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Encounter
Encounter is a one-page, one-shot tabletop RPG about space explorers encountering an alien entity, inspired by science fiction such as Solaris, Forbidden Planet, Arrival, and various episodes of Star Trek. Repair your ship to escape the planet, try to understand the entity, face up to your past, and possibly become Changed... An entry to the 2021 One Page RPG jam. Mechanics based loosely on Lasers and Feelings by John Harper.
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