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CONTENTS
Demo Overview 4
Themes and Safety 6
Basic Mechanics 8
Resolution System 9
Game Design, Artwork Advantages & Disadvantages 10
Nevyn Holmes 12
Combat
Wounds 14
Editor Will & Luck 15
Tyler Crumrine Save Points 16
Creating the Struggler 17
Layout Who are you? 17
Julie-Anne “JAM” Muñoz 18
Look
Stats 18
Playtesters Unique Tool 19
Jeremy • Quinn • Vince • Ty • Jeff Other Items 19
Mapping & Exploration 20
Generating Rooms 22
Set Pieces 24
Exploration 26
Threats 28
Hazards, Robots, People 30
Monsters 31
Demo Monsters 32
Boss Monsters 34
Items 36
Objectives 38
Unique Tool Generator 40
Search Tables 42

YOU'RE IN SPACE AND
Eis aVE RYTHING'S FUCKED
love-letter to sci-fi cosmic horror and gore-filled
splatter films. It’s a game for two players, with one
taking on the role of an isolated, hostile space station
while the other embodies a survivor, emergency aid,
or some other unlucky fucker who’s probably going
to die horribly. It aims, primarily, to emulate some of
the trappings of isolation space horror video games
through the lens of a TTRPG, and is inspired by simi-
larly fucked-up situations found in the Dead Space,
System Shock, and Alien franchises.
To play, you’ll need:
• At least 5 six-sided dice (d6)
• Paper and writing utensils
(or a digital facsimile)
• Two players
• This demo PDF
THIS IS A DEMO
This is an incomplete sampling of the final text, layout, and
art of the game, which will be crowdfunding for a full print run &
final release starting on March 7, 2023.
If you like what you see, and want to help ensure an indie game
company's continued work (not to mention a really kick-ass release for
this game), check out https://bytes.rip/spacefucked to be
notified when it goes live!
IN THIS DEMO:
While this doesn't have everything the final release will have, it
contains more than enough for you to run either a detailed one-shot
or a simple multi-session adventure. In this version, you'll find:
• The main core mechanics & resolution system
• Character creation
• A simplified map generation system, including a selection of
unique set-pieces
• Details on Objectives, Items, and threats
• A selection of Monsters generated using the final version's rules
• A handful of generated Boss Monsters
IN THE FINAL VERSION:
Once the Kickstarter funds, we'll be releasing the full game in digital
and moving on to a print run. In addition to everything listed above,
the final release will include:
• 2 books, one for the Station and one for the Struggler
• Expanded sections for everything in the game
• At-the-table guidance and design commentary
• More threats, including a complete system for generating
Monsters and Boss Monsters
• Sci-fi death tables
• Complete random map generation, including more set-pieces
• More visceral art and amazing layout
• Much, much more!
Safety
First
You’re in Space and Everything’s Fucked
prominently features various horror themes and
content, including:
• Body Horror
• Violence
• Gore
• Isolation
• Manipulation
• Death
As an intentional homage to sci-fi splatter
films, the game encourages players to lean into these
themes. While moments within the game may be hor-
rifying or gruesome, the game itself is meant to be
enjoyed. To ensure both players know what they’re
signing up for, you should always, always discuss
things you do and don’t want present in the game.
Once boundaries are established, also discuss how
to handle these themes at the table.
Even if you might surprise your fellow player,
you should never break their trust. This game will
always be the most fun if everyone plays with each
other's safety in mind.
In order to help facilitate this, consider using
the safety tools Lines & Veils by Ron Edwards and
Script Change by Beau Jágr Sheldon.
Before each session, sit down to discuss and
establish your Lines and Veils. These may change
each time you play, so establishing them at the top
is important.
Lines are hard boundaries excluding specific
content, no questions asked, and can be anything you
don’t want in your game experience.
Veils are softer limits—things the player is OK
with including, provided it’s not explicitly described
or happens “off-screen.” Veils are things to hand-
wave or fade-to-black around, as if in a PG movie.
The Script Change RPG Toolbox is a mod-
ular content, consent, and safety toolbox by Beau
Jàgr Sheldon. If you want to use additional tools from
Script Change, you can find them at briebeau.com/
scriptchange
‣ REWIND
If you come to a point in the game where the
story turns in a way that includes content or themes
you’d rather it didn’t, you can call for a Rewind and
move the story back to a previous point—redoing the
scene or changing the course of the story as needed
to support safety.
‣ FAST FORWARD
Sometimes players are okay with events,
themes, or other content existing in a game but don't
necessarily want or need to see it. If there's a descrip-
tion that's too detailed or something goes on too
long, any player can call for a Fast Forward and move
on to the next beat of the story!
‣ PAUSE/UNPAUSE
At any point during the game you can Pause
to take a break, ask clarifying questions, discuss
what's happening, or share how you're feeling.
Respect your needs and the needs of others. If you’re
feeling overwhelmed or simply need to take a break
to stretch, say you’re Pausing the game and Unpause
when you're ready to resume! You can use other tools
during this time as well, choosing to Fast Forward or
Rewind during a break in the action.

stats
You’re In Space... has two stats: Tech and
Flesh. These stats reflect aspects of a Struggler’s
identity and help identify tasks they’re especially
well suited for. The higher a stat, the more dice the
Struggler will start with in relevant situations.
Whether creating or dealing with Threats, both the
Struggler and Station should keep the Struggler’s
stats in mind when planning a path forward.
A Struggler’s Tech score represents their
expertise with human-made technology and systems.
It is used when performing Checks related to tech-
nology in your setting.
Trying to hack a computer,
fix a door, or use some
weapons.
A Struggler’s Flesh score represents their
physical prowess and capability. It is used when
performing Checks related to physical strength,
dexterity, or any other aspect of human physicality.
Hitting something with a stick,
hiding in the vents, out-running
something horrible.
RESOLUTION
SYSTEM
If the Struggler tries to do something under
pressure or when the outcome is uncertain, a
Check—a dice roll aiming for a specific number
or range of values—must be made. The Station is
in charge of declaring when a Check is needed,
establishing the stakes of any given situation, and
describing the fictional outcome based on the
results of the dice.
This game uses a d6 dice pool system,
meaning you’ll roll multiple six-sided dice each
Check based on variables like your Stats and
equipment.
• Results of 5 and 6 are Hits, every other
result is a Miss.
• 0 Hits is a total failure, with things
getting drastically worse
• 1 Hit is pyrrhic, with The Struggler
getting what they aimed for but at a
noticeable cost
• 2+ Hits is a job well done, allowing
The Struggler to progress without
immediate consequences
To build A dice pool, The Struggler will:
Start with 1d6 for each Rank their relevant
Stat has. Then,
► +1d6 for each Advantage (using an item,
having a relevant background)
► -1d6 for each Disadvantage (can’t see,
monster breathing down their neck)
► -1d6 for each relevant Wound
 ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Advantage and Disadvantage refer to when the
Struggler has a leg up in a situation or is on their back
foot, respectively. Discussing and establishing the
Advantages and Disadvantages at play during combat
will help you understand the in-fiction situation as
well as their effects on the game’s mechanics.
The more you discuss them, the easier it will be to
understand exactly how intense a given situation is.
An Advantage is something like being
hidden, having a distraction, using just the right tool,
or anything else that distinctly turns the situation in
the Struggler’s favor.
A Disadvantage, on the other hand, is
something that makes things harder. Being unable
to see, having to make due with a sub-par tool, or
even being unfamiliar with the tech they’re trying to
use can all be Disadvantages.
Once the dice pool is made, roll ‘em and
hope for the best! Ideally, building a pool and rolling
a Check should feel like a gamble.
Each Check, the Struggler should advocate
for Advantages (and additional dice) by making
suggestions and backing them up with in-fiction
support. The Station should accept or deny these
suggestions based on their plausibility and the current
situation. Both players should discuss Disadvantages
and make suggestions to help keep things tense.
Not every Check will have an Advantage or
Disadvantage, but most should.
The Struggler will be scrounging for any
Advantages they can think of each Check—and
they’ll need to. Success is hard, and in order to
avoid creating new problems they should aim
to get their pools pretty sizable.
As an example…
Theo, the Struggler, finds themselves
face to face with an angry automaton.
Rather than engage in combat, they decide
to try and hack it to avoid potential
violence. The Station says that hacking
the automaton will require a successful
Tech Check. Theo has a stat value of 2 in
Tech, so when building a dice pool for
the Check, they start with 2d6. The
Struggler also mentions Theo’s history
as an android engineer to justify
additional advantage, and the Station
grants them an extra 1d6. The automaton
has already spotted Theo, though, so
the Station also takes away 1d6 for
that Disadvantage. Left with a pool of
2d6, Theo rolls to see what happens...
► Theo gets 0 hits... None of Theo’s
dice turn up as a 5 or 6, meaning
the situation is going to get much
worse for them. The automaton man−
ages to grab hold, and Theo takes
their First Wound from the attack.
► Theo gets 1 hit... One of Theo’s
dice turns up as a 5 or 6, meaning
they manage to achieve their goal
but it comes at a cost. The automa−
ton is no longer aggressive, but
Theo’s tools broke in the process.
► Theo gets 2 or more hits... At
least 2 of Theo’s dice turn up as 5
or 6, meaning things go as well as
they could in the situation. The
automaton is now passive, perhaps
even helpful, and Theo is able to
make progress without repercussions.
 COMBAT AND
ACTION
There will be times where the Struggler is locked in a
direct conflict where their life is on the line. Whether
this is a combat sequence against a Threat or another
kind of Action sequence like a chase, Checks still
work the same. Making checks is the main way you
and the Struggler create, resolve, and adapt your
story together.
Combat and other action sequences
should always be a conversation between
players. The Struggler says what they’d like to do,
the Station approves or asks for a Check, and, based
on the Check’s outcome, the story moves forward.
In combat, The Struggler can create an
Advantage by taking aim, adding 1d6 to their
dice pool. After aiming, though, enemies will get
closer, becoming a 1d6 Disadvantage on the next
roll! As players, keep in mind that similar actions can
create Advantages in the moment, only to become
Disadvantages later if things don't go as planned.
Monstrous Threats also have Weak Points.
The Struggler does not start off knowing a Monster’s
weak point; they’ll need to discover those by choosing
when and where to aim in Combat and hoping they
hit! When the Struggler successfully hits a Monster’s
Weak Point the relevant Limb is destroyed and they
deal double their weapon’s damage. The Struggler
should take notes of any discovered Weak Points so
if they encounter the same type of Monster again
they’ll know where to aim.
CONS Q EN
E U ES
C
Almost every Check will come with some kind of
negative consequence. These consequences can be
pretty much anything, but there are a few things to
keep in mind:
Only make Checks when necessary. A
Check should only be made when an outcome is in
question, or there’s a notable amount of pressure.
Rolling for everything will bog down the pace of the
game and leave too much up to chance.
Focus on failing forward. When a Check
has 0 Hits, any kind of consequence could happen,
but it shouldn’t make progress outright impossible.
Because things are so stacked against the
Struggler, and death isn’t an end-all
outcome, feel free to use harm
and even outright death as a
result. The trick is to discuss the
harsher options and make sure
both players agree first. You can
also introduce new obstacles to
the narrative; maybe a monster
appears, an alarm goes off, a
new tool or path is
needed, something
is lost! Feel free to
discuss failures
with each other to
decide on what’s
most interesting!
 WOUNDS
There are many threats in space, especially within
the Setting. Often, there will be situations that put the
WILL LUCK
Struggler’s physical well-being on the line. Fighting off a
Monster, climbing around some debris, or hanging from a
ledge over a fire can all lead to injury.
Regardless of the source, when the Struggler gets hurt
they track it on their Character Sheet as a Wound. The Wound
they write down should serve as both a mechanical and
fictional reminder that things will be harder going forward.
The first Wound should be something that can be
patched up to be mitigated.
A broken foot or hand, a spike through
the leg, a dislocated shoulder.
The second Wound should be exponentially worse.
It will require special attention, and could potentially
permanently debilitate the Struggler if not taken care of
quickly or correctly. The Struggler is flirting with death.
A severed hand or arm, a gouged eye,
stolen bones.
The third Wound is final, sending them
to their death. It should be awful, disgusting, and painful.
ALWAYS keep your Lines & Veils in mind and make
appropriate use of Script Change
during any scenes of intense violence. This is the
Struggler’s last breath, likely at the hands and claws of a
twisted monstrosity. Make it count.
A spine torn from the torso, a chest
ripped open and melted, a face eaten.
Wounds can be healed, bringing them
down 1 level, with appropriate tools and time. For
example, a first Wound could be healed up with a Medkit.
A second Wound, however, may require use of a medical
bay or a doctor’s help. If the Struggler doesn’t have the
right tools, they may still attempt to treat their Wounds with
a Check, but its difficulty and the consequences should
reflect the nature of the Wound itself.
AND
The Struggler has access to two unique
resources: Will and Luck. These are separate pools of
points they can spend to avoid harm, overcome a
challenge, or otherwise change the outcome of a sit-
uation to be more in their favor. They can be used
when a Check is asked for, when danger is presented,
or whenever they need some good old-fashioned
deus ex machina.
To use Will or Luck, the Struggler marks a
point used and describes what they’d like to happen,
working with the Station to define the situation’s narra-
tive outcome. Will and Luck are not used to handwave
a challenge or to make something incredibly easy.
Take time and narrate how the Struggler scrapes by!
Will is for persevering by sheer force
of mind and body.
Survive an attack, land
safely, push past an obsta-
cle, land your hit, a surge
of adrenaline.
Luck is a more powerful catch-all, so
they have less of it to spend.
Avoid an ambush, meet a
friendly face, land your hit,
find an escape.
Will and Luck can be used to achieve most of
the same results, but the fictional situation described
should always reflect the type of point being
used to succeed.
SAVE DID YOU D
WORK AGA IE AT
Creating the Struggler:
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POINTS
D O N’T F O R
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MAN AG EM EN
T When it’s time to create your Struggler, think about
A video-game staple, Save Points are
specific rooms on the map placed by the Station or
Struggler where the Struggler is safe from danger
and can “save their progress”. When the Struggler
dies they’ll Respawn at the last Save Point they used,
all Wounds healed and all spent points of Will and
Luck restored.
When they Respawn, the Struggler keeps
any Marks and gets to choose one Item in their
possession (and any associated ammo) to keep.
The rest of their items, including Key Items, are
left on their corpse where they died and their
XP is lost.
As the Station, you should place Save Points
throughout the Map as a way to control pacing. Try
to have them at hub points, right before or after
risky or important situations, and at places where
the Setting’s paths join or diverge. This will make it
so there’s often (but not always!) a Save Point when
needed most.
When a room has no active Threats, the
Struggler may spend either a point of Will or
Luck to turn it into a permanent Save Point.
There’s no specific flavor or explanation
given for how Save Points work in-fiction. Instead,
we encourage players to make that decision
together! It doesn’t need to be anything super
specific or scientifically accurate, and some details
can be left a mystery!
Examples Include:
► A cloning pod that spits out a new
“you” if you die
► A 3D printer that produces a body and
pulls a mind from another dimension
► Automated occult ritual machine
► You’re actually in a video game
and unaware
who the fuck are you?
who some of your favorite sci-fi slasher characters
have been. A key aspect of You’re In Space... is
either intentionally leaning into or away from genre
tropes, and the character you play is an important
starting point for your adventures.
You don’t have to decide everything on your
own, though! Brainstorm alongside the Station to
come up with someone that fits the kind of story you
both want to tell! Do you want to be an out-of-luck
teamster? An engineer in way over their head? A
janitor with no idea what’s going on? Keep multiple
options in mind as you narrow down character
choices together.
The Struggler should always have a name and
pronouns, but if you can’t come up with any right off
the bat feel free to come back to it after finishing the
rest of character creation.
You’ll also need to give your Struggler
a Background—a one or two word title that
encapsulates a recent role or career. Backgrounds
reflect a broad body of knowledge and expertise
your Struggler has access to during play, and will
help you make a case for advantage dice during
relevant checks.
For example, an Engineer would probably know
how to override a door panel, but a Miner may not.
A Custodian likely knows where all the best chemicals
are, but a Soldier may have access to a weapons
locker instead.
You’re welcome to come up with your own
Backgrounds or to choose one of the following:
• Engineer • Miner • Athlete
• Criminal • Systems Tech • Superstar
• Security • Custodian • Biologist
 g
Cre tin the Struggler:
a
L O OK at yourself
After you have your Background, describe your Look.
This should be a few words about your Struggler’s
attire and aesthetics. You don’t need to be overly
detailed on the sheet, just give enough to paint a
basic picture for the game’s theater of the mind.
your BEST FRIEND
Lastly, your Struggler is given a Unique Tool and, if
You can flesh out your look further through play. they’re lucky, a variety of other useful Items.
Sample looks include: The Unique Tool is an especially useful item the
Struggler equips themselves with at the start of play.
• Too-big overalls stained with grease and oil One of the first scenes should be of the Struggler
finding or gaining access to their starting equipment.
• An expensive suit, glasses, and a tired face To determine what your Unique Tool is, either
extrapolate one together with the Station's situation
• Scarred, military fatigues, lucky hat while keeping the Struggler’s background in mind
or roll to generate one using the Unique Tools table
on Page 40.

your STATS
Strugglers start with 2 points to assign to Tech
besides the
and/or Flesh. When building a dice pool for a
Check, you’ll first see how many points you have in a
Stat and add that many dice to your pool.
POCKET LINT
When your Unique Tool is acquired, you may
Throughout the game you’ll have chances to also find some additional Items alongside it. First,
improve these stats, so instead make a standard Check and see how many Hits you
of trying to be as “effective” as possible, think get. Then, find the column for that amount of Hits
about your Struggler’s history and identity and roll 2d6 on the Search Table on Page 42 to see
and assign your points accordingly. what you find. Do this one more time and note
The Struggler also receives 5 Will and 2 Luck down that you’ll find both of these items with
at the start of the game, noted by the boxes on your First Tool.
the character sheet. As you spend these, you’ll
cross off the bubbles to mark them as used. You’ll
be able to replenish or expand these fields as you
progress through the game.
&explor
mapping

& ation
A big part of what makes Survival Horror work as
a genre is the buy-in from players; we go into it
knowing it’s gonna be tough and there’s gonna
be some backtracking, some weird puzzles, and
some areas that are simply difficult.
The systems in place here are designed to
emulate these in part, but it’s still wholly up to the
people at the table to buy into the tone and fiction
to really make this game shine!

The Struggler finds themselves in the

middle of a series of truly awful events on a
space station. They don’t start with a map and
neither does the Station player! Both the Station and
Struggler start a game of You’re in Space and
Everything’s Fucked from zero, randomly
generating the game’s setting as the Struggler
progresses.
A sector-based structure should be kept in
mind for your Setting, though! Each Setting has its
core systems split between Sectors and Decks; things
like medical, security, engineering, residential, the
helm, navigation, and whatever else you feel like
adding in! Keep the Sector currently being explored
in mind when describing things, it’ll help the space
feel real and help organize objectives!
 When opening a door to a new place, roll
ROOMS
2d6. On 2-10, generate a room via the room
table. On 11-12, roll 1d3 on the Set Pieces
table (Page 25) and proceed accordingly.
ROOM TYPE DESCRIPTOR
Roll 1d6 per column to generate a basic room. 1 Monstrous flesh-room Smells like rot
Rooms can be as big as you want but must have at 2 Storage closet Windows to space
least one door (the door you enter through). If you’d
like, there are two additional optional columns for 3 Hallway Writing in blood
the number of doors and room size. 4 Bunk/Private quarters Few working lights
When Generating and describing a room,
keep in mind the locale and Sector you’re in, allowing 5 Someone’s hiding spot A little too wet
the Room Type to inform the surrounding areas as 6 Supply (mostly looted) Gore-filled
well. If you generate a Bunk/Private Quarters room in
a sector you’ve described as a research laboratory then
perhaps you’d describe the eerily sterile living quarters
with neatly-made beds covered in blood and viscera.
Your setting may be improvised, but you can # OF # OF ROOM
still make story-based decisions for what you’d like in THREATS DOORS SIZE
a room rather than always randomizing! Feel free to
1 Small
add a little something extra here and there, and treat
the generation tables as aides, not edicts! 2 2 1
3 Medium
THE STATION always 4 3 2
has free reign to add 5
4 3
Large

a room that they feel 6

fits in the area
being explored.
SETPIECES
Set Pieces are special events that occur
randomly as the Struggler explores. Ranging from
high-stakes action to suspicious encounters, they exist 1. Suspended Upside-down []
to spice things up during play. Something grabs you by your ankle and flips you, swinging
When using a Set Piece, you should keep you around as you fend off 1d3 waves of 1d6 threats. You
some information hidden from the Struggler to could also try cutting yourself free.
emphasize the horror of a situation. What you do
and don’t reveal is up to you, but the goal should
always be to make these situations as profoundly
helpful or intense as is reasonable within the
2. Spacewalk [][]
larger arc of your story. Unfortunately, your next destination lies on the other side of
a void of space filled with debris. Perhaps a room here was
destroyed, or perhaps you’re going to a satellite.
Take the Set Piece “They might be friendly”
for example. You introduce a non-player
character to the Struggler, and it’s up to you as the
Station to not only decide if they’re truly friendly
3. Swarm [][][]
but also how to present the situation. You might They’re coming for you in droves. 3d6+3 Monsters are
choose to describe them as calm and the area as rushing you, the doors all lock as you enter. For this Set Piece,
relaxing, or you could make them very anxious each monster only has 1 HP, but can still devour you. The
and the air tense. doors open when you defeat the last enemy. Will you survive?
The way you describe encounters, and the
information you do or don’t provide to the Struggler,
keeps things interesting, so have fun with it!

Some Set Pieces only appear once, while

others may happen a few times. When a Set Piece
room is generated, mark one of its squares or take
note elsewhere that it’s been used. If all squares are
filled on a given Set Piece, the Station may choose
the next available Set Piece above or below it
numerically. As always, feel free to use these as
examples and come up with your own!
Some Set Pieces ask you to roll 1d3. This is
done by rolling 1d6, halving it, and rounding up.
IE: 1-2 is 1, 3-4 is 2, 5-6 is 3
 E PLORATION
As you explore, the Station player will
generate rooms to travel through and investigate.
Each time you leave a room and enter a new one,
the Station will roll to learn what the room is like
and what, if anything, it holds.
Once a room’s generated, its door opens and
whatever’s inside is presented. While you can roleplay
whatever Struggler ideas and behavior you’d like,
there are some specific actions with mechanical
outcomes that you should keep in mind.
After a room’s generated, you may;
• Engage any Threats, describing
your approach and making
any needed Checks. Things like fighting,
avoiding traps or live wires, talking
someone down.
• Sneak through the room with a Check.
You can do this at any point, even
attempting to hide after you’ve already
Engaged a Threat or been noticed.
• Rest if a room is free of Threats, taking
time to collect yourself. Resting lets you
attempt thingswithout immediate pressure
from external threats. Things like healing,
communicating, or other non-involved
actions that take little effort.
• Search the room for useful items.
1) First, make a Check and see how
many Hits you get.
2) Then, find the column for that
amount of Hits and roll 2d6
to see what item you find.
3) You can also Search while Sneaking,
but it will be at a Disadvantage!
• Reinforce the room to keep new
Threats from entering. Make a Check
to block or close off entryways whether
partially or in full. This could be by
scavenging materials, setting up some
turrets, hacking the door panels,
or any other method.
AVOIDING
ROOMS
After a room is Generated, but before
entering it, you can choose to Avoid it. The room
and Threats generated within still exist in the world,
but you shut the door and go somewhere else. Just
because you Avoid a room, though, doesn’t mean
those problems vanish!
T A
H R e Ts
Threats are anything
that put the Struggler in
danger, and are broken
down into 4 categories:
Hazards, Robots, People,
and Monsters . This
section goes over each
variety of Threat.
 HAZARDS
Hazards are environmental threats—things like toxic
chemicals, moving machinery, cracked windows
into space, and malfunctioning equipment.
When a Check is failed around or involving
a Hazard, they can cause an appropriate Wound to
the Struggler. Hazards could also, potentially,
be used against other Threats in the world if the
Struggler thinks quickly and succeeds at a Check.
MONSTER
S
One of the most important aspects of
sci-fi/survival horror are the monsters. Fucked-up,
twisted, horrible things that want the protagonists
dead, transformed, or worse. In You’re In Space...,
our monsters are horrifying masses of transformed
human flesh, sometimes mixed with metal or tech and
oftentimes twisted to a point where you can only see
faint memories of the human form they used to hold.

R O BOT S
Non-sentient machines programmed to cause
physical damage to the Struggler. Security drones,
janitorial units, or malfunctioning service droids
could all be intimidating, marching threats.
Robots have no Weak Points and are near-
impossible to halt outright. They should have 2-4 HP
depending on how much you want to challenge the
Struggler.
These monsters want nothing more than to put an end
to any human they come across to spread their own
twisted version of evolution through the galaxy. They
are a cosmic-level threat that will be near-impossible
to totally defeat, and they should feel as such.
They can be dispatched by conventional
means or slowed by cutting off limbs, but attacking
Weak Points will save the Struggler some grief. That
is, provided they can learn where a Monster’s Weak
Points are.
The Struggler needs to be careful, clever,
and conscious of their path to survival in order
to stand a chance against Monsters.
When a Monster is encountered, roll 2d6 and

PEOPLE
People include humans, aliens, and sentient
machines—anything the Struggler could have a
take note of the result before generating them.
Whenever this number is rolled in the future, you’ll
encounter more of the generated Monster. Only
generate new Monsters when you roll a new number.

conversation with. Not every Threat in this category

needs to be outright hostile, though they certainly
can be.
Consider these more as non-player characters
with their own goals, fears, and ways to deal and
take damage. They can pose a psychological threat,
a physical one, or both, and should be used to
create tension in any given situation.
 M ONS T R S
ONSTERSMONSTERSMONSTOERS
M
DE O M NS T
MON S TE RS
Each of these monsters was randomly generated,
then given further detail using the guidance from the final
version of the game.
When a Monster enters the scene, either roll 1d6
to see what it is or the Station can pick.
1 2
HP: 4 LIMBS: 2
SIZE: Half−pint
BODY: Insectoid
WEAK POINTS: Legs
BEHAVIOR: Trapper
EXTRA: Carapace
Description: This is a
3−foot tall armored bug
with two legs propping
its armored torso and
head up. It lays down
strange, fleshy webs
that grab onto its
prey, striking with its
barbed proboscis from
the shadows.
3
HP: 2 LIMBS: 2
SIZE: Human−ish
BODY: Horror
WEAK POINTS: Arms
BEHAVIOR: Climber
4
HP: 1
SIZE: Tiny
LIMBS: 6
BODY: Insectoid
WEAK POINTS: Body
BEHAVIOR: Climber
EXTRA: Carapace EXTRA: Explodes
Description: This Description: This
torso−sized mass of tiny, scorpion−like
chitin uses two creature travels in
strong, sharp arms to packs that swarm and
pierce metal and climb climb on their prey.
around all surfaces it
can find. Its carapace
When threatened, or
hurt enough, they
HP: 2 LIMBS: 5 helps protect the bulk explode. This often
of its body, making results in a dangerous
SIZE: Human−ish the arms the ideal chain reaction.
BODY: Metal−fused target.
WEAK POINTS: Pustules
BEHAVIOR: Stalker 5 6
EXTRA: Flies HP: 6 LIMBS: 4 HP: 3 LIMBS: 5
Description: A meaty SIZE: Human−ish SIZE: Tiny
transformation caught a BODY: Quadroped BODY: Humanoid
poor sap right as a room
collapsed, leading to WEAK POINTS: Legs WEAK POINTS: Arms
parts of metal fusing with BEHAVIOR: Stalker BEHAVIOR: Grappler
the body of this once−
human terror. It uses EXTRA: Extremely fast EXTRA: Flies
claws and metal wings to
climb around, stalking Description: A Description: A
its target, before thundering mass of surprisingly
gliding in to strike. meat and mouths, this threatening pest,
4−legged barrel of a these faerie−like
creature follows its creatures quickly
prey from the shadows, change from annoying
then charges with all to deadly. They
the force of a freight distract, prod, poke,
train. It rips and and eventually kill
bites and tears at their targets with
armor and flesh. violence or trickery.
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B O S S
MONSTERS Sometimes, a normal Monster isn’t
enough. Boss Monsters are unique, one-off
HP: 8 LIMBS: 2
SIZE: Human−ish
BODY: Slithering
WEAK POINTS: Chest
BEHAVIOR: Reproducer
EXTRA: Extremely fast
Description: Latched onto
the exterior of the setting
Corridor of Flesh
HP: 10 LIMBS: 6
SIZE: Massive
BODY: Metal−fused
is a hydral−like, 2−armed WEAK POINTS: Pustules
threats the Struggler will have to face. The snake−thing from hell. It
Station should use Boss Monsters sparingly, and may be small, but it’s BEHAVIOR: Relentless
should build up to a full confrontation with them splitting and spreading and EXTRA: Carapace
over time. To facilitate this, you’ll use a Countdown. soon it will cover the
exterior. It must be stopped. Description: Flesh and
metal given form, fused and
furious. The corridor has
come ot life, using
After the first full Objective or the first Set Piece is COSMONAUT tentacle and explosive
pustule to trap, terrorize,
finished, whichever comes first, roll 3d6 to determine the To fight this one, you’re gonna
starting value of the Boss Countdown. Every time the and tear apart its prey.
have to go outside, into space. I Which is you.
Struggler passes through a room, lower the Countdown’s hope your oxygen can last.
value by 1. When the Countdown has decreased halfway,
begin foreshadowing the Boss in the distance. Then,
when the Countdown is fully decreased, generate a Boss CORRIDOR
Monster per the instructions on the next page. This monstrosoty fills, or is, the
hallway you find yourself in. Run.

Cosmic hell-thing
In the full release,
there are steps to generating HP: 12 LIMBS: 6
unique, intense boss monsters by SIZE: Impossible
expanding on regular monster BODY: Meat and Hate
generation. In this demo, I’ve
provided the special encounters WEAK POINTS: Good luck
on the next page. BEHAVIOR: Incomprehensible
EXTRA: It’s hungry
When it’s time for a
boss encounter, pick one to
Description: it is here it
is here it is here it is
use! Boss Encounters only here it is here it is here it is here it is here it
happen once, so make them
big and intense. As always, feel
free to make your own! COSMIC
It’s incredibly huge, it exists on
a scale rivaling your Setting.
You need a bigger gun.
items Tucked between and behind destroyed tables,
turned-over garbage cans, and locked containers
throughout the Setting are Items—things like armor,
tools, weapons, ammunition, and medkits. Items are
tools to help the Struggler survive the ordeal they’re
trapped in.
Items come in 3 varieties:
UTILITY: Items with a limited number of uses
(often one) that are gone when used up.
Things like lockpicks, healing items, tools,
and batteries.
DEFENSIVE: For the Struggler to protect
themselves or others from Threats.
Things like armor, shields, and hazmat suits.
OFFENSIVE: These let the Struggler fight
back against Threats, but may not be
universally effective.
Things like plasma cutters, guns, baseball
bats, and any relevant ammo. Can be improvised
from things in the environment.
Offensive Items do 1-3 damage, depending
on how big they are. Generally speaking, the more
damage the weapon does, the bigger and slower
it is. Offensive Items might target specific limbs or
damage an entire area in an explosion—the only
limit is your imagination!
Things like Guns or Laser Weapons will
require some kind of ammo; bullets, battery cells,
something that needs to be collected and that can
run out. Improvised melee weapons can be easy to
find, but are seldom great, breaking quickly or not
doing much damage!
To keep things moving, don’t worry too
much about counting the ammo that’s loaded
into a weapon every step of the way; instead, save
reloading, jamming, and other weapon-related
inconveniences for when a Check Fails or asks for a
Complication to arise!
Armor, on the other hand, is used to
prevent damage. Every piece of Armor has a
Durability between 1-3. When the Struggler uses
Armor to prevent a Wound, its durability is lowered
by 1. When a piece of Armor’s durability reaches 0,
it breaks and must be tossed aside or repaired.
Some armor, like Shields, can be recharged with
rare battery cells.
Here are some example items:
Milspec Suit - Armor, Durability 3
+1d when defending against projectiles
Plasma Cutter - Weapon, Projectile
Slicing 1 DMG
Uses Bolt Clips
Stick with Knife Taped To It
Weapon, Melee (long)
Slicing/Stabbing 2 DMG
Medkit, Basic - 1 use
Take time to patch up a Wound, healing
and removing it from your sheet.
Energy Drink - 1 use
Gain +1d6 on the next Check you do that
requires intense focus or speed.
Repair Kit - 2 uses
Use to repair an Item (by 1 durability) or
something the world (based on narrative)
As a note, none of the item lists in You’re In Space…
should be considered exhaustive! Consider yourselves
encouraged to make your own items using the
systems provided!

OBJECTIVESObjectives are shorthand for “the next
important thing we need to do in fiction”.
Objectives should always have a clear goal that will
help the Struggler advance, like “finding a way into
engineering” or “planting the acid-bomb in the
necro-blob’s mouth.”
The Station can always help come up with the
next steps and approaches, but should never outright
tell the Struggler how something needs to be done.
Make puzzles, not solutions.
You may not have an Objective right at
the start of a game, and that’s okay. Explore until
something in the story comes up and makes sense
as a goal to complete. It can even be something as
simple as turning the lights on.
When, where, and how Objectives pop up is
based entirely on the story, and while there may be
gaps between active Objectives, times without one
should be shorter than times with.
When the Struggler gets
a new Objective, don’t mark
it on your Map. Instead, take
note of the general direction it’s
in from where they are. This
information is presented to
the Struggler as a vague
directional way-point
that keeps them
roughly on-track while
still allowing you as the
Station some flexibility
in storytelling.
PLACING
OBJECTIVES
When a new Objective appears or becomes
active, roll 2d6+2. The result is the number of
Rooms the Struggler needs to pass through to get to
the Objective. Nothing is ever as straightforward as
getting to the right spot and flipping a switch, though
—there’s always some kind of complication. Steps
along the way to completing your larger task are
Minor Objectives. Things like “Gather X, Y, Z
materials”, “Take out the flesh-beast”, and “get a
lever for the generator” are all Minor Objectives.
• When you generate an Objective, you
also roll 1d3 to determine how many
Minor Objectives it has.
• Minor Objectives can be in any room,
including those already visited.
• When you place an Objective, don’t draw
the rooms between it and the Struggler until
they’re generated
• Play with difficulty! If something’s closer,
maybe it’s also more difficult?
• After generating an Objective, work with the
Struggler to determine what the Minors are.
When it comes to Objectives, it’s important
that the Struggler and the Station are on the same
page. These should be crafted together to create a
story that both parties are interested in! Doing so
also helps with pacing, and two heads are always
better than one when it comes to coming up with
unique situations, so it’ll help keep things fresh!
 "My tool of choice is a... called the..."
1 handheld plasma cutter 1 Grand Engineer’s Friend MK. I
2 two-handed laser saw 2 Errant Bastard Model II
3 small circular saw 3 Little Booger Version X
4 wide bolt-gun 4 Trusty Problem-Solver LE. XII
5 large welder 5 Husky Martial Rendition XIII
6 bulky mining laser 6 Smiling Pathfinder RC. XIV

"It's a piece of... that..."

1 cobbled tech 1 slices dices
2 industrial equipment 2 stabs chops
3 mining gear 3 shoots a pierces
4 fancy gadgetry 4 welds
n burns
5 overrated garbage 5 launches
d melts
6 unreliable shit 6 charges up explodes

"It uses... and does _ damage."

1 batteries 1
2
3
ammo clips
plasma cells
2
3
1
4 found metal 4
5
6
liquid plasma
kinetic energy
5
6
2
 THE
First, make a Check and see how many
Hits you get. Then, find the column for that amount
of Hits and roll 2d6 to see what item you find.
The Struggler may spend 1 Luck to pick
an item from any column

0 HITS
TA BLE1 HIT 2+ HITS
Ammunition Ammunition 2x Pocket Nurse
1 Station’s Choice 1 Struggler’s Choice 1 Heals Level 1 Wound, use 2 to heal Level 2

Ammunition Vintage Engineering Suit

2 2 Station’s Choice 2 (Armor, Durability 3)
+1d when defending against Melee

Audio Log Repair Kit (2 uses)

3 3 What an awful fate… 3 Use to repair an Item (by 1 durability) or something
in Space (based on narrative)
1x Stimjet 5x Glow Sticks 2x Stimjets (1 use each)
4 (1 use)
4 Dimly lights an area for 5 hours 4 Ignore a Level 1 Wound for a short time
Ignore a
Level 1 Wound A Note Armory Requisition (1 use)
5 for a short time 5 Maybe this points to something… 5 Turn in to an A.I. Quartermaster to requisition
a new piece of equipment
2x Bandages 3x Ammunition
6 6 Stops the bleeding, at least 6 Struggler’s Choice

A Note Slapdash Noisemaker Useful materials

7 Maybe this
7 A distraction? 7 What are they for?
points to 1x Mx. Handyweld 2x Mx. Handyweld
8 something… 8 Welds things together, for a time 8 Welds things together, for a time
A Dying A.I. Core 2x Stimjets (1 use each)
9 9 Maybe it can answer a question or two? 9 Ignore a Level 1 Wound for a short time
Slapdash Energy Drink (1 use) A New Weapon
10 Noisemaker 10 Station’s Choice 10 Roll on the Unique Tool table to generate it
A distraction? An Upgrade for a weapon
1x Stimjet (1 use)
11 11 Ignore a Level 1 Wound for a short time 11 What’s it for? What’s it do?

1x Pocket Nurse An Improvement for yourself

12 12 Heals Level 1 Wound, use 2 to heal Level 2 12 What’s it for? What’s it do?