THE SMOKE — A Pacts & Polyhedrals Game
BETA TESTING

The Smoke is currently in beta testing. Rules, missions and Foundry tools are still being refined.

BETA DETAILS
THE SMOKE / CITY
THE STREETS / 001

LONDON IS
THE BOARD.

Not a backdrop. A living, linked street atlas from Highbury to Stratford, with the routes, entrances and neighbourhoods your crew has to navigate. The atlas and in-game travel tools are part of the ongoing beta.

125 JOBS · 12 FACTIONS · ONE CITYNORTH & EAST LONDON / THE SMOKE
THE STREET ATLAS

FIND YOUR WAY
ROUND.

Click a square on the street grid or choose a district to preview the actual Foundry VTT vector artwork.

THE 20 STREETS

North to south. West to east. One connected set of London maps.

ZONE 08 / 20

Hackney Central & Homerton

STREET MAP
Hackney Central and Homerton top-down vector street map
HACKNEY · E9
These are reduced-resolution previews of the game's illustrated street maps. The Foundry edition includes the interactive, linked map system with movement, entrances and in-game sat nav.
THE STREETS / ORIGINAL VECTOR ART

THIS CITY
IS YOUR
BOARD.

From the arches on Morning Lane to the far side of Stratford, the streets connect the favours, the factions and every wrong turn. Explore the maps in the interactive atlas above.

BACK TO THE ATLAS
The Smoke branding illustration: The City Is the Board, a route through the streets of Hackney
THE CITY IS THE BOARD / CREATED BY PACTS & POLYHEDRALS
BEHIND EVERY DOOR

160 INTERIORS.
MORE THAN ONE WAY IN.

The streets don't end at the kerb. Shops, venues, garages, flats and back rooms make the sandbox playable inside and out.

The Arches bicycle workshop vector map
YOUR STARTING POINT

THE ARCHES

Auntie Pat's workshop. Morning Lane, Hackney Central. The first place you learn who knows whom.

Queensbridge Sound Store interior map
DEAD AIR JOB

SOUND STORE

A mapped shop floor where a pair of speaker flight cases becomes more than a favour.

Round Chapel venue interior map
LOCAL VENUE

ROUND CHAPEL

One of the many named venues that turns a journey across London into an actual handover.

20

STREET SECTIONS

Connected route maps based on London streets.

51

APPROACH MAPS

Markets, yards, squares, parks, gates and towpaths.

160

PLAYABLE INTERIORS

Six keyed rooms per campaign venue, with front and secondary entrances.

DIRECTIONS ON THE BLOWER

TAKE THE
LONG WAY.
OR DON'T.

The Blower guides every turn if you want to drive. Your GM can also fast-travel any vehicle when the story moves faster.

The Smoke in-game sat nav map of the London districtsNAVIGATION SYSTEM / THE BLOWER
MAP → STREET → VENUE

EVERY TURN
COUNTS.

Walk, cycle, drive or catch a taxi across London. Follow the sat nav street by street, or let the GM fast-travel any vehicle when the journey isn't the scene. The choice is how the story unfolds, not whether the roads exist.

SEE THE DRIVING RULES
A London crime roleplaying game

THE STREET
IS YOURS.
THE TROUBLE TOO.

Get the rules. Find your crew. Start with one little job and see how far the city lets you go.

GET INTO THE GAMESEE THE MISSIONS