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Deathship One

BY JOSEPH A. MCCULLOUGH

Contents

Introduction

Choosing a Squad

The Rules

Alien Menaces

Selecting Rooms

Roster Sheet

Asset Cards

Alien Cards

Cover and Interior Artwork:

Barrett Stanley

Graphic Design and Layout:

Steven Meyer-Rassow

Deathship One

is copyright Joseph A. McCullough, except for the artwork which

remains the copyright of Barrett Stanley. No part of this book may be reproduced

or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including

photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system,

without the express written permission of the author and publisher, except where

specifically permitted by law.

elcome to

Deathship One.

Better listen up, because the truth is, you probably

won’t live long. You see, you’ve been brought here to die. I don’t know why.

Maybe it’s a test or an experiment to measure the capability of warriors from your

planet. Maybe it’s just entertainment, like a circus or gameshow. Or maybe this is

punishment, a personal purgatory for your sins. Now, I don’t mean to bring you

down. I just don’t want to fill you with any false hopes either.

On the other side of that door is a room, and beyond that another, and

another, and another. In fact, there are five rooms in total. Each of those rooms is

designed to kill you in diﬀerent ways. Traps, monsters, automated weapons systems,

you name it. No, I can’t tell you what the next room looks like, even if I wanted to.

It changes every time. The rooms shift around you see. But you’ve got one chance.

You’ve got to fight your way through all five rooms. In the unlikely event you

survive, you get to go home.

So, it’s that simple. You fight your way through, you survive. You might even

find a few things to help you on the way. Seriously though, make your peace before

you open that door, because once you do, there’s going to be no time for praying…

Introduction

Deathship One

is a solo or co-operative miniatures game in which the player controls

a small squad of warriors attempting to fight their way through an alien death trap.

It’s designed to be fast and fun and to use a minimum of miniatures and terrain. It’s

also designed to be limited. The whole game consists of 5 scenarios or ‘rooms’. The

order and make-up of those rooms can change from game-to-game, but you always

play five, assuming you live that long.

The first part of this book explains how to assemble your squad. There are

three squads available: low-tech, middle-tech, and hi-tech. This means you can play

the game using miniatures from any setting or time-period. So, if you want to try

the game with Greek hoplites, or US Marines from the Vietnam War, or power

armoured space commandos, you can. In fact, why not try all three and see which

group lives the longest?

The second part contains the rules you need to play the game. These have

been purposely kept as simple as possible, so that you can jump in and start playing

quickly, and so there isn’t too much to remember that might slow down the action.

After that comes the scenarios. Each of the scenarios represents one of the

rooms in the

Deathship.

It tells you how to set-up the terrain, what markers or

monsters are required, and any special rules that are in play. There is also a roster

sheet for your team, a set of asset cards, and an easy reference card for each of the

four alien menaces.

Finally, one last word about this game. It is not designed for you to win. Quite

the opposite, in fact. It is the

Deathship

after all. That’s not to say that winning is

impossible. The

Deathship

can be beaten, it just isn’t very likely. The fun is in the

trying, in the desperate attempt, and seeing how far your guys make it. If you keep

trying, who knows, someone might just make it out that last door!

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY

Aside from these rules, you are going to need a few things to play. First, you’ll need

a set of miniatures to represent your squad. This will be 4 – 10 figures, depending

on the type of squad. If you don’t want to use miniatures, you can use paper stand-

up figures, plastic army men, or even two-dimensional tokens. They’ll all work

fine. You’ll also need some aliens. There are four diﬀerent types of aliens, which are

detailed later. Again, you can represent these with miniatures or whatever works

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