United States Factbook is available now in our store.

United States Factbook

$10.00

A mission in the United States can cross federal authorities, state and local jurisdictions, private infrastructure, military installations, diplomatic channels, and public scrutiny before the agents ever reach their target.

The OSINT-6 United States Factbook turns that complexity into a grounded modern espionage setting. Current research establishes the country’s geography, population, government, economy, infrastructure, security institutions, and international relationships. Seven locations receive additional operational coverage, from Washington and New York City to the Port of Los Angeles, the San Diego-Tijuana border region, and Alaska’s North Slope.

At the center of the book stands the Administrative Coordination Office, a fictional American intelligence organization built for deniable interagency missions. The Office can employ the agents, support them, compete with them, conceal its failures, or become the threat they must confront. Its history, authority, oversight, personnel, divisions, facilities, doctrine, capabilities, internal conflicts, and current priorities provide a complete institutional framework for play.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Six complete agents, one at each level from 1 through 6, ready for use as player characters, allies, rivals, superiors, or antagonists

• New Technical and Social Feats, compartment authorization, interagency mission credentials, and sponsored cover support

• Thirty real-world equipment entries mapped to OSINT-6 Core Rulebook profiles, including firearms, communications systems, surveillance equipment, tactical gear, vehicles, and aircraft

• Six new operational procedures covering protected retrieval, domestic collection authority, border device inspection, interagency communications, federal record exposure, and divided authority

• Operation Dead Letter, a complete mission involving a missing communications engineer, a dormant relay network, conflicting federal interests, and a retrieval order that may conceal more than it reveals

• Six additional Mission Briefings for individual sessions or continuing campaigns

• Reference summaries, cross-references, Information Records, authority forms, mission documents, a vehicle record, an area map, and other player handouts

Every chapter separates documented reality from fictional game material. The result gives the Game Master a researched operational environment while preserving the freedom to decide who controls the Office, what its missions protect, and how far its personnel will go.

Bring OSINT-6 operations onto American ground, where access leaves records, authority has limits, and every agency enters the mission with its own objective.

Requires the OSINT-6 Core Rulebook.

Print edition available from Amazon

Add to cart

#RPGaDAY2026 /8

Level caps helped solve something I wanted from the beginning.

A sixth-level OSINT-6 agent is highly capable, but the world hasn’t become less dangerous. Experience gives you more ways to solve the problem. It doesn’t make the problem harmless.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

#RPGaDAY2026 /7

I don’t want OSINT-6 to assume that defeating somebody means killing them.

Walking away, protecting a source, accepting a surrender, withholding exposure, or deciding an objective isn’t worth the human cost can all be consequential choices.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

OSINT-6 is now available on DriveThruRPG

OSINT-6 Espionage Roleplaying Factbook is now available on DriveThruRPG.

#RPGaDAY2026 /6

Modern intelligence work has extraordinary reach. Phones, cameras, databases, aircraft, open sources, and international partners can put distant information close at hand.

The design question is what happens when access still isn’t the same thing as control.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

#RPGaDAY2026 /5

Equipment design got more interesting once I stopped treating gear as a shopping list.

Every item has to be acquired, carried, concealed, explained, transported, or abandoned. Useful equipment can become an operational burden very quickly.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

Print Copies of OSINT-6

OSINT-6 Espionage Roleplaying Factbook can now be ordered from Amazon. (not an affiliate link)

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0HCKD5TC4

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published

• Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2026

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Print length ‏ : ‎ 386 pages

• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8190068016

• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.42 pounds

• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.87 x 11 inches

#RPGaDAY2026 /4

Charisma in an espionage game can’t just mean being likable.

Recruitment, elicitation, cover, negotiation, deception, and interviewing all involve people. OSINT-6 treats social ability as operational capability.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

#RPGaDAY2026 /3

I wanted social scenes in OSINT-6 to put pressure on players without turning every conversation into its own subsystem.

Sometimes poise is just answering the question, showing the right credential, and resisting the urge to explain too much.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

#RPGaDAY2026 /2

OSINT-6 characters stop at 6th level because I don’t want stature to mean becoming superhuman.

An experienced agent has better judgment, better skills, and more options. A bad decision or a bullet can still end the operation.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260801

Because “No plan survives first contact with the enemy” (Helmuth von Moltke), we are already collecting errata. Even with a full team having eyes on it, habituation can make even glaring errors invisible. Thankfully we haven’t found any yet, but we’re prepared for the possibility of readers spotting something we missed.

If you find something that is incorrect, incomplete, or missing, you can use the Contact form to let us know. Errata will be compiled on the proper page (Core Rules, Characters, Equipment, Operations). If the book is popular enough to warrant a hardcover release, it will be the revised version. Otherwise, we will push an updated version if there is enough errata to justify it.

For other things, the plan has always been to include them in the Factbooks. They’re not omissions from the Core Rulebook as much as matter that fits better in, say, a United States Factbook or a UK Factbook.

#RPGaDAY2026 /01

One of our basic OSINT-6 design rules: research has to produce something usable at the table.

Interesting facts are easy to collect. The hard part is deciding which ones change an operation, a character choice, or a ruling.

#RPGaDAY2026 #OSINT6

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260731

• OSINT-6 Core Rulebook is available now in our store.

  • The book has been submitted to DriveThruRPG.

  • The book has been submitted to Amazon KDP.

  • We are evaluating whether Itch and RPG Trader will be a good fit for us before submitting there.

  • The free Core Rules SRD has been added to the Core Rules page.

  • The free Character Creation SRD has been added to the Characters page.

  • The free Equipment SRD has been added to the Equipment page.

  • The free Operations SRD has been added to the Operations page.

• OSINT-6 Character Recordis available now in our store.

• OSINT-6 Forms Pack is currently being finalized. It will contain printable mission planning forms and game master screen inserts.

• Work on United States Factbook begins next week.

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260730

Changelog entries are behind as everyone is busy editing and formatting getting ready for the Core Rulebook launch, and everyone assumed someone else was maintaining the changelog.

We had sourced some public domain vector-style line art for weapons and vehicles with clear provenance. Then a member of the team asked it if was AI generated. It is not, but the fact that one of our own team members asked the question made us nervous. Even crediting the artist and the origins of the work, someone could look at the illustrations, assume AI, start a rumor that other will believe, and we could be sunk before the project has a chance to get off the ground. This is the world we live in. Our legal advisor told us that we should have invested in a public relations person rather than an IP lawyer, which didn’t make any of us feel good. The book will be shipping without that artwork included, simply to manage perceptions.

Why isn't it free?

For $10, you receive the complete OSINT-6 Core Rules in both a printable PDF and an accessible RTF edition. The game is released under a free license, allowing you to use, share, adapt, and build upon it within the terms of that license. We believe that's a fair price for a complete roleplaying game while helping keep the project sustainable for everyone.

If it's meant to be open source and Creative Commons licensed, though, why isn't it free? There are two reasons.

First, every download from out site consumes storage, bandwidth, and web hosting resources. A nominal fee helps cover those ongoing costs so the site can continue providing articles, updates, and downloads.

Second, a purchase creates enough friction to discourage automated bots from scraping and mass-downloading the work. That helps to preserve bandwidth for readers, keeps hosting costs manageable, and protects the project's resources.

Finally, the individual System Reference Documents are available for free on the respective section pages. They lack the introduction, the table of contents, the index, and the appendices, but the complete core rules, character creation, equipment, and operations rules are there in rich text (RTF) format for you to use.

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260726

We’re currently on page 87 of the final read-through. The manuscript is currently 348 pages, which should be close to what the final book will be after some formatting clean-up and the addition of the character sheet and mission planning forms.

---

Recent inspirational viewing:

• Billion Dollar Brain (1967): Michael Caine’s third outing as Len Deighton’s Harry Palmer

• The Jigsaw Man (1984): A British agent defects to Russia and has his face surgically altered by the KGB so he can steal secret documents.

• The Eagle Has Landed (1976): Nazi agents plot to kidnap Winston Churchill during the height of WWII.

• We could probably spend a month watching nothing but Michael Caine spy and thriller movies, he’s been in so many of them.

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260725

Core Rulebook update:

• Table formatting is complete for the entire document.

• The team is reviewing the first draft of the character sheet and mission control sheet.

• Editing for the Rules and Character Creation sections is complete.

• Final editing for the Equipment section is underway.

• That leaves the Operations (Game Master) section as the final large portion to be completed.

• There is a very real possibility that we can release this book in the coming week.

---

United States Factbook Update:

• The team has finalized the format for all Factbooks. Each will contain:

  • Country information

  • A fictional intelligence agency

  • Pregenerated agents for use as player characters, adversaries, or allies

  • Equipment in common use for that country (weapons, vehicles, etc)

  • Mission briefings (plot hooks)

• The 2025 CIA World Factbook is being fact checked so the OSINT-6 United States Factbook will be as up to date as possible upon release.

• All other sections are being worked on. Some information is pending the Core Rulebook being finalized so all information and formats align.

• The goal is to have the United States Factbook released by the end of August, with additional books to follow each month.

---

Recent inspirational viewing:

• Fatherland (1994) In an alternate 1964, the Nazi won, but SS cop Rutger Hauer and American reporter Miranda Richardson uncover a shocking secret.

• Scorpio (1973) CIA assassin Burt Lancaster decides to retire; Alain Delon is dispatched to eliminate him.

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260724

There was another lengthy team discussion re: the use of imperial (US Customary) v. metric measurement standards in the game. The decision to remain with imperial standards won out over noted objections, based on the following factors:

• SRD 5.2.1 uses imperial measurements and this follows that established standard.

• Conversion will require additional labor for questionable benefit to the final game.

• The majority of the game’s potential audience is assumed to reside in the United States based on commonly available sales figures for the tabletop roleplaying industry, where imperial measurements remain the standard.

• The audience outside of the United States is accustomed to American games using imperial measurements so following this standard should not be unexpected or unusual.

Noted objections included the following:

• Following imperial measurement standard when the global standard is metric, with only the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar not on the metric system, could be interpreted as a political statement rather than a design choice.

  • This objection was countered by a note that leaving the imperial measurement standard could also be interpreted as a political statement. If a person is looking for something to object to, it is inevitable that they will find something so this should not be a factor in making game design choices.

• The academic and scientific communities universally use the metric measurement standard, which aligns better with the tone and intentions of the game.

  • This was countered with a note that academic and scientific information in the game is for setting and background, and does not directly affect the rules and mechanics.

• The decimal basis of the metric measurement standard arguable eases the math required for the game system

  • This objection was countered by a note that the 5.2.1 rules and mechanics are neither inherently metric nor imperial and represent their own standard; that measures are used for tactical purposes and therefore are more abstract than concrete and subject to interpretation, rendering the question largely moot from a design perspective.

---

• Added the Reference page under the Rules dropdown with links to resources used in the creation of the Core Rulebook and the Factbooks.

• Removed the FAQ explaining the project’s relationship to the previous intellectual property holder. A team member likened it to explaining who the previous tenant of the office was, when that company has gone out of business and the owners have retired. It adds nothing to the conversation of who we are and what we do.

• The core rulebook currently has 434 tables, of which 15 still need formatting and rewriting, not counting any errors or adjustments that may be discovered during the editing process.

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260723

• Site moved to new permanent URL, osint6.com

• Table formatting continues

• Manuscript edition continues

• Character sheet creation continues

• Mission record sheet creation continues

OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 260722

• The complete second draft of the manuscript has been assembled.

• It’s 368 pages before editing has been completed.

• It contains over 400 tables, all of which need formatting.

• It still needs the character sheet and the mission control sheet (game master adventure planner).

• The next step will be cuts, additions, and rewrites based on the editors’ suggestions.