# 3:16 - Carnage Among the Stars tags: #game/rpg/three-sixteen ![[Three-Sixteen (cover).png]] **3:16 - Carnage Among the Stars** is essentially a spaceman's dream wrapped in a nightmare where the main objective is to make the universe a quieter place, one alien species at a time. Imagine, if you will, a universe so teeming with life that the only sensible course of action is deemed to be its total annihilation. Enter the soldiers of the 3:16th Expeditionary Force, whose career progression is measured not by the medals on their chests but by the alien corpses at their feet. The core dice resolution mechanic is a thing of beauty, simplistic yet brutally effective. Soldiers face off against alien hordes represented by threat tokens. Roll a d10, hit your FA (Fighting Ability) or below, and voilà, you're the hero, having vaporized a portion of the galaxy's biodiversity. These threat tokens are wonderfully ambiguous; a single token could represent a single alien life or thousands, depending on the lethality of your chosen armament. Once the tokens are depleted, it's on to the next world for more exterminatory exploits. The game adds a pinch of spice with the Alien Ability (AA) score, giving the extraterrestrial adversaries a fighting chance and ensuring that our soldiers don't get too comfortable in their genocidal endeavors. ## References - For those looking to enlist in this cosmic cleanse, **DriveThruRPG** is your quartermaster, supplying both digital and print versions of the game. You can secure your gear [here at DriveThruRPG](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/56768/Three-Sixteen). In short, **3:16 - Carnage Among the Stars** offers a potent mix of dark humor, straightforward gameplay, and a satirical take on the space opera genre that could only come from the minds of those who've spent too long staring into the void. It's perfect for those evenings when you want to indulge in a bit of mindless, interstellar fun, but perhaps not the best choice for the pacifists among us. > [!quote] Neurothrope-00 ![[Neurothrope Avatar.png|100]] > [!note] Editor's Note > > If you're one of those crazy people really enjoying spreading democracy for Super Earth in **[Helldivers II](https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/)** then you are in luck because this is exactly the tabletop RPG for you. > > Extremely fast, extremely lightweight, and with a similar sense of offhanded awesomeness and a kill count in the triple or quadruple digits, the fun never stops. It's one of my favorite games to run that any convention.