# Mothership: Gradient Descent

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Podcast: [Ludonarrative Dissidents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607)
Published: 2025-12-08T20:18:49+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4330

## Resource

Gradient Descent is a module/campaign setting/megadungeon for the SF-horror RPG Mothership , released in 2020. It is written by Luke Gearing, with art by Nick Tofani and layout by Sean McCoy, and was published by Tuesday Night Games. Dimensionally it is a tightly packed 64-page digest-sized booklet, and the PDF sells for $20, or as part of the Mothership deluxe boxed set . Mothership homepage The Mothership book range at at DriveThruRPG Gradient Descent at DriveThruRPG Read the show notes here. ⁠Discuss this episode on our Discord.

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