Hardly see anyone talk about Brigandine, great choice!

I figure this is a good way of getting myself comfortable with being seen again after some years of lurking away at home. If I'm serious about publishing things, I need a low-commitment, low-cost way of building up comfort and getting that dopamine flowing again!

I definitely recommend giving it if your players like games that lean into roleplaying and story over crunch, and don't mind dying (average lifespan of a character is about 4 sessions according to the book.) The books are well put together and have some great GMing/playing advice for any TTRPG tbh.

They eventually cured him and got back to boarding, but for a time my little one shot plot was derailed in ways I never could've imagined. I love how this game gives opportunity for players to both create clever ideas and have their ambitions turn on them. 10/10 would Mothership again.

8/8
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Chaos ensues as Roboticist and AI Engineer struggle against their creation to kill them with a broom. They shut it down, but the scientist collapses vomiting from the poison pen's injection. Boarding party is delayed and at this point we're crying laughing as he is rushed to medbay.

7/8
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Now this thing is basically a junk bot, so I look the Roboticist in the eye (he designed it) and ask what weapons it has. He looks back and says he's duct taped on his poison-injecting fountain pen and a broom. So it stabs the AI scientist and starts beating him with the broomstick.

6/8
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On a crit failure in Mothership I am compelled to make this go very wrong, so I decide that they successfully install the combat drone software, but activate it without properly configuring its Friend-or-Foe targeting. The POW goes wild and starts attacking the AI scientist immediately.

5/8
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If you're not familiar with Mothership, skill rolls are hard - most of the time you're more likely to fail than succeed. They manage to build the body fine, but when the AI Engineer installs risky experimental combat drone software, they roll 99 (worst possible crit fail). It begins...

4/8
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The crew's 2 scientists want to help, so they decide to build what we're calling a POW (Probe On Wheels), a land drone to scout ahead of the boarding party. They're MacGuyvering this out of spare parts and a space probe, and they're hurrying. I decide it's risky enough to roll dice.

3/8
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Everything was going more or less fine until the players boarded a damaged freighter, broke into a highly restricted section of the ship, and got attacked by bloated, distorted machine/man hybrids. They made their escape and decided to re-enter the ship from a different angle...

2/8 #ttrpg

I should probably clarify no hidden objectives, rather, as Nemesis isn't exactly a hidden role game, rather a semi co-operative game, while Fate of the Nostromo is pure co-op.

I'd describe the gameplay as sort of Nemesis lite. No hidden roles, simplified gameplay, shared 'health' system, simple characters/equipment. It's easy to set up and learn (took maybe 15 mins?), and it's fun playing the Nostromo crew, but not as replayable or tense as Nemesis IMO. Still pretty fun!

おめでとう！！

It's always a great feeling when the one shot and the group gel and want to keep going! Good luck!