.

What city, you ask? Well, that’s for you to create and develop together with 1-4 players (can be played solo!)

The city you will create is a place of steam-powered industry, corruption, rebellion... and a touch of the arcane

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Deadline: A Clockwork Press [PDF]
€10.00

DEADLINE - A Clockwork Press is a GM-less, news-chronicling, and map-making TTRPG.

In this game, players will don a quill and cap and assume the roles of journalists for the largest news publishing house in the City.

What city, you ask? Well, that’s for you to create and develop with 1-4 players (can be played solo!)

The city you will create is a place of steam-powered industry, corruption, rebellion... and a touch of the arcane.
And it's yours to build—and report on.

You’ll play through two main phases:
Establishment Phase: Collaboratively create your city—its districts, its power structures, its secrets.
Chronicling Phase: Take on the roles of journalists writing for the biggest newspaper in the city, documenting key events and exposés, and the pulse of the city.

Features:
• 1–4 players (solo play supported)
No GM required
Industrial, steampunk-inspired city-building
• Great tool for world-building, and creative writing


You will receive the following:
⚙️ Deadline: A Clockwork Press PDF [24 pages]
⚙️ Digital Broadsheet and City Record Sheet
⚙️ 3 Premade City Record Sheets
⚙️ How to Play Online Instructions

You will receive the game immediately upon payment.

Deadline: A Clockwork Press
€16.00

DEADLINE - A Clockwork Press is a GM-less, news-chronicling, and map-making TTRPG.

In this game, players will don a quill and cap and assume the roles of journalists for the largest news publishing house in the City.

What city, you ask? Well, that’s for you to create and develop with 1-4 players (can be played solo!)

The city you will create is a place of steam-powered industry, corruption, rebellion... and a touch of the arcane. And it's yours to build—and report on.

You’ll play through two main phases:
Establishment Phase: Collaboratively create your city—its districts, its power structures, its secrets.
Chronicling Phase: Take on the roles of journalists writing for the biggest newspaper in the city, documenting key events and exposés, and the pulse of the city.

This unique game comes as a 24-page, tabloid-size newspaper packaged in an A4-sized printed envelope sleeve—immersing you right into the world of Deadline.


Features:
• 1–4 players (solo play supported)
No GM required
Industrial, steampunk-inspired city-building
• Great tool for world-building, and creative writing
Unique format: Tabloid newspaper!


Every purchase will be sent a pdf of the game through the bits and mortar program and will be sent to the email you include in your order.
Learn more about Deadline and download supplements here.

Deadline: City Record & Broadsheet Newspaper
€6.00

A printed newspaper for your cities & stories!

Our Deadline City Record & Broadsheet Newspaper is an A4-sized, 16-page publication – perfect for recording your city creations.

It includes 4 City Record Sheets and 12 Broadsheets for you to play, write, and draw directly on – enough for four different cities, with three news cycles drafted for each!

A perfect way to display your favourite cities and creations – on a newspaper itself.