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Going to be cheeky and add one more to this excellent list.
The Gallows Corner banner.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Finally, from The Stranger, I'm going with the Rat Catcher.

I loved creating social outsiders, and the Rat Catcher is one of a few of our characters featuring a dog. That's it, that's the reason!

This was REALLY fun! Thank you for the question :)
The Rat Catcher job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the left and an illustration of cloaked man holding a bundle of dead rats. There is a small terrier dog at his feet.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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For The Mind, I'm choosing the Alchemist.

The Mind was tough to design, as formal education is reserved for the rich in Gallows Corner. But we have street lawyers, alehouse philosophers, hedge astrologers, and wild man alchemists who have huffed too many of their own fumes.

What's not to love?!
The Alchemist job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the left and an illustration of old man with white hair and beard holding up a phial of an ominous looking red substance.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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For The Masque, I'm choosing the Fool!

This is a really hard one, as I think each and every Job is excellent here, but the Fool takes it just because I think the artwork is extraordinary.
The Fool job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the right and an illustration of man in bright motley clothing, carrying a stick with a clown's head on it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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For The Market I'm choosing the Smith.

This was the first Job I created for GC and was the first piece of artwork Joel did beyond the big banner piece. I was obsessed from the start.

I also love that the Smith doesn't just mean a blacksmith, but could be a seamstress or other creative job, too!
The Smith job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the right and an illustration of an older moustachioed man wearing a leather apron and holding blacksmith's tools.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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From The Hood, I LOVE the Burglar.

Among the criminal class in Gallows Corner, Burglars are perhaps the most obvious and straightforward: they stake out houses and businesses and then find their ways in.

But artwork wise, I am just obsessed with that cape.
The Burglar job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the right and an illustration of a woman in thick, drappy clothes and a face mask.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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From The Flesh, I love the Midwife.

First of all, its definitely not a character type you'd normally associate with this type of game or its purpose, so I love the role they can play in subverting expectations and being advocates for women and children.

Second, that angry baby face.
The Midwife job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the left and an illustration of an older woman in a yellow stained dress carrying a baby.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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From The Earth, my favourite pick is the Marshman.

Essex, where I grew up, has a long coast. In the north, it's lovely sandy beaches, but near me, from the middle of the county down to the Thames Estuary, it's all saltmarshes.

They feature in every game I make. I love them!
The Marshman job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the right and an illustration of a man wearing dirty waterproof clothing and boots, with a thick black and grey beard, carry a walking stick.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Oh I ABSOLUTELY do!

So the 48 Jobs you can choose from are each linked to one of the 8 Trades, so you can't go selecting new combos, but I will absolutely share with you my favourite Job from each of the 8 Trades.

Let's get a thread going, starting with my favourite from The Body: Pugilist.
The Pugilist job page from Gallows Corner. There is rules text on the left and an illustration of a tall, muscular shirtless man with ginger hair and a beard on the right.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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What do you need to do?

Just repost this thread and ask your question in the replies! I'll do my best to answer each and every one we get.

Want to know how GALLOWS CORNER works? What inspired it? How it plays? What characters you can play as? When it'll be available? Get asking!

shorturl.at/MzXnF
The front cover for GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS REVOLT RPG. A gallows and noose are silhouetted against a silver moon.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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(Please repost!) Remember, remember the fifth of November...

Today is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a GALLOWS CORNER ASK ME ANYTHING!

I'm George, the game's creator and designer, and I want to answer your questions about GALLOWS CORNER! 🧵

shorturl.at/MzXnF
A black and white woodcut style image of Guy Fawkes in the cellars below parliament. His torch is shining a light on stacked barrels. The text caption reads: 'Two-hundred and twenty-nine years before the Gunpowder Plot...'
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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What is GALLOWS CORNER?

A rules-light, narrative first system that puts players in the role of peasants and the working classes in late 14th century post-plague England. Become an outlaw and liberate England from crown, church, and nobility!
A banner showing a sea of peasants armed with farm tools and weapons marching towards the setting sun in the horizon and a burning city.
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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If you want to cover GALLOWS CORNER, we want to hear from you.

We're open to reviews, interviews, playthroughs, Q&As, history, lore, & setting discussions: whatever you do, we want to bring GALLOWS CORNER to you.

The Press Preview version will cover essentially the whole book, plus zines.
A spread for The Hood trade from Gallows Corner. It features six people in moments of work. From left to right: an assassin, a poacher, a smuggler, a pickpocket, a spy, and a burglar. The text reads: The crown and church are the lights of the world, we’re told. Obedience to one and faith in another are the guiding principles we’re all instructed to live by. But where there is light, shadows are born, and life lived within the shadows can be a profitable one, though not without its own measure of danger. Those who work by night are said to be ‘wearing the hood’, a phrase originally applied to executioners, but now firmly adopted by those seeking the anonymity needed to practise their craft. Whether pickpocket or poacher, spy or smuggler, burglar or knifeman, the path of the hood consigns one to life outside of the state and salvation. They are useful people to know, and bad people to cross. ‘In the middle of the night, when the moon it shines bright, there’s a number of jobs to be done, my brave boys. There’s a number of jobs to be done.’
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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(PLEASE REPOST!) Reviewers, journalists, content creators, YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, and TTRPG people of all kinds : WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
Screenshot of Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG front cover. A gallows and noose are silhouetted by a silver moon.
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Do you want to come and try out a session of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG?

I'm running a series of sessions between now and the Kickstarter launch in February, and you can sign up right here!

Currently three more sessions to fill, but I can add more :) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Gallows Corner book cover. A gallows and noose silhouetted against a silver moon.
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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In Mappa Mundi, my first major design project, travel and exploration are vital, and facilitated by the Journey Deck system, but actual places are relatively abstracted.

In Gallows Corner, the crown's power (known as Control) is spatially determined. It is linked to places and spaces.
A map of Essex, including its Hundreds, Boroughs, and Liberties. Map drawn by Jog Brozlin. Text by George Francis Bickers.
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Instead, as characters gain Influence -- through taking the fight to the crown, liberating areas of the country, and HELPING people -- they start to attract followers.

If a follower is recruited, they become a RETAINER, who is a full character in their own right, with dice, trade, job, and skills.
A full page black and white illustration from Gallows Corner, showing a range of different working people and nobles.
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Both!

You gain Expertise (again, a system I used in Mappa Mundi and have adapted here) each time you roll with your JOB dice.

You then gain Training by spending an Opportunity to study with an NPC who works in that Job.

When both are done, you can upgrade your JOB dice or learn a new Skill.
Jobs in Gallows Corner have four levels – Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master. Once players gain Expertise and Training, they can ‘level up’ Jobs by upgrading their JOB dice in value, from a D6 to a D8 to a D12. Alternatively, they may choose to unlock a new Skill in that Job, rather than upgrading its JOB dice. Expertise accumulates through regularly using a Job. Whenever the player makes a Test that involves a JOB dice, they should mark down a point of Expertise for the relevant Job on their Character Sheet. (They do not need to succeed on the Test to accumulate Expertise.) Training occurs at moments when the PC encounters an NPC who shares their Job and is willing to act as a teacher to guide them to the next level. To initiate Training, players must spend an Opportunity. They may only do this once every in-game year, and only when they have accumulated Expertise in that Job equivalent to the value of the next dice in the chain (D6 to D8, D8 to D12). Once the Expertise and Training conditions are met, players may upgrade their JOB dice. For example, let’s say that a PC has the Pickpocket Job at Apprentice level, with a D6 JOB dice. This PC must accumulate 8 Expertise in Pickpocket, meet a mentor, and spend an Opportunity to undergo Training before they can level up their Pickpocket JOB dice from a D6 to a D8, representing the Journeyman level. In addition, there are a few other rules that come into play regarding Job levels: During character creation, PCs begin their first Job at the Apprentice level. When a Job is at the Novice level, the player gains a +1 bonus to their TRA dice whenever it is used. They may also unlock one Skill from that Job. When a Job is upgraded from the Novice to the Apprentice level, the player loses the +1 bonus to their TRA dice. They add a D6 JOB dice to their Dice Pool for that Job. When a Job is upgraded from the Apprentice to Journeyman or Journeyman to Master levels, players may choose to upgrade their JOB dice or s…
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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In this way, your character IS what they DO and WHO they ARE.

A character is a marriage of their life experiences and their professional achievements.

A smart but cold Assassin? Check. An emotional but foolish Burglar? Check!
The Assassin and The Burglar spread from Gallows Corner.
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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We see, then, the link between the Dice Pool and Trades + Jobs mechanics.

Let's look at an example Test and how the mechanics pull together.

Pictured here is the Mummer Job from The Masque Trade.
The Mummer Job page from Gallows Corner.
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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With the Trade selected, the player then selects one of that Trade's six Jobs.

From THE MASQUE, for example, the player can choose from CON ARTIST, FOOL, FORTUNE TELLER, MINSTREL, MUMMER, and MUSICIAN.

With Job picked, the player gains a Job (JOB) dice and unlocks one of four Skills.
The Masque page from Gallows Corner. The text reads: The grind of the hurdy gurdy. The sweet notes of a song. The falls and tumbles of acrobats. The roar, shock, and laughter of the crowd. The whole world is a stage. If only everyone knew it was all more than just a game. Travelling from town to town, performing in manors and taverns, market squares and woodland clearings, actors, singers, and musicians are the voice, soul, and memory of England. The history of this place runs deeper than many know, and those who dedicate their lives to art are the custodians of those stories. Some are famous, bringing their revels before kings, queens, and nobles. In return, they are showered in gold, their whimsies elevated to the status of great art. Most, however, scratch a living among the commons. No matter the drudgery of life, a well-timed joke, a carefully played tune, or a song sung from the depths of the heart can make all pain melt away, if only for a moment. To struggle is human, to play divine. And we could all use a bit of that every now and then.
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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In Gallows Corner, your character IS what they DO. Their Trade is a broad indicator of HOW they work -- The Body, The Earth, The Flesh, The Hood, The Market, The Mind, The Masque, The Stranger.

When choosing a Trade, the player gains a Trade (TRA) dice, beginning with a D6.
Trades and Jobs page from Gallows Corner. The text reads: A person is what they do, their lives shaped by the daily tasks that occupy them from sun up to sun down. Most work with their bodies, the toils of labour etched into flesh, muscle, and bone. Some work with their minds, others with money and goods. Most work within the bounds of the law, but there are always some who seek a living in the grey areas or outside the bounds of society entirely. But one thing is true: everyone works. In this section, we present six Trades and a single Job within each. During Character Creation, you will choose a Trade and the Job within it, and this choice will shape the life and times of your PC.
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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First: Dice Pool!

Characters have just three Attributes: Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual.

Start with two D6s and a D8 (EXP, or Experience, dice). Assign a dice to each Attribute.

To make a Test: pick one (usually) or more (sometimes) of these EXP dice to start forming your dice pool.
The Character Creation Spread from Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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There we have it: a brief overview of the England of Gallows Corner. A land where commons clash, nobles oppress, and the Anarchy spreads in the margins, offering freedom and food to those who would see a better world, a different world.
A spread from Gallows Corner, titled On the Anarchy, and the Dissolution of England. There is an illustration on the right hand side, with a woman reading a proclamation out to a gathered mass of the common people.
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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You'll find allies and assistance at every stage of your journey.

From the players around the table with you to the members of the Retinue you will build as you gain in influence and notoriety, England's commons are as keen as you to lift themselves from the mud and bring down the hollow crown.
A spread showing the Pickpocket page and the Poacher page from Gallows Corner.
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM