RPC Engine

Dragons Conquer America uses the RPC Engine system.

The RPC Engine uses cards to manage luck. Each player starts with seven cards in their hand and can choose which value to use in each situation to improve their chances of succcses.

This sounds familiar...
We created the RPC Engine system to power FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG.

That game uses the RPC54 variant, whereas DCA takes the RPC25 shape. The # refers to the number of cards that are used in each flavour.

Any poker deck?
Yes. As DCA uses the RPC25 variant, you’ll just need cards 1 through 6 from each suit, plus one joker. You can remove the rest.

One poker deck?
There are several options: one deck for all; one deck for the players and one for the GM; one deck for each player; and other combinations. Luck distributes differently in each of them.

What about dice?
Alternatively, DCA can be played with D6 dice (dice with six faces). The game system is very flexible, and each player can choose to play with either dice or cards, and get from either system a very similar experience of feeling ultimately responsible for all your actions. At each juncture you must decide what effort to make, and how much to risk.

Nonetheless, we do encourage you to dis-cover the thrill of our card based system.