I've picked up several products that are about generating and exploring derelict ships, which is something pretty much everyone can understand instantly and which doesn't require anything more than "your ship approaches the derelict; here's what's on the scanners."Ah. Mothership. That's another great one for no-prep one-shots. If you have the right booklets you can create an adventure almost as quick as with Pirate Borg. Hell, you could probably just roll up a Pirate Borg adventure and reskin it for Mothership.
The Mothership version of the Shadowdark dungeon generator? (which is my favorite dungeon generation system of all time)I've picked up several products that are about generating and exploring derelict ships, which is something pretty much everyone can understand instantly and which doesn't require anything more than "your ship approaches the derelict; here's what's on the scanners."
Mothership - Dead Planet or another one?I've picked up several products that are about generating and exploring derelict ships, which is something pretty much everyone can understand instantly and which doesn't require anything more than "your ship approaches the derelict; here's what's on the scanners."
Astonished that people are picking SWADE given my impression was it needed a fair amount of prep/material to really function, but I guess some people have that to hand.
For my part, the ability to run a quick pickup game -- or any minimal to no prep game -- is familiarity with the system. If you know the system well, no matter what the system is, it is pretty trivial to put together interesting and "balanced" encounters on the fly. The rest is just whim, random charts or leaning on tried and true tropes.
I've picked up several products that are about generating and exploring derelict ships, which is something pretty much everyone can understand instantly and which doesn't require anything more than "your ship approaches the derelict; here's what's on the scanners."
I read them in PDF, only open them when it’s time to run themIt always makes me sad to see books and boxes still in the shrink wrap.