No Luck Atoll

Credits

by Craig Payne

Boilerplate

This playset is an accessory for the Fiasco role-playing game by

Bully Pulpit Games.

Fiasco is copyright 2009 by Jason Morningstar.

For more information of about Fiasco or to download other

playsets and materials, visit www.bullypulpitgames.com

The Score

Somewhere in the middle of the ocean...

The memory of the storm is still vivid in your mind: the forks of lightning,

the colossal waves battering the hull, the ear-splitting sound of the ship

breaking apart, audible even over the roar of the sea and boom of the

thunder. Less clear is the memory of the plunge into the icy water, the

struggle to break the surface, to find something—anything—to cling to and

await rescue.

And now you find yourselves washed onto the shore of a tropical island,

with no idea if help is on it’s way. Are they even still searching for

survivors, or have they given you all up for dead?

Still, at least the worst is behind you, right?

Movie Night

Gilligan’s Island (TV), Lost (TV), Cast Away, The Swiss Family Robinson,

Robinson Crusoe, Lord of the Flies

Notes on Tone

When playing Fiasco, it can sometimes be helpful to decide beforehand with

your group on how serious a tone to set for the game. In this playset

particularly, there are a number of entries with a lighter, more slapstick feel

that may not be appropriate for a game aiming for a dark and gritty feel. On

the other hand, perhaps you appreciate the bizarre juxtaposition of

throwing Gilligan’s Island and Lost together in one melting pot.

In the case of preferring to retain a more serious atmosphere, the frivolous

elements have generally be assigned the lower values: for a darker game,

lean towards the higher numbers, on Locations and Items in particular.

Maybe even swap for the original Tilt table from the rulebook.

If you prefer a lighter game, go for low numbers, and perhaps opt for the

softer Aftermath presented in the Fiasco Companion.

Relationships

1 Family

1 Parent and child

2 Siblings

3 Cousins, or aunt/uncle and nephew/niece

4 Grandparent and grandchild

5 Long lost relations finally reunited

6 Have just become related by a marriage in the family

2 Work

1 Boss and subordinate

2 Co-workers

3 Former co-workers

4 One got the other their job

5 Hired help and employer

6 From rival companies/firms

3 The Past

1 Friends since childhood

2 Never been able to stand one another

3 A mentor and former student

4 One is responsible for the other’s downfall

5 Perpetrator of a crime and the victim

6 Share a dark secret

4 Romance

1 Current spouses

2 Former spouses

3 Childhood sweethearts, finally reunited

4 Lovers

5 Former lovers

6 Lovers, that have just become related by a marriage in the

family

5 Crime

1 Thick as thieves

2 An officer of the law and the innocent person being pursued

3 An officer of the law and the guilty person being pursued

4 Were both in the brig

5 Former cellmates

6 Drug smugglers

6 Ship shaped

1 Stowaways

2 Ship-board romance

3 Passenger and crew

4 Officer and crew member

5 Were sharing a cabin

6 Have been shipwrecked together before

... on a deserted island

Needs

1 To win...

1 …big in the turtle race

2 …a talent contest

3 …back a family heirloom

4 …a race for leadership

5 …the heart of another

6 …your freedom

2 To break...

1 …a voodoo curse

2 …up a relationship

3 …the news gently

4 …new scientific ground

5 …a long-standing feud

6 …up the group

3 To hide...

1 …from family

2 …from The Family

3 …from the law

4 …from the demands of the world

5 …a dark past

6 …a way off of the island

4 To avoid...

1 …becoming savages

2 …whatever prowls the island

3 …having to tell anyone the truth

4 …an embarrassing scene

5 …anyone knowing you are here

6 …being on the island when it happens

5 To discover...

1 …how to make money off the island

2 …a lost tribe

3 …what is preventing escape

4 …lost memories

5 …the saboteur

6 …the identity of the killer

6 To finish...

1 …an ancient ritual

2 …the important experiment

3 …what you started

4 …your remaining days on the island

5 …that deal

6 …off your target

... on a deserted island

LOCATions

1 Built by the castaways

1 A relaxing spa

2 A golf course

3 A restaurant

4 A sentry tower

5 An SOS signal

6 A raft

2 Potential treasure

1 A lost city of gold

2 “X marks the spot”

3 A gold mine

4 A sunken pirate ship

5 An oil field

6 A large field of marijuana

3 Signs of natives

1 A giant, stone monkey head (the second biggest you’ve seen)

2 A working bamboo aqueduct

3 A totem pole, with a very unusual figure depicted

4 A clearing, surrounded by shrunken heads

5 A creepy temple

6 An abandoned village

4 Out of place

1 A metal hatch, marked with a sequence of numbers

2 A modern high-street, covered with vines, in the middle of the

jungle

3 A giant stone door

4 A meteor impact site

5 A radio tower

6 A run-down research facility

5 Wrecks

1 Crash site of a space craft

2 A downed hot air balloon or zeppelin

3 A U-boat in the branches of a huge tree

4 A cargo ship, with a hole in the hull that was punched through

from the inside…

5 A wreckage of a passenger aircraft

6 The wreck of the ship you were sailing on

6 Natural features

1 A hot spring

2 A fiery volcano

3 A luscious lagoon

4 A towering waterfall

5 A sticky tar pit

6 An adjacent island

... on a deserted island

Objects

1 A bamboo...

1 …Geiger counter

2 …generator

3 …record player

4 …washing machine

5 …water wheel

6 …telescope

2 From the chemistry set

1 Home-made glue

2 A phosphorus dye

3 A formula that unleashes the beast within

4 Rat poison

5 A renewable power source

6 A miraculous cure

3 Wildlife

1 A confused polar bear

2 A cheeky chimp

3 A talkative parrot

4 A frisky gorilla

5 A sleeping tiger

6 A caged lion

4 Oddities

1 A wooden puppet pierced by a whale’s tooth

2 A volleyball with a handprint

3 A well-thumbed copy of the Bible

4 A curious idol

5 A dowsing rod

6 An unopened parcel

5 Technological

1 A sophisticated android

2 A Mars lander

3 A jet pack

4 A submarine

5 A radio transmitter

6 An unexploded bomb

6 A chest...

1 …of magician’s tricks

2 …of movie props

3 …of cannonballs

4 …with supplies of food and water

5 …filled with pirate treasure

6 …containing a dead body

... on a deserted island

Tilt Table

1 Disastrous

1 A monstrous typhoon

2 An imminent tsunami

3 The island is sinking

4 A volcanic eruption

5 A catastrophic failed experiment

6 The End of the World

2 The natives arrive...

1 …looking for a marriage match

2 …in need of a sacrifice

3 …and demonstrate the castaways to be the real savages

4 …and put the castaways through some trials

5 …and mistake the castaways for gods

6 …and turn out to be cannibals

3 Someone new arrives...

1 …and provides the best chance of escape

2 …looking for one of the castaways

3 …seeking the island’s secrets

4 …looking to silence the castaways

5 …with terrible news

6 …with evidence of an impostor

4 A chance for escape...

1 …never seemed so close

2 …never seemed so impossible

3 …no longer seems a good idea

4 …was never more important

5 …leads to even bigger problems

6 …depends on leaving someone behind

5 Group dynamics

1 A romantic pairing has unforeseen consequences

2 A rift forms

3 Someone finally confesses their love

4 Someone takes things too far

5 Someone gets left out

6 Someone vanishes

6 Revelations

1 “I knew it: aliens!”

2 Signs of new life are found

3 “This has all happened before…”

4 This is where everyone needed to be

5 It’s all someone’s fault

6 The island isn’t what everyone thought

... on a deserted island

Found washed up on the beach

Insta setup

Relationships on the island

For three players...

Ship Shaped: Officer and crew member

Work: One got the other their job

The Past: Friends since childhood

For four players, add...

Family: Siblings

For five players, add...

Romance: Former lovers

Needs on the island

For three players...

To avoid: Being on the island when it happens

For four or five players, add...

To break: The news gently

Locations on the island

For three, four, or five players...

Natural features: A luscious lagoon

Objects on the island

For three or four...

A chest: With supplies of food and water

For five players, add...

Technological: A radio transmitter