CORE FAILURE

Core Failure is a journaling game that asks you to imagine what happened to the crew of a research vessel that was found unresponsive. You have a damaged data core that was recovered from the ship, and must "decrypt" — i.e., write or imagine — the crew's logs by drawing and interpreting tarot cards.

You Need
  •  A tarot or other oracle deck

Inspiration
  •  System Shock 2
  •  Alien

Note
While a standalone game, Core Failure is related to my derelict map and adventure hook, The Undaunted. If you want to explore the ship from more of a traditional RPG rather than a journaling perspective, check it out.

Credit
The cover image is from SPACESHIPS VOL. 1 by Carly A-F.