Stargrave: Dead or Alive

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Creature Action Flowchart — Introduces a new flowchart for how creatures and AI-controlled gangs activate, prioritizing combat, line of sight to the mark, or crew members.
• Experience Point System — A post-game experience table awards points for playing, crew members going out of action, power activation, and reducing the mark's health.
• Loot Tokens — Loot tokens are available in scenarios in addition to the main objective.
• Optional rules — Introduces optional rules for environmental hazards like poisonous plants or turrets, and alternative AI behaviors.
• Scenario Generation — Includes multiple settings (Jungle, Starport, Swamp Town, Abandoned Mine, Crystal Forest) and mark complications (Physical Proof, Hostage, Difficult Identification) for varied gameplay.
• Solo Scenario Generator — Provides a system for generating solo missions with varying marks, gang configurations, and objectives.
• Turn Structure Adjustment — Modifies the standard Stargrave turn order, with the captain's activation followed by the entire gang's activation.

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• it very much lives up to its name of a solo scenario generator
• finally there are times when the player should ignore the rules for creature actions entirely for the mark the gang other creatures and just choose your actions based on what makes sense a given situation
• as a whole i really like the package and the way it's presented
• i definitely recommend taking a look at this supplement i think it works really well

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