YOU SON
The Boss is going to find you and
OF A BITCH,
WHAT
I’M IN!
IS
THIS GAME?
In this game, the Games Master
- or as we call them in this
game, The Boss gathers the
players to play out a heist, a job,
a scheme, a scam. Use whatever
setting you want. The important thing
is that the gang is brought together
during the start of the game, starting
with “The Boss”. The playerʼs character
will be defined by other players so
make sure to have a chat at the start of
the game about the tone and the
setting. Also, talk about anything that
players at the table might want to avoid
so that everyone plays characters they
are happy with.
THE BOSS
Have a think about who “The Boss”
is in your game and make it work
with the setting you want to use. A
brilliant thief, a corrupt ex-town-
guard, a wise old dragon, or
anything else that works! The only
rule is The Boss cannot act beyond
getting the crew together for
whatever reason, be it an old
injury, they have priors, or theyʼre
known too well by the people you
are acting against -or whatever
other reason you like.
BRINGING THE
CREW TOGETHER
Once The Boss is established, the
boss will then layout what the job
is. The job can be almost anything,
but keep it simple – we're here to
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The player then describes where
rob/steal/heist/nick/abduct this
[noun] is a good guide. The Boss
can take suggestions from the
players or come up with it prior to
the game.
Now that we know what the job is,
itʼs time for The Boss to hire the
first member of the crew. Have a
think about the job and what might
be needed to complete it. Then
think of a character and why THEY
are needed. All you need is a
profession/expertise, which they
introduce. Remember this first
character will completely set the
tone for the rest of character
creation, so think carefully!
“Weʼre going to rob the Crown Casino.
Of course, to do it, weʼll need someone to
crack the so-called impossible to crack
safe, so weʼll need an expert
safecracker...”
Itʼs then up to one of the other
players to step forward and take
control of this character. At this
point, they give the character a
name and then working with The
Boss, come up with a problem for
that character.
“Oh, Iʼll play that character, you can
call me ʻThe Suitʼ, and I kinda like the
idea that maybe I owe a crime family
a lot of money, maybe for gambling
debts?”
what it will take to join the job.
Remember that you will join in the
job, so find a reason for them to
join!
“Ok, so Iʼm down in some dirty crappy
bar, looking dapper in the suit that got
me my nickname. Two guys approach
me from the Carbonell family, looking
for me to pay off my gambling debts.
Thatʼs when The Boss comes in and
explains to them that Iʼll be able to pay
my debts once Iʼve done one job for him.
They agree as they know The Boss
always keeps his word. You son of a
bitch, Iʼm in”
Once the first member of the crew
is recruited, they then have to hire
the second member of the crew,
who hires the next member, and so
on until everyone has a character.
Each time, follow the same method
set out above. Define a
complication for the job, then
create the character who could deal
with that - another player then
steps up and takes on control of
this character, names them,
defines a character problem, and
what they are doing prior to being
hired. The character before them is
then in charge of recruiting them
and can opt to take any one person
in the crew to assist, including the
boss.
Feel free to define as much or little
as you like: give them a name,a
backstory, define if youʼve worked
with this person before - did it go
well for you or did it all go to hell?
The last person to get a character
has a choice to make when
presented with the final character.
They get to pick one of the
following options:
• They can accept the character
as given.
• They can change the character
slightly because the character
the players wanted to get isnʼt
“available”.
• Whichever option they choose,
make sure that they work with
the other players and The Boss
to define what with this.
“Okay, so I like the idea of playing the
acrobat, but unfortunately the guy you
wanted to get for this is in hospital, so
Iʼll be playing as a parkour expert
instead. You son of a bitch, Iʼm in!”
This is all prologue to the game, so
donʼt take too long, but let
everyone have their scene
introducing their character. Once
everyone has a character, and the
job is defined with all the
challenges, the job can begin!
PLANNING THE
JOB
Once characters are made they
should have a character name, a
profession/expertise, and a
problem. Youʼll also have generated
a job with a set of problems that
need to be resolved, which the Boss
should have noted down. Give The
Boss a few minutes to prepare for
running the job, if they need it.
Players should use this time to go
over the different complications
and come up with how they plan to
solve the issues. At this point, the
idea is that the characters are
sitting around a table somewhere
going over the plan. Once the
players have a rough plan of action,
itʼs time to head out on the job.
 THE JOB
Now that you have a plan itʼs time
to take on the job! Maybe you have
a few things to do to set up before
you actually start the job, but from
this point, there is risk involved in
anything you do. When you want
to do something there is clear
opposition against you, in whatever
form that might take, then it is at
this point you make a test.
When making a test, players will
determine with The Boss if a
characterʼs expertise would help
with the situation at hand.
• If it would help them, roll 3d6
and total up the two highest
dice to get their result for the
test.
• If their expertise wouldnʼt help
them, roll 2d6 and total the dice
results.
In either case, ignore any 1s rolled
and they will cause a problem.
The Boss will determine how
difficult the task you are trying to
beat is:
• If the task is easy, The Boss
rolls 1d6 (picking a simple lock)
• If the task is challenging, The
Boss rolls 2d6 (fighting your
way past a guard)
• If the task is hard, The Boss
rolls 3d6 and use the two
highest dice (cracking a
thought to be impossible safe
with no one noticing)
Total up all the dice, excluding any
problems (1s) that the players roll:
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• If the player beats The Bossʼ RANDOM ROLL 5. Weʼre going to steal a shipment
roll, you succeed! of drugs from the cartel in
order to sell them ourselves.
• If you equal or get less, you TABLES TO 6. Weʼre going to steal prototype
fail!
IMPROVE technology from one company
to sell to their rival.
If the players rolled any problems
(1s), give these dice to The Boss, EVERYTHING
If we’re going to do this we’re
who can use them to introduce
complications to the game. Donʼt know what to heist? Or have a going to need a…
player who is stuck for a character 1. Getaway driver
• If The Boss spends it straight idea? Donʼt worry, we got you 2. Hacker
away, they have to introduce covered with these random roll
tables. All the tables are focused 3. Face
the complications based on
what you just rolled. For for a modern setting, but with a 4. Safecracker/Lock expert
example, if you were trying to little work could be adjusted to suit 5. Weapons Expert
pick the lock on the door, The whatever setting youʼd like to use! 6. Master Thief
Boss could say that the door is We’re here to… Allow me to introduce myself,
left slightly ajar after youʼve
gone through it and a passing 1. Steal you can call me…
guard will notice. 2. Rob 1. “The Cobra”
3. Heist
2. “Quiet Godfather”
• The Boss can save the dice and 4. Burglarize
spend them later to introduce 3. “Fluffy”
an unforeseen complication 5. Purloin 4. “Breaker”
that players will now have to 6. Plunder 5. “Popcorn”
overcome. This shouldnʼt be …this… 6. “Shadow”
something that is impossible
for the players to take care of, 1. Information from a company I have problems, though…
but a new challenge they hadnʼt 2. Bank 1. Gambling problems.
planned for. For example, the 3. Criminal Organisation 2. I owe someone big and
players hack the computer to 4. Armoured Transport powerful a lot of money.
get the safe combination, but 5. Important Person 3. Someone wants me dead.
The Boss spends a problem so
that before the players get in, 6. The Heart (Discuss what this is) 4. Law enforcement is hot on my
tail.
the manager of the casino has What’s the job?
downloaded and deleted the 5. I have no job, and my family
1. Weʼre going to rob the Royale needs feeding.
server copies of the codes! Now Casino, a usually impossible job
you have to get the manager! but with the right team… 6. You killed my father, prepare to
die.
2. Weʼre going to kidnap Elena
CREDITS Carboni, daughter of Corrado
Carboni so that heʼll make a
What went wrong?
1. Men with large guns stop you
Writer and Designer: Drew Gotobed deal with us.
Editors: Lynne Hardy & Hannah Butler 2. The thing is on the move
Thanks to: Rhiannon Oxley & Robert 3. Weʼre going to rob the Central 3. Dogs.
Laverick Bank, in broad daylight so
everyone will know who we 4. Someone noticed whatʼs
Inspiration: One Last Job by Grant happening
Howitt & Heist Movies are.
4. Weʼre going to break into a 5. You asked for miracles? I give
local art gallery to steal the you the FBI (Or equivalent)
prize artwork before opening 6. Someone playing hero
night.