Mothership taps that traditional dystopian vein that comes with a dystopian cyberpunk setting. It has some differences, like focusing on themes of isolation instead of the industrial ghettos and warrens (though space station settings like that found in Pound of Flesh does lean into it, including cyber mod options) and alienation of the self via… Read more

Mothership has some solid advice for creating factions like defining VIPs, Notable Locations, and goals. Fulfilling goals is reminiscent of the clock mechanic of Blades in the Dark or even D&D’s skill challenge (described in 4E but homebrewed by many for 5E) and kept pretty simple. It potentially also creates opportunities for jobs to send… Read more