Accessible Maps
Mothership is usually played as a theater of the mind game, or using abstract flow chart maps. This works for most people; however, folks with aphantasia or other visual processing issues may find it easier to engage with the game if it is presented using the below method. It's a simple task to present situations using zone or grid maps, and it can make a game much more legible.
Range Band Conversion
To use zone or grid maps, first convert Mothership's range bands to squares using this chart.
Zones
Zones are appropriate for when you are facing an encounter that is not in a location with rooms, like in the case of a wandering encounter or a more outdoor style adventure.
To represent distances between characters and encounters, you can use a twelve row by one column grid that you've drawn out on a sheet of paper. You can then use tokens or counters or just draw the distances you find characters and encounters from each other.
Each cell of this grid represents a range band. This means that markers on the same square are Adjacent, markers one square away are in Close Range, markers two squares away are within Long Range, and markers three squares away are Out of Range.
This allows you to move the relative distances to allow people to see where there distance is in relation to the scene. You narrate and play through the scene as usual, but there is more visual indication for the general shape of the encounter.
Grid Maps
If you combine a flowchart on a grid with each room representing a zone of a certain size, you are able to provide a really solid overview of where everyone is located in a dungeon without getting bogged down in tactical measurements.
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