This short

adventure for the

Judge Dredd
Monkey
BusinesS
and the Worlds
of 2000 AD
roleplaying game
is designed to be
played as a one-
shot. It is perfect
for convention you prefer, you can create new characters at
demos, or introductory game sessions. The Grade 5. While this adventure is designed for a
adventure features a group of Judges dealing group of Judges, it could also be played as a
with a gang of apes which has taken over a rival perp gang engaged in territorial warfare, or
department store, Bronson & Sons. It is even citizens fighting back against the local ape
designed for a group of four starting characters, gang.

and is intended to be a fairly easy encounter.

The Apes
Characters The apes comprise a small gang seeking to
It is recommended that the players use the make a name for themselves. They consist of
pregenerated Judges from the core rulebook. If four chimps and one gorilla.

 Chimps
The chimps — Duggie, Burt, Fredo, and their // Medium Sentient Humanoid (5d6)


boss, Bob Hope — are dressed in Prohibition- STR 6 (3d6) AGI 10 (4d6) END 6 (3d6)

era suits and hats, and wield tommy guns. The INT 3 (2d6) LOG 3 (2d6) WIL 6 (3d6)

gorilla, Ernie, a massive brute, has outfitted CHA 3 (2d6) LUC 1 (1d6) REP 6 (3d6)

himself in gear from the department store’s

MELEE DEFENCE 15

sports department, and is currently wearing

RANGED DEFENCE 15

oversized American Football gear and wielding MENTAL DEFENCE 15

a massive baseball bat.

VITAL DEFENCE 15

There is one chimp on each level of the 


department store, except for the ground floor HEALTH 35

SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE none

which is where Ernie is waiting. There is also 


one chimp (Fredo) on the roof of one of the INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6

adjacent buildings, and Duggie is on the roof of SPEED 6 CLIMB+ 6 JUMP 12’/12’

the department store itself welding a bazooka.

CARRY 120lb (max lift 300lb)

REACH 5’

Briefing ACTIONS 2

The Judges begin in their morning briefing at

🅜 Brawling 4d6 melee (2d6+3 blunt damage)

their station house. Judge Stoll is conducting

🅡 Tommy gun 4d6 ranged (2d6 ballistic damage; range 8; auto)

the briefing and assigning tasks. Behind him is 🅡 Bazooka 4d6 ranged (3d6 heat damage; range 10; burst 2; single)

a huge vidscreen map of this area of Mega-City

One, with bright flashing red dots indicating Skills combat 1 (1d6), hardy 6 (3d6), intimidation 1 (1d6), perception 1
crimes in progress.
(1d6), reactions 1 (1d6), thievery 3 (2d6)

The Judges are assigned Case #451 - a Gear tommy gun, business suit

department store has been taken over by apes!

The street has been evacuated, but there have Gorilla
been civilian casualties. Time is pressing, and // Large Sentient Humanoid (6d6)
the Judges need to hurry to the scene right 

away!
STR 15 (5d6) AGI 6 (3d6) END 10 (4d6)

INT 3 (1d6) LOG 2 (1d6) WIL 3 (2d6)

CHA 2 (1d6) LUC 2 (1d6) REP 2 (2d6)

On Our Way!
MELEE DEFENCE 22

The Judges can head down to the garage level

RANGED DEFENCE 10

of the station house and mount their MENTAL DEFENCE 12

Lawmasters. The crime scene is about ten VITAL DEFENCE 26

minutes away. On the way, choose or roll 1d6

for a random crime which the PC can quickly HEALTH 60

SOAK 12 (17 vs cold); VULN none; IMMUNE none

resolve. This is not intended to be a combat

encounter, and should be a trivial task, but it INITIATIVE 2d6

helps ease the Judges into their roles before the PERCEPTION 3d6

main adventure begins.

SPEED 4; CLIMB+ 4; JUMP 4'/6'

CARRY 384lb (max lift 600lb)

1) Two juve gang members driving an REACH 5-ft

antique (2060s era) car down the mega- ACTIONS 2

highway. Black smoke is billowing from the

exhaust, a clear violation of several pollution 🅜 Baseball bat 6d6 melee (3d6 blunt damage)

statutes. They will surrender in terror without 🅡 Thrown items 5d6 ranged (3d6 blunt damage; range 9)

much provocation.

Skills combat 1 (1d6), hardy 6 (3d6), intimidation 1 (1d6), perception 1

2) 1d6 vagrants huddled round a small fire (1d6), reactions 1 (1d6),

on a street corner.
Gear football uniform, baseball bat

3) An eldster jaywalks in front of the

Lawmasters.
Charge. Ernie moves his SPEED and makes an attack with his
baseball bat in one action.

4) A huddle of youthful civilians are hunched

over an illegal comic-book.
Grab. This attack inflicts the Restrained condition on a creature, and
5) 2 eldsters are driving below the minimum requires a melee attack to escape. Ernie’s natural damage is
speed limit.
automatically inflicted at the start of the grabbed creature’s turns.

Hurl. Ernie can send a creature flying 3 squares (plus one square per
size difference), doing 3d6 blunt damage; this attack inflicts Downed
condition.
 6) A petty criminal can be seen
dunking (pickpocketing) in the crowd
on the sidewalk.

Once the crime is resolved, have

each PC make an AGI (driving) check.
This determines in what order they
arrive at the department store. Make
a show of the slower Judges arriving
a minute or so later than the fastest,
and encourage the players to have
fun with that.

Scene of the
Crime
When the Judges arrive, they find
themselves at the end of a street. The
department store - Bronson & Sons -
is at the other end of the street, about
100 feet away. Between the Judges
and the store, there are several
crashed cars, two of which are
burning.

Have the Judges make INT

(perception) checks. The PC who
rolls the highest (as long as it is a roll
of 10 or more) hears a baby cry from
one of the burning cars, about 50 feet
away. The PC who rolls the next
highest (again, as long as it is 10 or
more) spots movement on the roof of
the department store, although it is
unclear what is there.

There are three apes the Judges

need to worry about right now:


✦ Duggie is on the roof of the

department store with a bazooka.
If the Judges get within 50’ of the
store, he will open fire. He has
cover, as there is a wall round the
top of the roof.

✦ Fredo is on the roof of the 3-

story parking garage on the right
side of the street with his tommy gun. He
will attempt to harry the Judges, peppering
them with automatic fire. If they manage to
wound him, he will flee along the rooftops
back towards the department store. It’s
• Bob Hope is on the third floor of the
department store, peering down the street
through a curtain. He will fire a few shots
from the window, but if the Judges return
fire, he’ll duck back out of sight.

easy to get to that roof, as the parking

garage is open and accessible, so a rooftop The baby is in the yellow vehicle. That vehicle is
chase might ensue if one or more of the on fire, and in the front seat is the baby’s
Judges decide to head up that way.
mother, sadly deceased. It requires a Difficult
[16] STR check to pry open a car door to rescue

the child. The windows are
made of reinforced plexiglass
and have SOAK 10 and 30
HEALTH, should a PC try to
smash one with their daystick.
Outside the Store
When the Judges get within 20 feet of the store
they will be able to see an alleyway which goes
down to the left of the store, round to the back,
and a ramp to the right which leads down to the
store’s underground parking garage.
 encourage creativity. They might split up, or
✦ The alleyway leads to the loading bay
around the back. There’s a large, wide
shutter which leads to the loading area. It’s
currently down, but the lock can be shot off
easily, and the shutter lifted to reveal an
area filled with boxes and crates. There’s a
lift outside on the back wall of the
department store which goes all the way up
to the roof. It requires a keycard, but the
Judges can hack it with a Challenging [13]
LOG (computers) check.
his lap.
✦ The ramp leads down to the parking
garage. The shutter is almost down, but
there’s about half a foot spare at the
bottom. A peek through reveals the garage
to be mostly empty with half a dozen or so
vehicles. The shutter is jammed and
requires a Difficult [16] STR check to lift.
Bronson & Sons
The building is four stories in total, with big
double doors at the front, and a loading bay at
the back. It’s an older building, lacking many of
the modern conveniences you’d expect.
The Judges are free to adopt whatever plan
they wish, Go along with any good ideas and
Where are the apes?
Basement. Parking garage. Burt is here,
hidden under a truck.
Ground Floor. Loading bay and main
shop floor. Ernie is here, on the main
shopping floor.
First Floor. Offices. Bob Hope is here, in
an office, sitting in a chair like an executive,
his feet up on a table, his tommy gun across
Second Floor. Warehouse and storage.
Roof. Duggie is stationed here with his
bazooka.

Fredo, if he managed to flee previously, is
on the roof with Duggie.

stay together; there are various ways into the
building, including the loading bay, the lift to the
roof, the parking garage, or even from the roof
of a nearby building.
his tommy gun across his lap, eating a banana,
As they move about, they may choose to be
stealthy. Have them make AGI (stealth) checks;
their target is 10 (the average perception roll of
the chimps). If they fail any checks, have them
make a loud noise in some comedic way -
somebody steps in a cleaning bucket, drops
their daystick, sets off a toy fire truck on the
main shopping floor. If they fail a check as they
move from one floor to the next, the ape on that
floor will be alerted, in cover, and will get an
ambush turn on them before INITIATIVE is
rolled. If they make their checks, they can catch
the apes out of cover.
Roof
Play this fast and loose. Let the Judges do
whatever they like; it shouldn’t be too difficult,
and this adventure is supposed to be a fun
introduction to a campaign or a fast-paced one-
shot. Feel free to improvise and riff off what the
players think up.
Basement / Parking Garage
The basement garage has half a dozen vehicles
parked in it, but it is mainly empty. It smells
strongly of urine. There are two sets of stairs
leading from this level up to the main building.
determining their sentences.
Burt is hidden under a truck about 40 feet
away from the entrance ramp. He has cover
there, and he opens fire with his tommy gun
once the Judges are all inside the garage.
improve one or more skills, or it can be saved
Ground Floor / Loading Bay &
Shop Floor
The loading bay contains various crates, a fork-
lift truck, and metal pallets full of goods. A wide
shutter, 20 feet across, leads out to the area
behind the store where hover trucks pull up to
unload their wares; it is locked, but the lock can
be easily shot off. A 10 foot wide doorway leads
to the shop floor; there’s no door there, just
strips of plastic sheeting. Steps go down to the
parking garage and up to the higher levels of
the building.
All imagery and characters © 2019
The shop floor is large, open-plan, and filled
with goods of all kinds - homeware, fashion,
sporting, toys, electricals, and so on. Ernie is in
the sports department, decked out in football
gear and a baseball bat.
First Floor/Offices
This is a maze of offices, restrooms, staff
rooms, a canteen, and so on. In one office
facing the front of the building is Bob Hope. If
he’s caught unawares, he’s sitting behind a
desk in an office chair, his feet up on the desk,
and pretending to be an executive.
Second Floor/Warehouse
This large open floor is filled with crates and
goods. There’s plenty of cover, and places to
hide - in fact, there’s a vagrant called Jimmy
Two-Shoes (he only has one shoe) up here,
camped out in one corner behind some boxes.
A Challenging [13] INT check will reveal him
from his stench. He can tell the Judges where
all the apes are.
Duggie is on the roof with his bazooka. He
loves using his bazooka. The stairs from below
emerge in a small concrete hut, which he has
barred from the outside — Difficult [16] STR to
break through from the inside.
Aftermath
Once the apes have been killed or arrested, an
H-Wagon will show up to cart any prisoners off
to the iso-cubes. Let the Judges have fun
If you intend to continue with these
characters, award the Judges 30 Experience
Points. This is enough to buy a new exploit,
towards the Judge’s next grade.
CREDITS
By Russ Morrissey
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