happy birthday jonathan
Mothership RPG is having a big month, particularly over at Backerkit, where there’s over 20 projects currently looking for funding. You can check it out right now.
As some of you might know, I’m a big Mothership fan and have been running games for folks for years now(and will again at the next GaryCon.)
In fact, most of you probably know me because I made an actual play podcast called Analysis Complete, where we played Mothership.
That season is easily our most popular, and it’s the one that I get the most feedback on.
A lot of folks have asked me to do another season using Mothership.
I don’t know if I’ll ever do that. Sorry.
But I still felt a need to contribute something to #MothershipMonth.
This is that contribution.
happy birthday
jonathan
a horror scenario for friends
what’s inside?
Inside the document above, is a scenario that should allow you to run a ghostly game of Mothership with your friends.
This is what I would write if I was running Mothership again for Out of Depth Plays.
It includes
a map of a space cabin
6 character questionnaire’s to make deeper characters.
a unique Panic Table made for this specific scenario
an example of game flow showing how I’d start the game
And a bunch of other stuff.
I tried to format it the best I could, and hopefully it’s all clear enough that you can use it.
I wrote it in LibreOffice. I made the map on DungeonScrawl.
It’s very very no frills. There’s probably a ton of mistakes and errors. No I’m not going back to edit it.
But I think there’s a ton of content to inspire you and your friends to have an exciting time.
Did I mention it’s for free?
why free
Because I want as many people as possible to play it. Pass it around. Send it to friends. I want everyone to have a chance to play this game with their friends.
I put a lot of time into it. I’m very proud of it. I don’t want to make it into a product. I want it to be a scenario that gets passed around by people who think it’s cool.
If you really want to send me money, I set up a ko-fi, so you can send me whatever value you got out of it.
Or you can go to the usual Patreon and subscribe for whatever tier you feel appropriate. I recommend checking out Patreon anyway, because you can subscribe for Free, and keep up to date on whatever I’m working on.
one last thought
I made Happy Birthday Jonathan as kind of a birthday present to myself. It’s a game that I think works best among friends because it has the potential to get emotionally heavy. And I think having friends at the table is best for those types of games.
In many ways this game feels like a piece of me. Those who know me will see a lot of myself in not only title character, but general elements of the scenario. But it’s also not me at all. It’s what people make it to be.
And I hope that you and you’re friends make it special.
Enjoy.
— jae
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