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A source makes contact. Surveillance reveals a pattern. Research exposes a vulnerability. The team establishes cover, selects equipment, prepares communications, and plans an extraction. Once the mission begins, every earlier decision matters.
OSINT-6 is a complete, 5E-compatible tabletop roleplaying game for modern espionage. Its level 1–6 framework keeps agents capable, specialized, and vulnerable. Familiar ability scores, checks, Saving Throws, combat procedures, and advancement rules make the game easy to approach.
Create an agent from 6 aptitude classes and 14 professions. Develop the skills, talents, feats, qualifications, credentials, and language proficiency required for the mission. Equip the team with modern firearms, armor, surveillance devices, communications equipment, tactical gear, vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft.
Inside nearly 400 pages, you’ll find:
Complete character creation and advancement rules
6 aptitude classes and 14 professions
Skills, feats, talents, qualifications, credentials, and languages
Modern combat, injury, recovery, hazards, and chases
Firearms, ammunition, armor, explosives, and tactical equipment
Communications and surveillance technology
Ground vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft
Intelligence collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination
Reconnaissance, surveillance, research, and social engineering
Influence, source development, and interpersonal operations
Infiltration, cover identities, and operational security
Mission planning, communications, and extraction procedures
Game Master guidance, adversaries, organizations, and campaign rules
Sample starting agents, operational records, reference tables, and a detailed index
OSINT-6 supports counterintelligence investigations, covert collection, criminal infiltration, protective operations, political thrillers, and extended espionage campaigns. Contemporary technology and grounded operational procedures place preparation, access, deception, and risk at the center of play.
The rulebook provides a complete game in one volume. Its setting-neutral design supports original campaigns, historical adaptations, and modern operations built around the locations, agencies, and conflicts selected by the group.
OSINT-6 is released under a Creative Commons license. Designers and publishers can adapt the rules, create compatible material, and publish their own OSINT-6 projects under the license terms.
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REFERENCE
The following is an alphabetical listing of reference sources used in the creation of OSINT-6.
CIA World Factbook Archive 1990–2025
Historical editions of the CIA World Factbook, organized for reference and comparison across publication years.
https://worldfactbookarchive.org/
CORE
Searchable collection of open-access research papers gathered from institutional and subject repositories worldwide.
E6: The Game Inside D&D
Original EN World discussion presenting E6, a D&D variant that limits character advancement to 6 levels.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/e6-the-game-inside-d-d.206323/
Google Scholar
Academic search engine for scholarly articles, books, theses, court opinions, citations, and related research.
JSTOR
Digital library containing academic journals, books, research reports, and primary-source collections.
OpenAlex
Open catalog of scholarly works, authors, institutions, publications, research topics, and citation relationships.
Open Culture
Curated directory of free educational and cultural resources, including courses, books, films, and lectures.
Semantic Scholar
Academic search engine for locating research papers, authors, citations, references, and related scholarship.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/
SSRN
Research repository and distribution platform for preprints and working papers, especially in law and the social sciences.
System Reference Document v5.2.1
Official 5E rules reference released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Tubi Spy Movies
Free, ad-supported streaming collection of spy films, espionage thrillers, covert-action stories, and related documentaries.
https://tubitv.com/category/spy_movies
World Factbook (Wayback Machine)
Archived snapshot of the CIA World Factbook preserved through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260131095511/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/