Misspent Youth
Teenage rebellion in a Fucked-up future
The Game
Welcome to Misspent Youth: the dystopian sci-fi game that’s all about friendship, standing up for yourself, and changing the world....
“Misspent Youth is unlike any other RPG I’ve ever played[....] This is a game that lets us focus on the story, and makes it possible for old guys like me to imagine that we’re still young and fighting every day for something more important than a parking space.”
— Wil Wheaton, host of Tabletop and awesome dude, among other things
The Buzz
“[W]e have a few in our group that enjoy RPGs, and a few that merely put up with them since that’s what’s going on. [Misspent Youth] got even the latter category of player to invest his time and emotions into the game. Because of that, every player was firing on all cylinders, working hard to create an enjoyable and entertaining story.”
— Greg Costikyan, game designer and science fiction writer
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Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's making the world a shitty place to live. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can redeem the future from this pack of assholes trying to fuck it up.Ever wanted to play The Hunger Games (but focused on friends), Clockwork Orange (but with heroic droogies), Hackers (but less goofy), Mad Max: Fury Road (but, again, with teenagers), or Avatar: The Last Airbender (but sci-fi)? This is the game for you. It's fucking awesome; if you want to see for yourself how awesome, check out the full text of issue 1.1 on my site, for free download.
The rules
Here's how Misspent Youth works: First you create the evil Authority as a group, then you create your characters together. At the start of each episode, you ask questions about the friendship between the characters, then you make up some villains for The Authority to employ in fucking up your lives. Each episode has a seven-scene structure which, in every complete session, gives you a story with a beginning, middle, and end.When it comes to the place in each scene where The Authority tries to stomp you in the face with its massive, fuck-off boot, you have a Struggle. In a Struggle, you attempt to achieve your group's hope without letting The Authority get her objective. As you throw dice in a craps-like system, you can win it all for your side or fuck up your hopes for all your friends. But not to worry, if you roll a loss, you can sell out one of your convictions! You describe doing something so vile, heinous, and Authority-like that your friends are horrified with you. You win it for your side but now you're permanently more like The Authority!Once the first YO has sold out every conviction, that's the last episode of the series. In each episode, you have the chance to change the world to make it a better place to live. If the last episode of the series ends and you haven't changed the world enough, a catastrophe that the group authors at the start of the game comes to pass, and it's your clique's fault for failing to stop it. But if you beat The Authority, you can fix the world.
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Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's making the world a shitty place to live. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can redeem the future from this pack of assholes trying to fuck it up. Ever wanted to play The Hunger Games (but focused on friends), Clockwork Orange (but with heroic droogies), Hackers (but less goofy), Mad Max: Fury Road (but, again, with teenagers), or Avatar: The Last Airbender (but sci-fi)? This is the game for you. It's fucking awesome; if you want to see for yourself how awesome, check out the full text of issue 1.1 on my site, for free download.
Misspent Youth: Sell Out with Me is a fucking awesome supplement for Misspent Youth. I’ve gathered together some of the best writers and artists in the RPG hobby to present you with a metric fuckton of cool alternative options to play the game with.
First off, this is a hoard of 17 new settings. Each includes The Authority (that asshole who’s fucking up the world), the Dystopia (the world being up-fucked), and the YOs (the meddling little “youthful offender” fuckers who are the world’s only hope for freedom). Normally, it’s the Authority and Dystopia generation systems in the core book that lead players through the process of creating a cool world. Here, the writers I’ve collected for you showcase the kinds of things you can make with those systems: we got space, we got fantasy, we got historical drama, we got uplifted animals, we got the real fucking world, and of course, it wouldn’t be an RPG supplement without your standard black and white world where you are the only ones who can bring color to it.
And if that weren’t enough, we’ve got two hacks of the game. These are complete minigames based on Misspent Youth, but with their own unique twists`. You can play out the story of a band making music for Love, or a bunch of bitter Old Fucks who have to drag their carcasses out of retirement to save a world gone (back) to hell.
Orders from the original Authority: Fun is mandatory. Anyone not having fun will be held for special questioning!
To grab the PDF, click here.
This special bundle product contains the following titles.
Misspent Youth
Misspent Youth: Sell Out With Me
Fall In Love, Not In Line
Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's grinding your faces under its boot. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can save the world by standing up to the Authority.
Misspent Youth: Sell Out with Me is a fragging awesome supplement for the Misspent Youth roleplaying game. Some of the best writers and artists in the RPG hobby are gathered together to present you with a metric frag-ton of cool alternative options to play the game with.
Fall in Love, Not in Line is a little different than what you’ve seen from us before. The big idea was to make it really fun and easy for people to jump in and play the game without having to spend a lot of time learning rules. We’ve streamlined starting a new campaign, so that you can open the book for the first time and play through your first episode all in one night. Each chapter includes a new campaign setting, complete with a world, the Authority, a cast of Youthful Offenders, and a pilot episode to play through. This pilot episode includes details and guidance to help ease you into the setting and introduce the rules as you play. But there are also rules for where you might take the campaign with future episodes, how you might make your own, and for making your own characters, but where your revolution goes from there is all up to you.
This special bundle product contains the following titles.
Misspent Youth
Misspent Youth: Sell Out With Me
Fall In Love, Not In Line
Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's grinding your faces under its boot. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can save the world by standing up to the Authority.
Misspent Youth: Sell Out with Me is a fragging awesome supplement for the Misspent Youth roleplaying game. Some of the best writers and artists in the RPG hobby are gathered together to present you with a metric frag-ton of cool alternative options to play the game with.
Fall in Love, Not in Line is a little different than what you’ve seen from us before. The big idea was to make it really fun and easy for people to jump in and play the game without having to spend a lot of time learning rules. We’ve streamlined starting a new campaign, so that you can open the book for the first time and play through your first episode all in one night. Each chapter includes a new campaign setting, complete with a world, the Authority, a cast of Youthful Offenders, and a pilot episode to play through. This pilot episode includes details and guidance to help ease you into the setting and introduce the rules as you play. But there are also rules for where you might take the campaign with future episodes, how you might make your own, and for making your own characters, but where your revolution goes from there is all up to you.
Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's grinding your faces under its boot. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can save the world by standing up to the Authority.
Fall in Love, Not in Line is a little different than what you’ve seen from us before. The big idea was to make it really fun and easy for people to jump in and play the game without having to spend a lot of time learning rules. We’ve streamlined starting a new campaign, so that you can open the book for the first time and play through your first episode all in one night. Each chapter includes a new campaign setting, complete with a world, the Authority, a cast of Youthful Offenders, and a pilot episode to play through. This pilot episode includes details and guidance to help ease you into the setting and introduce the rules as you play. But there are also rules for where you might take the campaign with future episodes, how you might make your own, and for making your own characters, but where your revolution goes from there is all up to you.
Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about friendship, standing up to bullies, and changing the world. The game is for 4 to 6 people, one of whom plays The Authority, the force that's grinding your faces under its boot. The others all play Youthful Offenders (YOs), the only ones who can save the world by standing up to the Authority.
Fall in Love, Not in Line is a little different than what you’ve seen from us before. The big idea was to make it really fun and easy for people to jump in and play the game without having to spend a lot of time learning rules. We’ve streamlined starting a new campaign, so that you can open the book for the first time and play through your first episode all in one night. Each chapter includes a new campaign setting, complete with a world, the Authority, a cast of Youthful Offenders, and a pilot episode to play through. This pilot episode includes details and guidance to help ease you into the setting and introduce the rules as you play. But there are also rules for where you might take the campaign with future episodes, how you might make your own, and for making your own characters, but where your revolution goes from there is all up to you.
Misspent Youth: Sell Out with Me is a fucking awesome supplement for Misspent Youth. I’ve gathered together some of the best writers and artists in the RPG hobby to present you with a metric fuckton of cool alternative options to play the game with.
First off, this is a hoard of 17 new settings. Each includes The Authority (that asshole who’s fucking up the world), the Dystopia (the world being up-fucked), and the YOs (the meddling little “youthful offender” fuckers who are the world’s only hope for freedom). Normally, it’s the Authority and Dystopia generation systems in the core book that lead players through the process of creating a cool world. Here, the writers I’ve collected for you showcase the kinds of things you can make with those systems: we got space, we got fantasy, we got historical drama, we got uplifted animals, we got the real fucking world, and of course, it wouldn’t be an RPG supplement without your standard black and white world where you are the only ones who can bring color to it.
And if that weren’t enough, we’ve got two hacks of the game. These are complete minigames based on Misspent Youth, but with their own unique twists`. You can play out the story of a band making music for Love, or a bunch of bitter Old Fucks who have to drag their carcasses out of retirement to save a world gone (back) to hell.
Orders from the original Authority: Fun is mandatory. Anyone not having fun will be held for special questioning!
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