CHARACTER SHEETS FOR SOLO PLAY OF MOTHERSHIP

RaymondMillbrae · January 13, 2025, 02:50:41 AM

Hey Guys/Gals,

I'm new here and decided to give you guys a try.

I am new to Mothership (solo) and wanted to give "Thousand Empty Light" a try. So I purchased it.

As I am researching the material, I see that they recommend using the 1E edition of Mothership.

I downloaded two different character sheets which I will attach to this post.

My question is which one should I use?

I'm leaning towards the one that states you roll 6D10 for your Stats. Verses the one that says roll 2d10 +25 for your stats. (I understand that 2d10 +25 is the 1e edition).

What do you say...and why?

And if I may throw in another question: What is the difference between 1st edition v1.2 (2023) verses the 2018 Alpha Zine edition, 5th printing?

Thanks.

RaymondMillbrae · January 13, 2025, 11:53:40 PM

Oh well, I guess no one plays Mothership.

I got part of my question answered after looking around a bit more.

Seems that the Character Sheet that requires you to roll 6D10 for your stats is the older 0E version.

The main differences are the Wounds and Armor.

So I have gone to the newer 1st Edition Character Sheet.

Nuff Said.

Later.

grimshwiz · January 14, 2025, 08:18:02 AM

Game has pronouns, as cool as it looked it means I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thornhammer · January 14, 2025, 08:25:24 PM

Thousand Empty Light is weird, but really cool. Particularly that semiotic standard oracle. That's fun for doing other Mothership stuff solo too.

The new version of Mothership is really good. The deluxe box is definitely worth it if you don't already have Gradient Descent or Dead Planet.

If you're trying to keep expenditures to a minimum, get the Warden's Operation Manual and you can get by using the older rulebook. The Warden's Manual is an absolute knockout. The shipbreaker's guide and Unconfirmed Reports are okay but not essential.

zircher · January 14, 2025, 09:14:56 PM

I haven't gotten it to the table, so I don't have much to contribute to the discussion.

Thornhammer · January 15, 2025, 12:00:05 AM

One other recommendation for Raymond - it isn't Mothership but check out Dead Belt from A Couple of Drakes. And the associated podcast for flavor. It strongly rhymes with what Mothership is about, and is primarily a solo game.

Explore abandoned starships, loot them and escape before they drift into a black hole or you run out of air or otherwise die horribly. Plays with a standard deck of cards and a couple of markers to denote where your dood is and maybe something chasing you. And! The ship can and very well might start splitting apart with you on it.

If you want recommendations on specific Mothership modules, ask. I have been inhaling it the past six or eight months.

RaymondMillbrae · January 19, 2025, 06:15:01 PM

Thanks for the feedback...from everyone.

I am ultra conservative, but I will not stop playing a game just because it has pronouns. (Just silly, and falls to the opposite extreme).

But I will not play games that have sexual, amoral, or alternate lifestyles that I disagree with.

Nuff said about that.

As for the recommendation of "Dead Belt"...well...I gotta check it out. So far it looks pretty good, and has gotten my attention.

I have it on my DTRPG "Wish List".

I recently purchased the "Thirty Horrors" bestiary. (PDF format). I printed it out onto A5 paper, and it is pretty kewl.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Thornhammer · January 19, 2025, 08:34:50 PM

Any of the monsters you particularly like?