Distress Calls for Space RPGs

Distress Calls for Space RPGs is a book full of thirty unique, hand-crafted 1-page scenarios, each of which is a distress call that can be used for your space RPG.

Each distress call scenario is built with skill-based space RPGs in mind like Traveller, Mothership, Stars Without Number and more. Scenarios are built to focus on many of the less-used skills in these games. In this book you'll find distress call scenarios that ask your players to:

• Save the crew of a ship from an onboard stampede
• Help a crew break back onto the bridge of their ship
• Navigate a high-stakes, tension-filled gambling game where a ship is on the line...mid-flight
• Save a high-end art collection while the transport ship burns
• ...and plenty more!

Each scenario includes:

• a unique encounter
• character and ship names
• character motivations
• skill suggestions on how to handle the distress call
• mechanics for what happens if a character succeeds or fails
• scenario resolution

Check out the sample in the images to see if these distress calls would add excitement to your game!

Check out the Callout on SAFCOcast!

• Starts at 14:44 at: https://www.safcocast.com/safcocast-27-cepheus-deluxe-and-alien-androids/

Updated 4/23/2025 - includes first look at the new Grim Space book I'm creating - coming by the end of 2025!

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