Once More into the Void

Once More Into the Void is inspired by the television show Star Trek:  Picard, and the video game Mass Effect 2.  One of the players is a  Captain who must make amends, face the consequences of the past, try to regain the loyalty of their crew, and together take on impossible odds. The rest of the players make up the crew who must learn to believe in the  Captain and in each other again or risk losing it all.  Reminisce about the past, fall in love, get in messy entanglements, and see if you can survive the final mission!

Once More Into the Void is based on the brilliant structure of MOBILE FRAME ZERO: FIREBRANDS by Meguey and Vincent Baker.  This means you don't need to prepare a plot in advance or have a Game  Moderator (GM). Instead, it is made up of mini-games, each one guiding a single dramatic scene or a small group of them. The mini-games are easy to pick up and play, players make interesting choices for their characters and follow evocative prompts while answering laser-sharp questions. Everyone collaborates to tell an emotional and heroic story together. Everything culminates in one final mission,  that may end in tragedy or triumph!

The game is best played across two sessions, but this new edition will feature options to play for one session, or up to four sessions! To play you only need tokens to represent the loyalty of each crew member, and a deck of playing cards that help set the scene or introduce an element of risk.

Players choose from six simple playbooks to create a crew. Each playbook gives you a compelling base to start telling your story with...

•  The Captain, a leader who must grapple with the burden of redemption
•  The Veteran, an old timer who must prove they still have what it takes
•  The Reformed, a traitor on the run from those who serve the void
•  The Believer, an innocent who has always dreamed of being a hero
•  The Broken, a cynic who is consumed by vengeance and pain
•  The Strange, an outsider who is pure marvel, wonder, and beauty

Choose from 9 mini-games to play, starting with the Recruitment Montage and ending with the final mission, Once More Into The Void. 

Each mini-game helps you roleplay your characters, reveal their complex emotions and desires, and drives them towards points of tension and revelation. The game is built on themes of regret, redemption, despair,  hope, loyalty, the complexity of relationships, and what it means to be a  hero. Once More Into The Void is a game that creates compelling and emotionally intense stories, that builds up to a heart-stopping climax.

 
            The mini-games are:

•  Recruitment Montage - getting the crew together
•  Just Like Old Times - a battle to prove ourselves
•  Only One Shot To Make It Right - a training montage
•  Blowing Off Steam - a night out with the crew
•  Who Do You Think You Are - a confrontation
•  The Last Time We Touched - possible intimacy
•  I Never Did Trust You - possible betrayal
•  Only If We Have the Time, Captain - loyalty mission
•  Once More Into The Void - the final mission