Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites

Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites is an indispensable supplement for anyone who wants to deepen their gaming experience. This material provides a quick and accessible way to incorporate new characters and locations into your adventures. If you're short of time or just want to avoid the hassle of creating an NPC from scratch, this supplement presents practical tables that make it easy to find characters available at Karum Station. Each NPC comes with a rich biography, exclusive illustrations, personalized statistics and equipment, ready to enrich your crew. Whether you prefer to play solo or in a cooperative experience, or perhaps need a quick place to explore, this supplement offers four intriguing locations to facilitate your narrative. Each location comes with comprehensive details about its history, original purposes, activities present, dangers involved and much more. Highlights of the supplement: - 6 new, detailed NPCs - Portrait illustrations for each character - 4 exploration locations full of narrative potential

Age 12 + 120 min 2 to 10 players

Artists: L.F. OSR; James Shields

Designers: Alex T.;

Date: 2023

Note: 

Mechanics: Storytelling, Paper and pen, Data Scrolling, RPG

Topics: Science Fiction, Horror/Terror

Table of Contents
- How to Play
- Tips for playing
- Game mechanics
- Game components
- Additional Information

How to play Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites

Start with a balanced crew. Maximizing effectiveness requires the right combination of skills. Consider a leader with high command competence, an engineering specialist, an experienced doctor and a scientist with a focus on research and analysis.

When exploring new locations, prioritize reconnaissance of the area before descending completely. Use probes to determine the presence of resources or hazards, ensuring that your team can prepare appropriately.

Set up advanced bases in strategic locations. This allows you to establish a constant point of support, facilitating long-term operations and providing refuge in the event of an emergency.

Maintain constant communications with your flagship. This ensures that any findings can be shared quickly and that reinforcements can be requested if necessary.

Manage resources carefully. Collecting and preserving critical supplies such as O2, food and fuel is essential for survival and success in prolonged missions.

Main objective

Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites is a space exploration game where the main objective is to lead a team of astronauts across unknown and dangerous planets, discovering ancient secrets and facing challenges in alien environments to ensure the survival and success of the mission.

Tips for playing Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites

Here are some tips for doing better in the game Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites:

  • Start with a balanced team with varied skills to adapt to different challenges during exploration.
  • Always include a scientist on the team to analyze samples and discover artifacts.
  • An engineer is vital for repairing damaged equipment and eventually creating new tools.
  • Choose rubber tappers or survivalists to increase your chances of finding useful resources.
  • When exploring new locations, first check the life support systems to ensure the safety of the crew.
  • Explore alien ruins and abandoned stations to collect advanced technology and gain significant advantages.
  • Fully map each location before moving on to the next so as not to leave anything important behind.

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Mechanics of Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites

  • Storytelling - The game uses a narrative structure that allows players to create their own stories within the game's universe. The mechanics rely on detailed descriptions and character development to enrich the immersive experience, encouraging creativity and the development of unique plots.
  • Paper and pen - It's a classic RPG mechanic that requires players to write down important information about their characters, equipment and events. This system is essential for keeping track of character statistics, recording progress while exploring new locations and making any necessary changes.
  • Data Scrolling - This mechanic determines the success or failure of the characters' actions. Players use dice from different sides (such as D6, D8, D20) to calculate probabilities and outcomes in combat, exploration and interactions. This brings a random and exciting element to the game, adding unpredictability and challenge.
  • RPG - Across a Thousand Dead Worlds adopts traditional Role-Playing Game mechanics, where players take on the role of characters who explore and interact with the game world. Players make strategic decisions, develop their characters over time and cooperate with each other to overcome challenges.

Game components Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites

See all the items in the game below Across a Thousand Dead Worlds - Starting Crew & Exploration Sites:

  • Exploration teams
  • Adventure sites
  • Initial crew
  • Operating Spaces
  • Crew members
  • Exploration Environments

Additional Information

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