Mothership: Scifi Horror RPG Review

Mothership and Dead Planet are scifi survival horror RPG books written by Sean McCoy and Fiona Maeve Geist. Perfect for an "Aliens" type game or any kind of lovecraftian horror among the stars.
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[BrooksSligh]

Additional comment because that derelict ship generator with the dice is literally the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life. Holy hell that's good stuff.

[moonmaan]

The cheatsheet is SO good! I learned to play it before I even opened the book. And then the character sheet having all the steps you need to create a character??? great!

[jameshalleluyah]

The layout of these books hits me where I live. Thank God someone finally realized that layout matters.

[BrooksSligh]

Whoa man you're right, that weapons page is some next level stuff. Also love the character sheet flowchart thing & the ship design stuff. Sold.

[csimpson]

Wow! I love the Stress/Panic system - I immediately want to patch that into a Veins of the Earth game. Great stuff as always Ben - nice work.

[evilscientistrecords]

These books are amazingly well-made, and perfect for capturing that blue collar gritty Alien space-faring atmosphere.

[aquakroot]

Hey Ben, I was wondering if you keep track of all the design features that you think all games should have? I think it could be a useful design guide document

[OperatorJhn]

This looks sooo well done. Also reflected in the available "Deluxe Set", with GM-screen etc. Cant wait to get my hands on the game and GM it 👌Thx a lot for presenting and reviewing it!

[luizricon]

Just wanna thank you for pointing me to this amazing game yesterday on your Live. Exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for on d%. I'll try and combine these ideas with some of the things I'm already working on and it looks promising! Thank you. A fan of the channel BTW

[mikegould]

I love the design. I wish the logic in this applied to more complex games. Thanks Ben!

EDIT:

The graveyard reminds me of an old episode of Space 1999 called “The Dragon”. I had nightmares as a kid because of that show.

[DechantMusic]

AMAZING DESIGN! THE OSR AND INDIE SCENE IS IT! WOW!

[lladonzombie]

Ugh! Why do you do this to me! I still haven’t had a chance to try Knave yet. You are slamming my poor brain with so much exciting stuff that I can’t handle it.

I joke, but seriously, this is so my kind of thing that it hurts.

[walkingthepath]

Stop making me spend money ;) another good video Ben. Thank you.

[simo]

This is the rpg review channel hands down! Great work as always man.

[-Nicoreon-]

why do i feel that my play group would devolve this into red dwarf stile dark scifi comedy quickly, if i had them play this.

[Zenas]

eighth?

It sounds like a cross between Aliens and Event Horizon. Hmmm... Spooky...

[themagus]

It's not clear from the video that the game is in Beta. The impression that is given is that it's a finished product.

[timothyyoung]

Thinking about picking this up. I haven't purchased a sci-fi horror game since TSR's old Bughunters game, but this looks really cool.

[Mankcam]

Looks like Vornheim in Space, except using a D100 instead of D20.
Shit, I have to get this now :-)

[BenA]

Great review, looking forward to getting this!