B.O.A.

Remain unseen. Accomplish the mission. Promote snake advocacy.

No one sees them. No one talks to them. Leave a message in the right place, give it a few days, and the thing you need will be waiting on your desk or doorstep. The Bureau of Agents never fails.

It must be government drones. Or ninjas. Or elves.

But you know the truth.

B.O.A. is just a bunch of snakes

B.O.A. is a rules-light TTRPG about a super-secret agency populated and run entirely by SNAKES. Inspired by games like Honey Heist and Raccoon Sky Pirates, B.O.A. folds everything awesome about these misunderstood creatures into a snake-tastic game of covert ops. 

Game Includes

• 6 types of Operatives, 7 unique Gadgets, and more to customize character creation
• Tables w/ codenames and snake patterns
• Unique mechanic: Spy Points
• Gamemastering tips, including mission tables and a full sample mission: "Tony's Anniversary Gift"
• Suggestions for expanding B.O.A. into a longer campaign

Credits

Author & Layout: Brandon Crilly
Artist: Kat Weaver
Special Thanks: Clinton Cronk, Geoff Gander, Rick Hershey, Lucus Palosaari, Sienna Tristen, Jessica Veitch & Bob the Snake

Snake Breed Icons via Game-Icons.net

Brandon Crilly is a Canadian novelist, games writer, and speaker specializing in weird worlds with doses of cli-fi, characters on the sidelines and outside-the-box adventures. He is the author of Catalyst (2022) and Castoff (2025); Catalyst won an IPPY Award for Fantasy in 2023. He has more than 50 published short works to date and has contributed games writing to award-winning IP lines like The Expanse RPG, Shadowrun, Tales of the Valiant and TinyD6. Brandon is also an organizer for Can*Con in Ottawa, an occasional reviewer and podcaster, a frequent speaker at conferences and festivals and, yes, clearly wears too many hats.

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Games writing credits

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