Gentlemen BasTBRds
Nice bird, asshole.
You are a thief. A liar. A gentleman. And tonight, the Crooked Warden has a job for you — pull off the greatest literary heist across three cities, and walk away with a reading list worth dying for. Roll the dice, play the long con, and pray the Yellowjackets don’t catch you with too many books in your pockets.
The Con
Inspired by Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastard series, Gentlemen BasTBRds sends you on a dice-rolling heist through three legendary cities — Camorr, Tal Verrar, and Karthain. Each city is a 25-space board filled with encounters that add, swap, steal, and lock books onto your reading list. The Crooked Warden narrates your journey in riddles and double meanings, and every card drips with the flavor of thieves’ cant and elderglass towers.
“The Warden sees all, and what the Warden sees, the Warden keeps. Especially your reading list.”
This isn’t a reading tracker. It’s a con game. Every book is a score.
How It Works
- 3 levels, 75 spaces — wind through Camorr’s canals, Tal Verrar’s casino, and Karthain’s gothic streets
- 9 space types — Mark, Switcheroo, Watch, Heist, Temple, Free, Start, Transition, and Victory
- 165 cards across 4 decks — Mark cards recruit books, Switcheroo cards force trades, Watch cards steal from your list, and Heist cards pull off multi-book scores
- Temple spaces — lock a book permanently so nothing can remove it
- The Crooked Warden — an AI narrator who comments on your every choice with mysterious humor
- 3 difficulty levels — Pezon (6-10 books), Bastard (8-14 books), Garrista (12-18 books)
- ~20-30 minute sessions — just long enough to pull off the perfect heist
Features
- AI-powered book recommendations — choose Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini as your recommendation engine
- Game history & book list export — track your heists and export your curated reading lists
- Multi-step Heist encounters — three-part card sequences that build dramatic tension
- Procedural sound — atmospheric audio that shifts across cities
- Desktop app — available for Mac and Windows
Screenshots
