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Thank you for your feedback! I'd be happy to clarify your points:

Black Hole does not yield any reward for scanning, and is instead an extremely rare but potentially game-ending threat if your ship is not in good health. There is definitely some ambiguity in the ruling.

Scanners work by resolving what's already rolled: If you roll a 1 and any number of threes (or have a Charged Battery) you can scan and collect the reward by spending the 1 Power cost.

The 'No threats present' is meant to be literal: you can't mine Asteroids or Scan until any Pirates have been destroyed and as such they must be dealth with first.

If you encounter a Spaceport or Outpost, *all* Pirates - even those pursuing from a previous sector - are instantly and automatically destroyed. Think of them as sentry turrets with military grade armament. You do not gain credits from Pirates destroyed in this fashion as you did not take credit for the kill.

I hope that helps! If anything is still unclear please ask, or feel free to reach out by email (darkrealmgames1@gmail.com)

As it happens, I am undergoing a revision of Startshipper that hopefully clears up some of these rules. I hope to get a release out in the coming days!

Thanks again for playing and taking the time to comment! :)

So glad to hear you've enjoyed playing so far! I love your idea for keeping track - I'm planning a play sheet and that's some real inspiration!

To answer your questions:

The game was designed so that you're always moving forward. As such, you can't return to a previously explored room. While those are the standard rules, there's no reason why you couldn't make it a house rule. Off the top of my head it could be a skill for a new class (Scavenger, perhaps?) or a variation on the Shimmer spell that enables you to translocate momentarily to the previous room. That's definitely given me some food for thought!

With respect to combat, you only take damage from the Monster you're currently attacking. If you wanted to ramp up the difficulty you could certainly play as you describe. Thanks for the spot - I'll update the rules to clarify.

Thanks for taking the time to  play and comment, and good luck in The Ruins!

Great! Happy for you to post here and I'll answer as best I can!

Awesome,  thank you!

Glad you enjoyed! :)

Ah the Traps rule is incorrect; you need to roll greater than the number of Traps. Thanks for the spot - now amended! A Monster's initial dice value is always 2, so you'd need to roll 3 or more to hit. I may look at wording this more clearly. Hope that helps!

Awesome! Really appreciate the support, thank you :)

Thank you! :)

Thank you for your kind words! So glad you are enjoying the game. I haven't read Soul Music, so the parallels are purely coincidental, but being a fan of Pratchett I will be sure to add it to my reading list!

Thanks for the heads-up about the lack of clarity on instrument condition; it is indeed capped by the quality so I have made this clearer in the rules.

Happy Barding! :)

Thanks for the feedback! So glad you are enjoying the game.

To address your points: When a weapon breaks, it can no longer be used in the current room or be carried in your inventory. Your dice pool is restored on the next turn (room).

Yes, multiple spells can be cast on a turn, so long as you have the requisite runes. The only restriction is special actions (1 per turn).

Hope that helps! :)

Awesome! Glad you found it an inspiration!

Hi all!

I'd like to introduce my minimalist, solitaire dungeon crawler dice game that I've been working on. The aim was to create something with few components (just 6 x D6 in fact) that can be used as a quick lunch break time filler or played in longer sessions to complete the main quest. There is zero set up time and the play area is tiny so can easily be played at a desk or in a bar / cafe.

The modular design is such that it could easily be incorporated into larger solo campaigns if you wanted to add some quick dungeon crawler side adventures. Though there is a loose backstory, this is only to give the standalone game context. The core mechanics are easily transferrable.

This is the first proper release of the core rules but it remains an ongoing project that I will continue to tweak and develop. If you get the chance to play I would love to hear any thoughts or feedback!

Game page can be found here

Thanks for taking a look 😎