Everything you need to play in one horrifying box. Mothership® is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game where you and your crew try to survive in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The First Edition Core Set includes all four core rulebooks, an introductory module, and a set of dice.

• The Player's Survival Guide has all the rules you need to play, including Character Creation, How to Play, Violent Encounters, Stress & Panic, Shore Leave, Weapons and Equipment, and more — everything streamlined for fast and easy play.
• The Warden's Operations Manual takes you from prepping your first session to running it to prepping the rest of your campaign in a simple, easy-to-read format.
• Unconfirmed Contact Reports is your guide to running terrifying encounters with strange entities and horrendous abominations, complete with over 40 unique illustrated monstrosities.
• The Shipbreaker's Toolkit is the ultimate guide to space travel, giving you all the tools for operating, maintaining, and battling spacecraft.

Gameplay Overview
Mothership is one of the most acclaimed sci-fi horror RPGs of the past decade — a lean, fast-playing system built for tension, dread, and the particular kind of desperate survival horror you get from Alien, Event Horizon, and Dead Space. The rules are streamlined and accessible: characters are built quickly, resolution is simple, and the Stress & Panic system ensures that even experienced players feel genuinely rattled as things go wrong. The Warden (GM) gets outstanding support tools for building and running horror scenarios without extensive prep. The Core Set is a complete, self-contained package — four beautifully designed booklets covering player rules, warden guidance, a monster compendium, and spacecraft operations, plus the Another Bug Hunt introductory module to get your crew into trouble immediately. Whether you're a TTRPG veteran looking for a tight, thematic horror system or a newcomer drawn in by the sci-fi horror aesthetic, this is one of the best entry points in the hobby.