Rules of Bootcut

## What is Bootcut

Bootcut is an ancient alien board game discovered and hosted by twitch streamer abbabox. The game in its most popular format is hosted on Twitch and played between abbabox and users in chat. However, with these rules and some basic supplies, you can play bootcut at home.

### Objective

Above all else the object of the game is to have a good time. There are no winners or losers, although some turns may result in unfavorable actions.

### Equipment

To play bootcut you'll need:

* A board (chalkboard, dry erase, or several pieces of paper)
* Some dice
	+ Die 10
	+ Die 6
	+ Other optional, but suggested (Die 4, Die 9)
* A method of tracking turns (pen and paper, some web based queue system, seating order, a dice roll, etc.)
* A series of ideas to use as tasks (Splots)

### Preparation

First a start time and an end time needs to be determined. The game will commence at the start time and end at the end time.

#### The Board

To prepare the board, create 10 sections to track tasks. These splots will hold the possible tasks that will be determined by a roll of the dice. Create another section of the board to contain breakaways for each player (or group of players if playing with chat). Put 10-15 tally marks into each section for each player to represent the players' starting breakaways.

Add some predetermined tasks to the board. These will be the starter Splots. Write one task per splot. Determine when adding a splot if it should be a one off (erased once completed), or a multi-splot (left up a predetermined number of times once completed). Also determine if a splot will grant a user breakaways (Useful for splots which are difficult, can fail, or are unsavory). Feel free to leave a few splots blank.

#### Order of play

Order of play needs to be determined. A queue system works best where players can join and leave at will. A player can only be on the queue once.

To spice up play let a roll of the dice determine the order players are chosen from the queue each turn. (In Abbabox's bootcut a d6 is rolled and play is sequential unless as 6 is rolled then the next player is chosen at random)

### The Play

Once the board is setup, and players have join the queue the first turn is started. A d6 is rolled to determine the first order of play. Once a viewer is chosen to play they are called up to board. (Abbabox being the kind soul he is will attempt to call a viewer up to the board by shouting their name 5 times, if the viewer does not show themselves he will choose a user from the queue once more.)

#### A Turn

Once a player has been called up to the board a d10 is rolled. A player has a max amount of time to complete their turn, the timer starts once the d10 is rolled. The amount of time for a turn is determined by the host. The result of the d10 roll coincides with a splot on the board. (E.g. If the dice lands on 4, the splot numbered 4 is the splot the player is interacting with)

The host then performs the task on the chosen splot. UNLESS either the host or the player chooses to Break Away. If the Splot is empty the player can choose a new task for the splot, through negotiation with the host. Please note that there select options on the Banned Slot List that are unavailable. (Check out the ABX\_Crew discord for #bootcut-spot-suggestions, or ask chat if you have trouble thinking on your feet)

If a player has already had a turn the host may choose to require a specific roll of the dice to allow the player to have another turn.

#### Breakaway

If either the player or the host does not wish for the chosen splot to be performed they may use a Breakaway (if any are available) to try and break away from the splot and have the chance to move to another splot.

When a breakaway is performed the host will roll a d6. During a breakaway the only numbers that matter are 1, 3, 6. (Other numbers are referred to as Belmars).

* If a 1 is rolled
	+ The splot is Erased and Replaced, through negotiation with the host.
* If a 3 is rolled
	+ You have fallen victim to the Hostage Roll. And the task must be performed.
* If a 6 is rolled during a breakaway
	+ The splot stays and play continues.
* If any other number is rolled
	+ The Breakaway was unsuccessful and you must to breakaway again if you still do not want the task to be performed.
	+ If you absolutely do not want to do the spot you can tell the host BAUS or Breakaway Until Successful, instead of telling them to Breakaway after every failed breakaway attempt.

If a Breakaway is successful the d10 will be rolled again and a play will continue on the next chosen splot.

##### Gaining Breakaways

There are a few ways to gain Breakaways.

* You can earn Breakaways through completing a splot that was determined to grant Breakaways (+1 BA or +2 BA written in the corner of the splot).
* You can spend channel points in twitch to gain Breakaways.
* You can purchase streamloot cards, and some of them offer a way to gain Breakaways.
* A player may choose to spend 1 Breakaway to Gamble.
	+ When a player chooses to gamble a list of predetermined set of potential loses, gains, or transfers of Breakaways are shown and the cursed 9 sided die will rolled. And Breakaways will distributed based off the roll of the D9.

#### Streamer does the thing

When a player chooses to allow a splot, or gets a Hostage Roll, the host will perform the action on the splot. At this point the player's turn is over. If the splot is a one off or has been completed the predetermined number times for a multi-splot the splot is cleared and left blank for another player to fill. A player may rejoin the queue once their turn is complete.