Game Review - Weirdspace Quickstart is a rules-light science fiction RPG set in a wild and crazy universe (free at DriveThruRPG). There are 27 pages of rules, 4 characters to start with, and 20 pages for the adventure. The system is based on percentage dice and I did roll up a half bat/half man computer hacker. So, being a Quickstart, some of the rules are missing. This can be a bit of a challenge when you run the adventure. The designer, Paul Cat, does have a Facebook page and his upbeat personality is contagious. Taking all of this into consideration, I give this Quickstart four out of five stars. I used The Dungeon Oracle to solo this one. The adventure was designed for a Game Master and several players.
The fun adventure starts when our spaceship (with our five characters) receives three messages about a prison ship that has taken massive damage and is going down. I knew that the space pirates were coming, so I was ready for them when they arrived. I manipulated them to take over the prison ship. My plan was to steal their ship, but it did not work out that way. Most of the space pirates were killed by the prisoners. My PCs killed the remaining five pirates. The prisoners took the space pirate ship and made their escape. My characters can now salvage the disabled prison ship. Give this one a try!
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