Mars Colony 1: "Arrival"

Dead Ghost Productions

“What's the use of looking at Mars through a telescope, sitting on panels, writing books, if it isn't to guarantee, not just the survival of mankind, but mankind surviving forever!”

― Ray Bradbury, Mars and the Mind of Man

The TTRPG Mars Colony was written by Tim C. Koppang and is designed for two players. One takes on the role of the colony’s appointed “savior”—named Kelly Perkins—while the other plays the Governor, responsible for all the various problems that are plaguing the citizens of Mars. As the game progresses, the savior faces a constant struggle between competence and failure, honesty and deception.

The show Mars Colony is a fully produced actual play podcast following tech billionaire Kelly Perkins as he is summoned to Mars in an effort to save the failing colony. The series explores how the unyielding demands of capitalism combined with the narcissism of silicon valley put humanity on a path to the red planet long before we were ready.

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CAST

• GM: Alex
• Kelly Perkins: Aram

MUSIC

• "Recurring Anomaly" by Charles Holme
• "In Search of Wonder" by Brendon Moeller
• "Galaxy Reborn" by Mandala Dreams
• "There's Something in the Air" by Michael Rothery
• "Salmon Challis" by By Lotus
• "The First Scenario" by Rand Aldo
• "Somnolence" by Ambientalism feat. Stefan Mothander
• "Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: I. Allegro" by Mira Ma and Eric Jacobsen
• "Stay in Orbit" by Victor Lundberg
• "Superior" by Silver Maple
• "Incandescence" by Victor Lundberg
• "Don't Leave Me" by OTE
• "The Knox Mine" by Roy Williams feat. Francie
• "Bonnie and Clyde" by Roy Williams
• "Don't Let This Go" by Peter Crosby
• "Best of Me" by American Legion
• "Where the Neon Stars Shine" by Bo the Drifter
• "Plan C" by Cobby Costa
• "Twostop" by By Lotus
• "The Lost Forest" by DEX 1200
• "Running through the Dark" by Roots and Recognition

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