Coalridge Expansion: The Garrison in Coalridge

The thing keeping the persecuted workers and minors of Coalridge most in line... is the threat of imperial soldiers marching in and firing volleys. The Garrison has always been the thing menacing everyone, scoundrels and civilians alike. 

Now it's a setting you can run directly in ScoreForge — and it hits different.

What the Garrison IS, for those who need the flavor:

The Garrison doesn't hide its violence. It prepares it. Parade grounds. Barracks rows. An armory that logs every single round. When the Bluecoats tap out, the red coats march in — and they bring volleys, not nightsticks. This isn't a place you rob because it's profitable. You rob it because what's inside can change things.

Here's a taste of what the random tables serve up:

🏛️ Locations you'll actually remember:

• The Execution Yard: Volley Court — stained earth, bullet-scarred posts, and public punishments designed to be heard across the district
• The Commandant's House: Iron Residence — a fortified manor where execution orders get signed over private dinners
• The Signal Tower: Telegraph Spire — intercept it, and you fracture command across the city

⚠️ Obstacles that aren't just "guards":

• Spirit-Warped Kill Squad (Elite) — a squad exposed to occult residue that drills with shared instincts, hunting as one
• The Commandant Revealed (Elite) — whatever is underneath that uniform is not entirely human. Expose it, bind it, or run.
• Deathhound Patrols — war-bred hounds keyed to fear and unfamiliar scent. You can't just hide.

💰 Loot worth the blood:

• Black Dispatch Archive: "Coalridge Suppression Protocol" — sealed kill thresholds and target zones for the next worker uprising. Release it and you might start a rebellion. Or a massacre.
• Experimental Darksight Goggles (Prototype) — reveals heat, movement, and faint spirit traces. Temperamental and known to shock its wearer!
• Cipher Keybook (3-Day Rotation) — grants temporary access to secure military comms, but expires fast and its absence resets the whole system

The Garrison isn't just a hard score. It's the score that means something in a Coalridge campaign. The content is built to make GMs think about stakes, not just difficulty.

ScoreForge is free. The Garrison setting is in there now. Roll it up and see what the tables hand your crew tonight.

👉 Run it tonight: /itch/roezmv/coalridge-score-builder-web-app-for-blades-in-the-dark