Gatecrasher is a role-playing game set in the 24th century, where a transdimensional gate has been opened, allowing magic into the world.

The game is more light-hearted than dark, featuring monsters like "Golf Balls from Hell" and "Killer Pancakes", and deep space asteroids named Cheesers and This Stinking Rock.

The player assigns a fixed number of levels (Terrible, Poor, Mediocre, Fair, Good, Great, Superb) to a variety of attributes, skills and powers, as well as adding extra enhancements such as extra eyes, limbs that can morph into tools or the ability to switch genders at will.

[1] When a player wants a character to attempt a task, the referee decides on the relevant skill that needs to be checked and assigns a difficulty level (Good, Fair, Mediocre, Poor, etc.)

Swan gave it an average rating of 4 out of 6, concluding that despite its light-hearted approach, Gatecrasher was "a serious RPG, with the potential for exciting, involving adventures...