VOID 1680 AM Press Kit

Fact Sheet

• Developer: Bannerless Games
• Launch: March 8, 2023
• Platform: Tabletop Role-Playing Game
• Price: $10 Digital, $15 Print
• Judges' Spotlight Winner, ENNIES 2023
• Most Innovative Nominee, IGDN Awards 2023
• Best Solo TTRPG, Crit Awards 2024
• Available at Bannerless Shop, itch.io, Indie Press Revolution, Tabletop Bookshelf,  Knave of Cups and DriveThruRPG

Awards and Nominations

• 2023 Ennies Judges' Spotlight Winner
• 2023 Indie Groundbreaker Award nominee for Most Innovative
• 2024 The CRIT Awards nominee for Best Solo TTRPG

Game Description

Night after night, you sit alone with your thoughts, your music, and a microphone. Whether you come to your radio show with somber attitude or joyful spirit, you use the music that moves you to etch something fleeting and beautiful into the big empty.

There are other voices in the darkness. With a deck of cards, a six-sided die and a stack of music, you will build a playlist, invent and interact with Callers to your show, and evolve their stories over as many broadcasts as you like. No matter their motivations, they simply must be heard. In that way, you are very alike.

VOID 1680 AM includes rules for single-session and ongoing play, instructions to have your show broadcast on the airwaves as an Affiliate, and even a way to add your voice to a library of Callers that other DJs can use in their own games.

Key Features

• An original rule system that helps you build a playlist with surprises and deep emotional connection, invent the Callers who call you during your show, and even provides rules for continuing Caller stories over multiple sessions.
• Methods for submitting your show for broadcast on the real VOID 1680 AM, and for becoming a Caller for other people's games.
• Beautiful original cover art by comic artist Jordan Witt, and custom radio diagrams by Dylan Todd.

The print version of VOID 1680 AM comes in a 28-page staple-bound comic book-sized zine. A PDF is also available.

Press Clippings

• "Fill the late-nite airwaves with music and meaning in playlist-building solo RPG VOID 1680 AM," Dicebreaker
• "VOID 1680 AM creator talks comic books and tabletop RPG similarities and exploring the lonely airwaves," Dicebreaker
• "7 indie tabletop RPGs released this year that you shouldn't miss," Dicebreaker
• An End of Year selection on Dice Exploder's 2023 Year End Bonanza
• "10 TTRPGs We Want To Play in 2024," The Bad Spot podcast
• "Best solo RPGs 2024," Just For Fun!
• "If A Tree Falls In The Woods, Does It Matter If It Makes A Sound?," Rascal

Developer

Bannerless Games is Ken  Lowery, a writer based in Dallas, Texas. VOID 1680 AM is in many ways the culmination of a personal lifelong obsession. His aim is to make games that are approachable, strange, and memorable.

Press Quotes

"This one was a long time coming. I've long been obsessed with the lore and mystique around the airwaves. I've worked in radio, I obsess over the Conet Project, and I have my very own AM transmitter and range extender so I can broadcast out of my garage. This game is, simply, a slice of me, presented to the world in hopes of finding likeminded souls who resonate with the sentiment even if not the specifics.

"Because while many may not give much thought to radio per se, I think the notion of offering something of ourselves to the void in hopes of being found by another lonesome voice is understandable to just about anyone."

- Ken Lowery

Links to Download Assets

Grab these assets below or on Dropbox.

Contact Information

Want to set up an interview? Want a PDF or print copy to review or use for your Actual Play? Just want to say hi? Drop me a DM on Twitter or email me below - I'd love to hear from you.

• Twitter: @bannerlessgames
• Email: bannerlessgames@gmail.com