#22 Review: Lone Star, Solo Rules for Mothership RPG

Ho-ho-horror movie! Something different this time--a little surprise under your Christmas tree. We review the indie horror film "Strange Harvest", an eerie mockumentary thriller investigating a series of ritualistic murders and its elusive culprit, Mr. Shiny. This episode is spoiler-free (and long overdue!). Let me know what you think of the occasional movie or wargaming/boardgame-focused episode on this show. But don't worry, the next episode WILL be Mothership or Cyberpunk-focused! Content Warning:Violence (mentioned) Film Reviewed:📼 "Strange Harvest" (2025) is directed by Stuart Ortiz, starring Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple. Thank you again to Strike Media and Vertigo Releasing for the advanced screener. The movie has been available on VOD in the UK since Oct 27th, in Australia and New Zealand since Oct 29th, and Canada and the US (?) sometime since Oct 31st.  Other Mentions: 📢 Noob Talk Radio podcast. NTR has video game news, discussions, rants, and reviews. My favourite episodes are the fireside chat discussions. I'm a guest on their episode releasing today or around Christmas. Tune into that one for a different side of me. I had a beer that night and it might be my weirdest podcast appearance yet.  !! Subscribe the FREE Escape Vector Newsletter. More Behind the Scenes Content and Extras Coming !! It can be found at the link below. > FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses and Etienne Roussel. SFX also from Epidemic Sound. Help our show by using our our Epidemic Sound affiliate link ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show!

We review the Mothership RPG adventure scenario, "Iron Tomb". This episode is player-friendly (no spoilers). Would you like to run this or will you ask your GM to run this?  TTRPG Material Used:🔹"Iron Tomb" is written by Owen O'Donnell, with art by Lettuce and editing by DN Wilkie. It can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at this affiliate link. (I have not thoroughly reviewed "Year of the Rat" yet, but here is its affiliate link, too, if you wanted to treat yourself some more--you work hard!). Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it!  Other Mentions: 📢 Noob Talk Radio podcast. NTR has video game news, discussions, rants, and reviews. My favourite episodes are the fireside chat discussions.  📢 Andrew Sheridan, creator of the Mothership and CyberpunkRED companion apps. Check out our interview of him (Episode 6). !! Check out "What Stirs Below", an Escape Vector adventure for Mothership !! At the time of episode release, it can be found... stirring... at the links below (thank you!). > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT again, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Gabriel Lewis. SFX also from Epidemic Sound. Help our show by using our Epidemic Sound affiliate link. ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our audio episodes; it helps us out even more! 

We review "Lonestar, Solo Rules for Mothership RPG". Houston, we have some problems... Find out what works and what doesn't! More Mothership and solo-related content coming...  TTRPG Material Used:🔹"Lone Star: Solo Rules for Mothership RPG" is written by Peter Rubin-Burgess from Parts Per Million. It can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at this affiliate link.  🔹"A Fistful of Spore Pods" is written by Joel Hines from Silverarm Press. It can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at this affiliate link.  Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ for more info on the RPG!  !! Check out "What Stirs Below", an Escape Vector adventure for Mothership !! At the time of episode release, it can be found at the links belows (thank you!). > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT again, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by AGST. SFX also from Epidemic Sound. Help our show by using our Epidemic Sound affiliate link. ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our audio episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Reflections on the experience of running the Seed Vault and the hexcrawl to it, and tips/lessons learned for fellow GMs. Players, tune in for the first part of this episode, then share it with your GMs. GMs, stay awhile and listen...  TTRPG Material Used"The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. The journey toward the Seed Vault was based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Check out "What Stirs Below", an Escape Vector adventure for Mothership !!At the time of episode release, it can be found at the links below (thank you!). ----------Links------------ > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Check out the Weekly Scroll's own Seed Vault Actual Play --------Music & SFX Credits and Thanks-------- ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by William Benckert. SFX also from Epidemic Sound. Help our show by using our our Epidemic Sound affiliate link . ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 9, FINALE. Around a crackling fire, hearts and loyalties are put on the table and, as farmerlings might say, the henducks come home to roost. Has Casper found his cure? A departure. The end of an adventure...  ++ Plus: Get your official Escape Vector  x  Came To Play Podcast Bingo Card(tm) ready, since in a shocking twist, we have some foot-stuff this episode! Footclan(?), come grab your fanservice and have a seat next to the furries and pee-pee-posse. Don't worry, you can find God later--you have this banger of a finale to enjoy! This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs. CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode.  TTRPG Material Used:"The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Check out "What Stirs Below", an Escape Vector adventure for Mothership !! At the time of episode release, it can be found at the links belows (thank you!). > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses, Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, and William Benckert. SFX also from Epidemic Sound. 7 DAYS LEFT: Get 25% percent off an annual plan after your free trial and help our show by using our our Epidemic Sound affiliate link AND promo code COMMUNITY25  ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 8. Berry sorry for the delay, my dearest listeners... Be(e)hold, the penultimate episode! The Seed Vault is a mess, and so are its occupants (recent guests included). In awe and terror of the Imago's presence, the party attempts a daring escape with their new traveling companion and cargo--time to #LegIt4TheExit. Hog has an idea. Some survivors speak ill of the dead.  Neon Genesis Empress-gelion 8.0: Things Might (Not) Be OK.   ++ Plus: We have some hot mikes in the cold open and body of the episode--Trevor leaves his camera and mic on for too long... We have a bit of theory-crafting post-credits. We definitely recorded one of our sessions on an April 20th and this might have been it. Remember: Enjoy responsibly.  This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs; Male-Pattern Baldness (Trevor's). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor Brookes is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode. TTRPG Material Used:"The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure has been published !! Check out the cinematic trailer for "What Stirs Below", an adventure scenario written by us, for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games. At the time of episode release, it can be found at the links belows (thank you!). > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work. > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Follow/watch the SCRAW WoW guild: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/guild/id/595892 ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses, Bonnie Grace, and Silver Maple. Sound FX also from Epidemic Sound. Sign up and try a subscription with our Epidemic Sound affiliate link to help the show! ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 7. This one is for the furries. Hog has a new arm. Bek has a person-of-interest in her grasp. Casper... does, too.  Will the party lose their grip? Of course, things get complicated.  This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfigurement; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Sick Children (Mentioned), Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor Brookes is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode. TTRPG Material Used:"The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure has been published !! Check out the cinematic trailer for "What Stirs Below", an adventure scenario written by us, for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games.  > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work: https://linktr.ee/EscapeVector > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Follow/watch the SCRAW WoW guild: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/guild/id/595892 ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses, Ava Low, and Fredrik Ekstrom. Sound FX also from Epidemic Sound. Sign up and try a subscription with our Epidemic Sound affiliate link to help the show! ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 6. Violence breaks out. Someone gets jinxed. No one is safe. Loyalties are tested. Things will never be the same again. Neon Genesis Empress-gelion 6.0: Do (Not) Panic. ++ Plus, brief bonus content at the start and very end: Trevor assesses the exalted bard, Taylor the Swift; the Escape Vector pushes an NPC performance too far and Dakota says something. This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfigurement; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Sick Children (Mentioned), Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor Brookes is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode. TTRPG Material Used:"The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure has been published !! Check out the cinematic trailer for "What Stirs Below", an adventure scenario written by us, for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games. At the time of episode release, it is 30% OFF on DriveThruRPG for a limited time (see link below). > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work: https://linktr.ee/EscapeVector > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Check out Max Lysenko's Hero Points Variant Rules on Pathfinder Infinite ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses, Ava Low, and Fredrik Ekstrom. Sound FX also from Epidemic Sound. Sign up and try a subscription with our Epidemic Sound affiliate link to help the show! ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 5. Bud's proposition has Casper blushing. A suspicious Bek plays chaperone. The haunting investigation continues anyway. The plot and tension (sexual or otherwise) thicken.  [Plus: Kait laments the Archive of Our Own (A03) outage and Dakota reports on fanfiction!] This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfigurement; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Sick Children (Mentioned), Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor Brookes is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode. Shoutout to more friends of the show, the Noob Talk Radio podcast. Noob Talk Radio has video game news, discussions, rants, and reviews. My favourite episodes are the fireside chat discussions. "The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure has been published !! Check out the cinematic trailer for "What Stirs Below", an adventure scenario written by us, for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games.  > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work: https://linktr.ee/EscapeVector > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Check out Max Lysenko's Hero Points Variant Rules on Pathfinder Infinite ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses and Ava Low. Sound FX also from Epidemic Sound. Sign up and try a subscription with our Epidemic Sound affiliate link to help the show! ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more! 

Part 4. Deals. Desperation. Desires. DILFs. This is an Actual Play mini-series that combines a hexcrawl and an adventure supplement. Hop on your Packsquab and explore the world of Cloud Empress with us!  Content Warning: Sexually Suggestive Themes, Language, Jokes about Disfigurement; Fictional Violence, Giant Psychic Bugs, Sick Children (Mentioned), Chronic Illness, Body Horror (Skin). CAST: GM: the voice of the Escape Vector Podcast Casper Cloudshot (Magician) is played by Trevor Brookes Bek Fallows (Sellsword) is played by Kaitlyn Meloche Ratz Hog Heartbreaker (Courier) is played by Dakota Burgin Kaitlyn and Dakota are 2/3 of the Came To Play podcast, often about indie and cult favourite video games. Trevor Brookes is a recurring guest. They are so much fun! I love every episode. Shoutout to more friends of the show, the Noob Talk Radio podcast. Noob Talk Radio has video game news, discussions, rants, and reviews. My favourite episodes are the fireside chat discussions. "The Seed Vault" is a scenario written by Samantha Leigh for the Cloud Empress Ecological Science Fantasy RPG created by watt. This Actual Play is also based on material from watt's Cloud Empress hexcrawl setting book, "Land of Cicadas". Both can be found on DriveThruRPG.com at the following affiliate links: The Seed Vault [part of the Year One Bundle] and Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas. Using our affiliate links helps the show via commission without drawbacks for you--please consider it! Visit Cloudempress.com for more info on the RPG!  !! Our first Mothership RPG adventure has been published !! Check out the cinematic trailer for "What Stirs Below", an adventure scenario written by us, for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG published by Tuesday Knight Games.  > Follow the FREE Escape Vector newsletter ("TRANSMISSIONS")! > See our Linktree for how to reach us/follow our work: https://linktr.ee/EscapeVector > Visit and follow the Escape Vector DriveThruRPG page [affiliate link] for "What Stirs Below" and future Escape Vector publications.  > The Print+PDF bundle for "What Stirs Below" is BACK IN STOCK (while supplies last) on the Tuesday Knight Games webstore. If SOLD OUT, use the "Notify Me When Available" button. Please also leave a review!  > Visit https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ or the Mothership DriveThruRPG.com page [affiliate link] for more Mothership. > Check out Max Lysenko's Hero Points Variant Rules on Pathfinder Infinite ++ Music from Epidemic Sound, by Marten Moses, Soara, Relz, and Love Beans. Sound FX also from Epidemic Sound. Sign up and try a subscription with our Epidemic Sound affiliate link to help the show! ++ Thanks to our listeners for supporting the show! Please consider downloading our episodes; it helps us out even more!