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Bullhead psalms
Games and Words by
Aaron Burkett
I am a freelance writer and game designer born and raised in the muddy bayous of Houston, Texas. I've worked on game lines for studios like The Gauntlet and Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Bullhead psalms
Games and Words by Aaron Burkett
Portfolio - larger writing samples available upon request.
"LOSING YOUR CHARACTER
When your Woe reaches 6, your rotten bastard is lost and you become a specter haunting the rest of the Incursion. This is an important moment:
Everyone focuses on these final moments before your character receives justice or turns against their fellow oligarchs. If your character doesn’t meet their mortal end then, they fade into the background of public life. They are no longer in a position to continue their wanton exploitation of the world. Instead, the specter adds 2 Undermine Tokens to their stock and they may spend tokens to undermine the remaining bastards freely, but their Woe is no longer reduced. Spectres can no longer hurt the world or its inhabitants anymore. They are strictly focused on dragging down the remaining oligarchs." - OLIGARCHY: A Game of Political Horror
"In the 1960s, terrorist groups sprang up around the globe to threaten freedom and global stability. Though now largely forgotten, the Ministry of Assassins’ Global Gambit Of Terror (MAGGOT) burrowed deep into state intelligence agencies on both sides of the Cold War. Formed by disillusioned operatives and subjects liberated from MK ULTRA, the cabal targeted the politicians and institutions enabling the worst excesses of NATO and the USSR. They used the same means the intelligence services taught them: murder, extortion, and manipulating public opinion. MAGGOT’s elevated levels of access, equipment, parapsychological assets, secrecy, and training rendered them invisible and untouchable to domestic authorities, necessitating the intervention of UNICORN. " - Freedom Squadron - Friends and Foes Manual
"Terror: The party is chasing the Sorcerous Cabal from the Wood after they stole treasure rightfully yours.
What did they run away with? It must be very precious for the hunters to give chase.
How is the Cabal outpacing the hunters?
The Forest’s blood-flushed foliage thinned out a while ago, ceding the landscape to fierce yaupon, fleshy yucca, and rugged hackberry trees. Soft loam parts before shale’s hard edge. Cabal initiates lie in wait for the treasure-hunters with bow and ritual at the ready as the hunters skirt a sunbaked canyon.
Ask the treasure-hunters about the companions left behind to die in the woods. Draw parallels between the initiates they’re actively fighting and the abandoned they passively killed.
What is the Cabal’s brand?" - Trophy Dark, The Pit
Bullhead psalms
Games and Words by Aaron Burkett
Published Writing Credits
Monster of the Week: Tome of Mysteries - The Mole King's Bride (Generic Games/Evil Hat)
Trophy Dark - The Pit (The Gauntlet)
Trophy Loom - St. Exodia the Leviathan and St. Aras the Torchbearer (The Gauntlet)
Trophy Gold - Roots of Old Kahldur - The Hollow Hunting Grounds (The Gauntlet)
Retropunk - Whalefall (Samjoko Publishing)
OLIGARCHY: A Game of Political Horror
Brindlewood Bay - Fall Guys (The Gauntlet)
Freedom Squadron - Field Manual (Moebius Publishing)
Freedom Squadron - Friends/ Foes Manual (Moebius Publishing)
Crimes Against Men and Gods
INVICTA: A Wretched & Alone Game About The Engine That Couldn't
Savage RIFTS: Terror On The Dark Frontier (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Savage RIFTS: Land of a Thousand Islands (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Titan Robotics Savage Worlds Conversion (Palladium Books)
Savage RIFTS: Europa (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Works In Progress
Fear City Damned (Space Penguin Ink) (Final edits)
Rooted In Crisis: an Eco-Horror Game Anthology (Hedgemaze Games, Kickstarter March 2025)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jesseross/rooted-in-crisis
Future Savage RIFTS Project or Two (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)