ALIEN: TARTARUS
The Tartarus Reach is cold and unforgiving, with danger lurking behind every colony. Make your name here or die unremembered in the darkness of space.
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$40.00
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Bi-weekly / Tuesday - 11:00 PM UTC
Oct 20 / Session 1
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
4 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
4/6
About the adventure
This is an ALIEN roleplaying game experience where you play as the crew of a commercial starship, the USCSS Clowncar. Your work charter is held by Weyland-Yutani - they're the ones paying your checks, filling your tank up with gas, and comping you for cigarettes and other essential rations. Until you save up the money to buy out your charter, you do what they Wey-Yu says. Work for the Company used to be stable and reliable, if a bit boring, but over the past six months the crew has encountered monsters in the dark and brushed up on the edge of a military-industrial conspiracy that's seen them grounded on a rustic world where the locals friendly smiles seem to hide something sinister. This campaign has been running for several months off of SPG, but I am moving it to this website to gain new players and fill out a full crew for the Clowncar. All new players will get: A custom 3D model for the VTT TaleSpire A onboarding call and character creation session with me A bonus of 30-40 experience to help you catch up with the rest of the crew. If you've been looking for a chance to jump into an ALIEN: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME experience, this is your shot! I have a group of enthusiastic players who would love to meet you!
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Sandbox / Open World
Tactical / Crunchy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.9
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1 year on StartPlaying
112 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Creativity
Average response time: 8 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi! My name is Zara Bamford and I live in Chicago, IL, with my partner and our adorable little monster of a cat. I’m passionate about history, comic books, medieval fantasy, science-fiction, and cooking. I’ve been DM’ing professionally for over four years on the convention circuit and have run D&D 5th Edition, Arkham Horror, and Star Wars: Edge of the Empire at major conventions like Gencon, Gamehole Con, and Pax Unplugged. I got my start in tabletop gaming with Warhammer 40,000, and spent countless hours hunched over kitchen tables and patios in my youth waging epic battles with plastic and metal figurines, but I always craved something more than just tactical combat - I wanted narrative, an epic adventure to accompany awesome battles. I wouldn't start truly DM'ing till college however, where I started a Rogue Trader campaign for my friends which continues to this day!
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Creating your character
We will create a character together during your onboarding call!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
All you need to do is download the guest version of TaleSpire from Steam and have a discord account to join our server with: https://discord.gg/fjUYJVRVm
What Zara brings to the table
My personal GM style is to balance tactically demanding and combat with impactful roleplaying and tense exploration sequences. I have an immersive narrative style I’ve honed over a decade of theater experience, so you can expect dramatic third person narrations of place and scene and a range of voices for the people your characters encounter. I’ll also make use of atmospheric and moody soundtracks and soundboards in every session to help immerse us in the tense, dangerous world of ALIEN.
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Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Zara creates a safe table
The world of ALIEN is frightening, dangerous, and at times totally hostile to human life and wellbeing. I, however, am not!! While I want your character to become terrified and stressed out, I want you as the player to enjoy yourself and have an amazing time in our game. To that effect, I will be going over the campaign themes and content in Session 0, where we will collectively establish Lines and Veils for our playgroup. When we play, you can message the chat or say RED CARD out loud to indicate you want the current scene to end, or YELLOW CARD to indicate that you want the subject curtailed. In either case I will pause the game and check in with you to see what is happening, and adjust the scene as needed either through a redo or retcon. After every session, I will check in with the players as a group to see how the session went and if there was anything that could be improved or adjusted.
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