Live Fast, Die Young - a Beam Saber game // Saturdays

Creating your character

Characters will be created during Session 0, although players are welcome to bring ideas that they're excited to play. Part of character creation is building you Squad, which is a collaborative effort, and may determine the type of character you want to play. Alternatively, the group might come up with characters first and then decide what type of squad makes sense for them all to belong to. Either way, doing this in Session 0 helps to make sure that everyone is on the same page.

Preparing for the session

You will need Discord and a microphone. Webcams are optional, and up to the group's comfort level. I encourage players to familiarize themselves with character creation before Session 0 and with the basic rules before Session 1, although we can always consult rules as we play. You can use your own dice or a dice roller bot in Discord. Beam Saber is a d6 system, so you'll only need six-sided dice.

What Andromeda Galaxy brings to the table

I will provide the rules, a private Discord server for the game, and a dice roller bot.

How Andromeda Galaxy creates a safe table

Forged in the Dark games emphasize bold choices and fast gameplay. Rather than planning for every eventuality, use flashbacks to tell the GM what you want to have already set up once you know what challenge you're facing. Rather than trying to pick the perfect gear, reveal that you have a piece of equipment when you need it by spending Load (you decide how much Load you're bringing at the start of your mission). "Drive your character like a stolen car"--make reckless decisions, and then spend Stress to resist the consequences; take big swings, and push yourself to the limit to succeed; if all else fails, you can always take a Scar and come back later, forever changed. Or you can let your character die and bring a new one to the squad, and let the fallout of that death echo through the story we build together. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- During session 0, we'll talk about expectations, ideas, and safety tools. How okay are you with your character dying? What about other players' characters? Do you want to play good guys, or not-so-good guys? What kind of characters are you interested in playing, and how might they create fun interactions with the other players' characters? I generally keep Lines and Veils semi-anonymous--players can tell me what their Lines and Veils are, and I provide an anonymized, alphabetized list to the group. You certainly can talk about them if you wish, but nobody is ever required to claim, explain, or justify their Lines or Veils. The provided content warnings are things that are likely to come up but I'm always happy to discuss with a player or the group and exclude certain content. For example, although there is a content warning for fire, I have played with groups where that was a triggering topic, and we were able to avoid (and change mechanical references to) harmful fire and make the game safe to play for everyone at the table.