‘Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack’ Is An Amazing Solo TTRPG Adaptation Of The Hit Indie Game
In honor of Citizen Sleeper Day, the creator of the indie RPG darling has released a solo TTRPG version, Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack.
If you missed Citizen Sleeper’s moody, atmospheric tale of survival and strife out past the edge of corporate space, you’re missing out. There’s a reason everyone who picks up the game loves it. And it’s not just because it’s an RPG that explores the commodification of the body, and what life is like when you decide that your job isn’t your purpose anymore.
It’s beautiful. It’s also extremely engaging to play. And as you play through either of the games, you might pick up on some ttrpg vibes—this is intentional. Which brings us to this week, when Citizen Sleeper’s creator released a solo tabletop RPG version of the gamei n the form of Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack, a free game on itch.io that you can download today.
Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack — A New Solo RPG
Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack is a new TTRPG from Gareth Damian Martin, creator of Citizen Sleeper. If you’ve played the game, you have an idea of what to expect already. You’ll take a handful of d6s and you’ll try and survive aboard a ramshackle space station.
Spindlejack takes its inspiration from Citizen Sleeper 2, the character Kadet specifically. You’ll play as an airbike courier, and there’s a whole slew of things for you to get up to. But you don’t have to take my word for it. You can take the game for a spin yourself.
“On the Far Spindle, in the Starward Belt, Spindlejacks are notorious. Slicing across the station with their custom airbikes, they courier messages, packages, and anything else too sensitive to be fed into the station’s crumbling and haunted networks. Sharing the cavernous transit tunnels with hulking cargo haulers, they are also widely assumed to have some kind of deathwish. But, as one of their number, you know it’s the rush, the competition, and the community that keeps you riding.
CITIZEN SLEEPER: SPINDLEJACK is a solo tabletop roleplaying game (set in the universe of Citizen Sleeper and Citizen Sleeper 2), where you use your airbike to courier deliveries across a ramshackle space-station for cryo, reputation and fun. Taking inspiration from the character Kadet from Citizen Sleeper 2, you’ll get to live life as a Spindlejack in the Starward Belt.”
This is a print and play game, with map files and other stuff you can print out and roll on. Before you know it, you’ll become one of the legends of the Far Spindle. I loved the original game, and am excited to try this one out. Best of all it’s free. So all that it’ll cost you is your imagination.
See you in the Far Spindle!
