Mothership One-Shot [NEW PLAYERS ENCOURAGED] -- Another Bug Hunt

Mothership | One-Shot

About the adventure

You've been diverted by the Company to a tropical jungle world called Samsa VI. Communications with the research station went dark & they want you to re-establish power, rendezvous with the platoon commander, & recover any scientific samples. 3 months in cryosleep aboard the Metamorphosis and you reach the Samsa system..

Andrew (he/him)

4.9

(10)

1 year on StartPlaying

3 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Storytelling

Game Master Reviews (10)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Teacher

Storytelling

Sir Beef

Played 1 sessions

My two kids and I just finished a game of Mothership with Andrew. He was fantastic! He used vivid and descriptive imagery and made the game feel tense and alive. He used Owlbear Rodeo for maps and it worked out really well. He knows the adventure forwards and backwards and was very accommodating and willing to ensure that we all had a good experience. Everyone had the opportunity to make critical decisions and to make the ending as epic as we wanted it to be! The end game in Mothership is Solve, Save or Survive and you can't do all three. And that's exactly how it ended! Highly recommended!

Jason

Played 1 sessions

Thank you for running the Mothership game. As a first-time player, I genuinely appreciated how expertly Andrew introduced me to the game system, making the experience engaging.

Johnpatrick Marr

Played 1 sessions

I had a great first experience with Mothership thanks to Andrew! He ran a beginner friendly session without having to frontload a bunch of rules. The remote play tech he chose worked really well. Will definitely join him for a game in the future!

Jim

Played 1 sessions

I had an amazing time! Andrew's competence, organization, pacing and exceptional soft skills kept everyone engaged. He's a natural game master, delivering an experience that exceeded my expectations.

Clayton

Played 1 sessions

Andrew was great for me as a newbie player. Clear and inclusive, and openly celebrated when players did something cool.

Michael Cossairt (VastAnomalies)

Played 1 sessions

Andrew was excellent at running Mothership for our ragtag group of misfits explorers. He's always open for a cool idea and leaving it up to fate to see how it plays out. His introduction to the rules as the game played on was very helpful and encouraged each of us to join in at the table. I suggest joining Andrew's table if you're interested in trying out mothership.

Additional details

How to prepare

You'll need a microphone & a computer screen to play this one. I use OwlbearRodeo for our VTT, mostly as a mood board / table to pin documents. Voice communication / music happens on Discord. Digital dice are available through a Discord app, or you're free to use your own. I recommend printing out both a Basic & Advanced character profile from https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-resources-downloads The Basic profile guides new players through character creation, while the Advanced profile is a cleaner, minimalist sheet. Otherwise, bring a pen & a few scraps of paper to take notes. Much of the game takes place in the theatre of the mind, with the map being lightly referenced.

What I provide

VTT: Owlbear.rodeo (free) Maps: Mothership modules provide a great assortment of game maps. Tokens: Feel free to send me character art; it's quick & easy to make them into map tokens. **I don't care to measure distances, but tokens are a great way to visualize positioning when SHTF!

Gameplay details

Lines and veils works well for me. I won't be gratuitous around sensitive topics, rather fading to black with as much taste as possible. If there are things you really don't want to see in the game, reach out privately & I'll be sure to respect that boundary / enforce it if necessary.

Content warnings

• Violence

• Suicide

• Spiders

• Panic Attacks

• Mutilation of Corpses

• Mind Control

• Guns

• Gore

• Freezing

• Fire

• Extreme Violence

• Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)

• Death

• Character Death

• Body Horror

• Blood

Safety tools used

• Lines and Veils

How will character creation work

Mothership character creation is breezy & fun, involving lots of random rolling. There's a Character Creation app for iPhone / Android which I encourage you to use. We will do creation live with the group so we can discover the party together. This usually takes about 20-30 minutes. After that, we'll drop in and play your first session of Mothership.

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Beginner

Platforms used

• Owlbear Rodeo

• Discord

1 SEAT LEFT

$10.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Once / Friday - 11:15 PM UTC

Aug 30

2-3 Hour Duration

3 / 4 Seats Filled

Schedule

Requirements

Experience required: Beginner

Age: 18+