Grim Space: Horror for your Space RPG

Grim Space: Horror for your Space RPG is a book full of thirty unique, hand-crafted horror scenarios that can be used for your space RPG.

Grim Space was created with Mothership, Alien RPG, Traveller, Stars Without Number, and other space RPGs in mind.

Grim Space will haunt your players with scenarios where:

• They explore a floating horror ship filled with genetically modified creatures, only to have them released while on the ship
• A clique boards the ship, and the characters discover the true nature of their barbaric and carnal weekly feast
• Cephalopod parasites infect the characters and cause shocking symptoms as they leave the host body
• A handmade camera is sold to the characters that can capture images of the dead
• Community members of a small colony request a character to help solve a mystery, only for the character to be at the center of a murderous betrayal
• ...and plenty more!

Grim Space includes 30 total one-page scenarios:

• 8 Ship Events
• 6 Strange Passengers
• 6 Macabre Monsters
• 6 Horrific Items
• 4 Adventures of Terror

Check out the sample in the images to see if these scenarios can add horror to your game, and strike fear into your players!

Inspiration for Grim Space includes:

Mothership RPG gameplay, resources, and modules, Traveller RPG gameplay, resources and modules, nature, science, and geology of Earth and our solar system, Farscape, Trader to the Stars by Poul Anderson, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Firefly, general history of pirates, The Twilight Zone, The Orville, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, the TV show Lost, general vampire fiction , general horror fiction , The Mummy, general fiction about faeries, Alien, Predator, The Addams Family, The Thing, Game of Thrones, general horror fiction ,fiction by H.P. Lovecraft, Soylent Green, The 6th Sense, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, The Wickerman, 28 Days Later, Saw, and The Ruins. It’s likely that inspiration for these scenarios came from other sources as well. I’ve done my best to represent where my inspiration has come from. 

If I’ve missed something, I apologize. Thank you for being a fan of games! 

-James Hron

Visit the Paper Dice Games website for more information and games like:

• Distress Calls for Space RPGs - a collection of 30 pulpy and uniquely designed, hand-crafted distress call scenarios that fit in any Space RPG.
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• Fantasy Civ Solo: Discovery and Doom - a fantasy civilization 4x style solo RPG about exploring the wilds, fighting monsters, and defeating your doom.
• Dwarf Mine - a tabletop solo fantasy game where you get to design and map your mine, and survive the dangers of the mountain.

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