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Mergen’s Watch Deep Space Astronomy Research Station is notable for utilizing and pioneering VR technology to capture distant phenomena within a virtual lab environment. An alien entity from a distant star was accidentally captured inside this virtual world, quickly manipulating the crew’s virtual experiences to trap them in a digital utopia, leaving their bodies little but emaciated shells haunting the silent corridors of the now-derelict station.

VR-Dead is a MOTHERSHIP adventure where reality and memory are hard to pin down. Unknowingly trapped for weeks in a virtual paradise, players wake up to find the space station on the verge of total collapse and entirely in the thrall of a possessive virtual overlord that’s hell-bent on returning them to its digital prison. They’ll have to move carefully between the two worlds in order to survive and escape with their lives and minds intact. 

This is a 2-3 session adventure, and includes:

  • Detailed schematics of Mergen’s Watch
  • A list of virtual NPCs, and their nightmarish real world counterparts
  • The VR Zombies, ravenous cannibals that will do anything to preserve their false paradise
  • A ticking clock that will keep your players frantic and desperate as they explore the rapidly-collapsing station

Physical copies of VR-DEAD can be bought from:

  • Space Penguin Ink (US)
  • Iglootree (UK)
  • Will soon be available at All the Problems in this World (EU)
StatusReleased
CategoryBook
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
AuthorDaniel Hallinan
GenreAdventure, Role Playing
TagsHorror, mothership, Sci-fi, Tabletop role-playing game

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In order to download this book you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $7.49 USD. You will get access to the following files:

map_player_facing.pdf 35 MB
NPC Portraits.zip 3.7 MB
VRDEAD_DIGITALpdf.pdf 68 MB

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Hello

Just bought the physical book at a LGS, can't wait to run it. Unfortunately they didn't have any pdf copy available, and I would love the player facing map file and npc portraits. Could you share that file with me? Will gladly provide proof of purchase, if you want to see it.

Heya! If you contact Tuesday Knight Games support with proof of purchase, they should be able to send PDFs your way! (let me know if they do not!)

Thanks!

I played it and loved it! so i bought it to GM myself some time... but i wanted to ask if I'm allowed to make a small, free jam videogame inspired by it? like a fangame... also i'm not sure i can manage to reproduce the full experience in the limited time frame ^^* I just love the switch between VR and irl experience so much!

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Heya! Thank you! I'm honestly a bit hesitant to have a game based directly on my adventure (bad experiences in the past!) so I'll turn a direct adaption down (so please don't directly lift characters etc) BUT you're 100% free to make something inspired by it! Please do give credit if you do so, AND point me towards it once you're done - I'd love to see it!

Hey there!

I bought the game through Tuesday Knight games but was curious if you had a text only version?

Heya!

I do not! I'll see if I can whip one up though! 

Thank you sooo much!

Is there anywhere to buy physical copies in the UK?

Not right at this moment - but copies should be available from Iglootree within the next few weeks!

Just a quick update: VRDead has arrived at Iglootree!

Ordered! Will I be able to get a pdf copy with proof of purchase?

Iglootree should have the digital files on hand, so you should be able to nab 'em (or hassle iglootree for 'em) once you've bought the product!

Iglootree don’t habd out pdfs, never got one from them for anything I’ve bought :(

I'd recommend emailing them! I've had to do so in the past to get my PDF copies!