Mothership
Mothership is a game of sci-fi horror/survival. It has an old-school element in that it is a collection of rules with an implied background. That background is kind of like Aliens and Dead Space . The rules allow you to create crew members on a ship that is exploring a huge and dangerous universe. Core mechanics The main dice used are d10s are the main mechanism is a d% check as per so many Runequest-inspired games. The other elements such as saves and advantage and disadvantage will probably be familiar to most people through Dungeons and Dragons though. Skills The skills are maybe the most distinctive thing about the system as they are setup in a tree with three tiers where higher-tier skills have prerequisites. Higher-tier skills cost more to buy and offer a bigger percentage towards checks (which seems like a sensible way of dealing with percentile whiff). While a bit involved (and with the naturally debatable choices about whether given skills sit in the right tier