The star freighter has lost power. All systems are down, including life support. You have only a short while before the embrace of death overtakes you. What do you do? Write a roleplaying game of course!
Drifting Through Space - A Free Sci-Fi RPG by Michael E Cross and from Modiphius is a game you do not hear about often. Released over a decade ago it did not make much of a splash and yet the memory of that game sticks with me and I find myself going back to it often.
Handwritten in pen, with changes and corrections hastily crossed out and revised, the RPG is part art piece. The text is written in a conversational style along with his thoughts on the system as he has them, in a sort of stream of consciousness.
The mechanics are original, yet nothing revolutionary. Worth giving it a shot. The real greatness though lies in the presentation. I believe it belongs in everyone's RPG library and I hope that more designers take note of this forgotten gem and run with its idea of making the presentation of the rules itself a piece of fiction, a work of art in its own sake.
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