How to Use tHis book

This book is intended to help game masters 昀椀ll their 1960s and 1970s campaigns with appropriate
details. The items are arranged into random tables, so results can be rolled on the 昀氀y which means less
prep time for GMs.

Like all the books in the series, you will 昀椀nd helpful D100 tables within these pages. Game masters can
roll on them or have their players roll. The tables can be used outside of a session or during a session.
No matter how you choose to personally use them, their purpose is to cut down the time GMs need to
spend preparing for game sessions.

The 昀椀rst section is Items & Things. It is a massive section that takes you from small-town America to
Vietnam. Find items in a car, items in a CIA safe house, items in a Vietnamese hotel. Plus period cars,
songs, movies, TV shows, and more which set the mood for your campaigns.

Next is People. This section provides real historical people that can be woven into sessions to enhance
realism and make the setting feel richer.

Game masters always need names, so the Names section has been curated to re昀氀ect the most popular
names at the time. Plus it includes surnames as well as given names.

The CB Lingo section is important for any role-playing games set in the 1970s. The long-haul truck driver
was the folk hero of the 70s, and Citizen Band (CB) radios were all the rage. The section provides only
a sampling of the myriad of terms and phrases used by truck drivers, but the popular terms have been
chosen.

Gathering rumors is always fun in RPGs. The Diner Rumors table gives GMs quick and easy rumors that
can be used by players as a side quest, 昀氀avor text, or even the main adventure.

Slang is always important to set the tone of a time period. The more than one hundred terms listed will
help you and your players sound and act like people from the 60s and 70s.

With these random tables in hand, game masters can give the right tone and feel to their period games
quickly. Players will be more immersed in the world, and GMs can skip loads of work outside of sessions.
It is sincerely my hope that all your adventures will be “wall to wall and treetop tall.”

Ma琀琀 Davids
1/22/2022

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Items & Things
 iteMs in a Car
1. Beer can (empty) 51. Cardboard box
2. Tire iron 52. Vehicle title
3. Needle-nosed pliers 53. Blueprints of a casino
4. Screwdriver 54. Ben Franklin Half Dollar
5. Sippy cup 55. Spiderman Pez dispenser
6. Tongue-and-groove pliers 56. Harvard acceptance letter
7. Pocketknife 57. List of names (several scratched out)
8. Vice grips 58. Padlock with key
9. Bible 59. Shell casing
10. The Pet Rock Training Manual 60. Matchbook (hotel)
11. Machete 61. Love letter
12. Rusty key 62. Tail light bulb
13. Red button 63. Ticket stub (baseball game)
14. Dirty socks 64. Tupperware bowl
15. Candy bar 65. Work boots
16. Jumper cables 66. Deck of cards
17. Tin of instant co昀昀ee 67. Cigarette rolling paper
18. Scissors 68. Employer pink slip
19. Electric bill 69. Bullets (1D6)
20. Roll of micro昀椀lm 70. Highway Patrol badge
21. Nail 71. Note (hidden)
22. Pocket watch 72. Passport
23. Pencil 73. Phone book with particular names underlined
24. Fast food wrapper 74. Lunch box
25. Thermos 75. Crayon (melted)
26. 8-track tape (Conway Twitty) 76. Fingernail clippers
27. Match 77. Two dice
28. Draft notice 78. Spoon
29. Wrench 79. Car jack
30. Butter knife 80. Dollars (1D20)
31. Gloves 81. Wedding ring
32. Cents (1D100) 82. Mood ring
33. Handgun 83. 8-track tape (The Beatles)
34. Co昀昀ee cup 84. Macrame plant hanger
35. Comicbook (Fantastic Four) 85. Wooly Willy toy
36. Toothbrush 86. Photographs of the mayor
37. Peace medallion 87. Photograph of a child
38. Whiskey (half bottle) 88. Sock Monkey
39. Cigarette lighter 89. Ink pen (dry)
40. Comb 90. Hair brush
41. Small metal box 91. Gas receipts
42. Newspaper 92. Clippings of JFK assassination
43. Basket of laundry 93. Little green army 昀椀gure
44. Roll of 昀椀lm (used, undeveloped) 94. Pet rock
45. Knitting needle (1) 95. Driver’s license
46. Pack of cigarettes 96. Eyeglasses
47. Cigarette butt with lipstick 97. Crowbar
48. Bubblegum wrapper 98. Bottle of pills
49. Food receipts 99. List of racehorses with symbols next to names
50. Wristwatch (secret compartment) 100. CIA dossier on a foriegn businessman
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 iteMs in a Cia saFeHoUse
1. Photograph negatives (3 rolls) 51. New Scientist (magazine)
2. Ri昀氀es (1D4) 52. Dead rat dead drop container
3. Portable radio 53. Microscope slides
4. Medical scissors 54. Carton of cigarettes
5. Camera necktie 55. Note (hidden)
6. Wig 56. Air Force uniform (hidden)
7. Acoustic Kitty 57. Rolls of 昀椀lm (undeveloped, 1D8)
8. Chocolate chip cookies (freshly baked) 58. Sports Illustrated (magazine)
9. Absorbent gauze 59. Blankets (1D6)
10. Wine (half bottle) 60. US dollars (3D100)
11. Belly Buster (wall drill) 61. Rotor machine cipher device
12. List of Swiss bank account numbers 62. Easel
13. Lipstick tube gun 63. Secret compartment silver dollar
14. Time (magazine) 64. Graduates (for measuring photo chemicals, 1D12)
15. Pile of letters (half-burnt) 65. Lint dressing
16. Tuxedo 66. Stop Bath (chemical, gallon jug)
17. Photo enlarger 67. Rolls of 昀椀lm (unused, 1D12)
18. Darkroom paper 68. Bolt cutters
19. Raincoat 69. Ashtray (over昀氀owing)
20. Darkroom trays (1D6) 70. Medium wound dressing
21. Fixer (chemical, quart jug) 71. US dollars (8D100)
22. Dog doo transmitter 72. Turkey sandwich (half-eaten)
23. Towels (1D12) 73. Cigarette package camera
24. Fake IDs (1D20) 74. Photo print tongs
25. Finger dressing 75. Tweezers
26. Blender 76. Darkroom apron
27. Envelope of photographs 77. Handgun ammo (5D100)
28. City map with several locations circled 78. Evening gown
29. Reading glasses 79. Dress shoes
30. Smoking jacket 80. Handguns (1D8)
31. Briefcase 昀椀lled with dossiers 81. Broken wineglass
32. Beer bottles (empty, 1D20) 82. Para昀케n gauze dressing
33. Bandages 83. High heels
34. Letter removal device 84. Tobacco pipe receiver
35. Safelight 85. Print squeegee
36. Ashtray listening device 86. CIA Field Manual (book)
37. The Nation (magazine) 87. Compass cu昀툀inks
38. Microscope 88. Covert Compact
39. Developer (chemical, quart jug) 89. Ski masks (1D10)
40. Focus 昀椀nder 90. Triangular bandage
41. Iodine liquid (1D4 bottles) 91. The American Mercury (magazine)
42. Pigeon Camera 92. Elastoplast tin
43. Gloves 93. Ri昀氀e ammo (3D100)
44. Bottles (opaque brown, 1D8) 94. Isopropyl alcohol (1D4 bottles)
45. Eye pads 95. Letter (coded)
46. Poison-tipped umbrella 96. Funnel
47. Newsweek (magazine) 97. Thermometer
48. Fake passports (1D4) 98. Dragon昀氀y Insectothopter
49. Box of cigars 99. Charlie (unmanned underwater vehicle)
50. Enlarger timer 100. Knife (hidden)
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 iteMs in a desk
1. Postage stamps 51. Letter opener
2. Battery shaver 52. Legal pad
3. Reel of audiotape (unused) 53. Bill of lading
4. Little black book 54. Gloves
5. Pencils (1D12) 55. Dried up pickle
6. Roll of clear tape 56. Blank paper
7. Blacklight poster (rolled up) 57. Rootbeer (full bottle)
8. Liver sandwich (half-eaten) 58. Troll doll
9. Listening device (hidden) 59. Small bag of marijuana
10. Resin Florida pen holder 60. Toothbrush
11. Crackers 61. Razorblade
12. Wheat penny 62. Pocket radio
13. Broken wristwatch 63. Cents (1D100)
14. Pens (1D20) 64. Calendar with a date circled in red
15. Packing twine 65. Typewriter
16. Tax forms 66. Rolodex
17. Bu昀昀alo nickel 67. Love letter (partially burnt)
18. 8mm 昀椀lm camera 68. Box of toothpicks
19. Ashtray 69. Sunglasses
20. Note (hidden) 70. Cigarbox stu昀昀ed with cash
21. Corsage 71. Spoon
22. Guitar pick 72. Cigarettes (Player’s Gold Leaf)
23. Pinball 73. Bag of pork rinds
24. Tape recorder 74. Cockroaches
25. Pile of burnt matches 75. Newspaper clippings about murders
26. Tube of anti-fungal cream (hidden) 76. Scorpion in a glass box
27. Typewriter ink ribbon 77. Cigarette lighter
28. 45 RPM Single (Ramble On by Led Zeppelin) 78. Film canister 昀椀lled with tobacco
29. Briefcase key 79. Old newspapers
30. Handgun 80. Brass desk organizer
31. Punch cards 81. Paperweight
32. Bottle of mouthwash 82. Magnifying glass
33. Stack of old memos 83. Baseball card (Willie Mays)
34. Rotten apple 84. Fork
35. Slide rule 85. Smiley face stickers
36. Handkerchief 86. Phonebook
37. Rotary phone 87. Batman mask
38. Dead mouse 88. Reel of audiotape (labeled important)
39. Switchblade (hidden) 89. Gin 昀氀ask
40. Hemp necklace 90. Decoder ring
41. Moldy slice of bread 91. Polaroid camera
42. Wad of chewing gum 92. Bottle of pills
43. Rag 93. Incriminating photograph (hidden)
44. Shipping manifest 94. NASA pin
45. Clip tree desk organizer 95. Glass soda bottle (empty)
46. Sea Monkey kit 96. Lava lamp
47. Name, address, date, time on a slip of paper 97. Earring
48. Matchbook (bar) 98. Bullets (1D10)
49. Small cube of lead 99. Birthday cake candle
50. Small brass ring 100. Alarm clock
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