Do Not Forsake Me (Oh My Darling) (2015)

Overview

Crewed by a group of misfits under your command, the Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a bounty hunter ship of the Rim Quadrants, sailing the edges of space in search of the dread pirates, criminals and charlatan messiahs who prey on the innocent. Bring them to justice and collect the Bounty Megacredits. Earn 30 Megacredits and you can retire from the wandering life among the stars. Lose your crew and be doomed to haunt the spaceways for all time.

This is a solo game of high adventure in space using only 18 cards and no other components. Rules are included within the 18 card format.

Each turn is broken down into the following phases:

1. Movement a. Station Re-Equip b. Repairs in Space

2. Events a. NavComm b. Bounty 1. Evade 2. Engage in Combat

3. Combat

The player moves around a randomly generated map of cards and has 4 Ship Systems (Crew, NavComm, Wave Motion Cannon and Fusioncasting Engines) they must balance the use of during the phases of the game.

The game also features a set of Bounty cards which are double-sided and generate all random dice rolls as well as act as an AI in the game, balancing the strength of the bounties again the player's current stats.