From the Designer website:
The Long Dark Space Between the Stars is a single session TTRPG about fighting against the vacuum of space in a hyperspace journey gone wrong. You will decide which you are willing to sacrifice and which you will try to save: Your mind, your body, or your ship.
Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar and The Expanse are all touch stones for this project. Any story where someone is stuck on a spaceship fighting for their life, and has to decide what they're willing to sacrifice to save either their ship or themselves.
As a game, The Long Dark Space Between the Stars is very loosely a Forged in the Dark game, and takes inspiration from the dice rolling mechanics and moment to moment action of Blades in the Dark.
18 page rule book
Needed to play: a handful of d6, and a way for both players to see the playsheet
2 -players, one GM and one player
Sessions between 1-2.5 hours
Built for one-shots
Google sheet for easy Online play
Each roll acts as a sacrifice: Which are you willing to give up—Mind, Body or Ship—to keep the others safe?
Low prep, rules light, easy to pick up and play.
Built to be both contemplative and to facilitate moments of intense action.