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Publisher's blurb:
Space Aces: Voyages In Infinite Space will take your crew on a grand adventure through a huge galactic sandbox set in a Saturday morning cartoon galaxy that is huge and vibrant and hilarious and heart-warming.
This family-friendly setting draws on joyful science fiction like The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Red Dwarf, Futurama, Star Trek, Space Balls, and so many more.
What's Inside?
• Build your own one-of-a-kind galaxy with over 60 included hex tiles.
• Enjoy a simple intuitive ruleset with tools for running smooth no-prep games on-the-fly with a Referee, Co-op, and Solo.
• The only sci-fi rpg to come with a Space Hitchhiker Towel Generator!
• Generate over 25 million different kinds of playable characters- 3 raccoons in a mech suit? Sure. Bionic B-Boys with a knack for competitive baking? Yep. Cute-as-a-button Deposed AI Overlord? Why not! Only 24,999,997 more to go...
• Explore a huge galaxy jam-packed with interstellar phenomenal fun and family-friendly space adventure.
• Discover over 60 locations from planet factories to star pirate dens to paradise worlds to planets made of cheese and more!
• Interact with over 30 interesting alien species from Space Otter Bandits to Bureaucat Bounty Hunters to Aristocrab Spice Merchants.
• And so much more! Take on hundreds of missions, survive hundreds of encounters, meet dozens of colorful characters, collect hundreds of pieces of loot and treasure and starship upgrades... the list goes on.
No Time To Prep? Don't Panic!
The entire setting is designed to be smooth to run with little to no prep at all. The included tools, tables, and techniques will make running high-flying adventures a snap. Take on missions. Trade resources. Hunt down bounties. Become interstellar pizza delivery drivers. Fight Darkverse monsters in giant mech suits. Rescue spacers in distress as Deep-Space-9-1-1 first responders. Discover Planet Factories. Battle Star Pirates. Befriend Space Whales. Play with Space Otters. Heist Space Casinos. Race Rocket Pods. Surf the galaxy’s biggest wave. Try not to release universe-destroying evil. Dodge Space Pigeons. Open your own galactic food truck... and so much more.
In the Space Aces universe life is precious, adventure is everywhere, and shenanigans are encouraged!
Strap in and grab your space towel, ADVENTURE AWAITS!
- So much fun.
- Huge galaxy to explore.
- Simplicity of rules.
- Great for solo play with simple oracle.
- Bulk of the game is charts that make the world interesting.
- Awesome loot tables.
- Joy to play.
- Inspiring book.
- New guide book adds more charts.
- Simplicity can be confusing.
- Would have preferred additional charts to be included in the main book.
- Space exploration
- Wacky Saturday morning cartoon science fiction
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Stainless Steel Rat
- Dirty Pear
- Crusher Joe
- Cowboy Bebop
- Looney Tunes
- A new guidebook
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Character Generation — Simple character creation involving picking backgrounds and keywords.
- complication die — A d6 rolled alongside the d20; 1-2 means something bad happens, 5-6 means a benefit occurs.
- D20 Target Number — Relies on rolling a d20 against target numbers ranging from easy to epic for task resolution.
- Galaxy Generation — Uses cards to randomize the galaxy layout and planet tiles.
- Heat Level — A track that rises as things get more dangerous, making resolutions more perilous.
- Pressure Luck — A d6 system for exploring the galaxy, where players try not to roll a seven or higher on multiple dice.
- random tables — Extensive use of charts for generating planets, encounters, missions, loot, and characters.
- Statless Characters/Ships — Characters and ships have very few stats, emphasizing simplicity.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- It's Fun to Go Alone. This is the top 10 solo RPGs.
- As a matter of fact, I've done an episode on uh solo analog dungeon crawl.
- And boy howdy did I fall in love with this game.
- This is a game that that treats the kind of spirituality and folklore and mythology of the Japan in a very very respectful nature.
- Holy crap, what a game. I love this game. It is so much fun.
- This game is super super simple.
- The simplicity can be a little confusing because as you're reading the rules, you're kind of like, 'Oh, wait. That's it. I don't get it.'
- Morgborg, man, what a game. I love this game so much.
- The solo rules that made me understand solo role playing.
- The generosity liberal thirdparty licensing.
- Scarlet Heroes really is the game that made solo role playing click with me.
- This is an all inone solution with some of the best, most useful solo oracles and rules I have ever played.
- The urban adventure rules in Scarlet Heroes handle that really well, better than just about any other game I've played.