There's An Official ALIEN RPG Coming!

Free League has sent out a press release announcing that they will be publishing an official Alien roleplaying game, set shortly after the events of Aliens.

Free League has sent out a press release announcing that they will be publishing an official Alien roleplaying game, set shortly after the events of Aliens.


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There's a trailer over on Vimeo, and more information on their website.

More info if/when I hear it, but in the meantime here's that press release!

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 26, 2019) – Forty years ago, Alien shocked and inspired the world with a horrific sci-fi universe that forever changed the genre. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Free League Publishing has announced today that fans can soon explore that iconic universe for themselves with an official line of tabletop role-playing games.

The long-term licensing partnership with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products will kick off in late 2019, launching an ongoing tabletop RPG series drawing upon four decades of world-building within this beloved universe. Free League is renowned for its own world-building in science fiction, with their best-selling sci-fi RPG Tales from the Loop sweeping the 2017 ENnie Awards for Best Setting, Best Writing, Best Art, Best Game, and Product of the Year. Tomas Härenstam, Free League co-founder and game director of their sci-fi RPGs Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero, will oversee game design, with original artwork from esteemed artists Martin Grip, John Mullaney and Axel Torvenius.

Taking place shortly after the events of Aliens, the first RPG will propel players into the vast possibilities of the Outer Rim Frontier. From the pioneering colonists and scientists to the ever-present Company reps and Colonial Marines, the game promises a diverse range of characters and gameplay experiences far beyond the staple cat-and-mouse suspense and survival horror of the franchise.

“The Alien saga isn’t about superheroes with superior firepower,” says game director Härenstam. “It’s about placing ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and testing the endurance of the human spirit against inhuman atrocities and impossible odds. Such a harsh yet hopeful universe has captured our imagination for 40 years with good reason, and we’re excited to explore new stories and perspectives as players must face their demons (in a true and metaphoric sense) and brave the horrors of the unknown.”

To best capture the Alien experience, the RPG will provide more than the framework for continuous, open-world campaigns. Beyond the sandbox campaign game mode, Free League is also designing a “Cinematic” mode, with pre-generated scenarios that players must complete within a single session. Emulating the dramatic arc of an Alien film, these survival challenges promise escalating stakes and fast (often brutal) gameplay where most players aren’t expected to last the night. Their first cinematic scenario, Chariot of the Gods written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska (Death of the Planet of the Apes), is included in the core manual. More cinematic modules and game expansions are already in production, with direct tie-ins to Fox’s future plans for the franchise slated for 2020 and beyond.

The Fox-Free League licensing deal was brokered by Joe LeFavi of Genuine Entertainment, who will manage the license on behalf of Free League and serve as an editor on the game series. Alien is the latest in a slew of high-profile tabletop deals by LeFavi, including the master tabletop gaming license for Dune, the tabletop RPG series for Altered Carbon, and multiple brand extensions of World of Darkness.

For more news and previews on the Alien RPG series, visit alien-rpg.com.
 

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While I am a big alien(s) fan, I worry that the universe of the movies isn't really diverse and large enough for an RPG.

Yeah, I'm agreeing with this. Not being completely familiar with whatever extended universe exists for the Aliens franchise, it looks to be xenomorphs (in one form or another), predators, and... pretty much that's it. While a few sessions might be cool, I can't see it as having much of campaign ability. It'd be like playing D+D where the only monsters are orcs and various half-orcs. And maybe some hobgoblins. Unless you took the Walking Dead route and made it all about evil people after a while, like going against Weyland-Yutani. But then, it'd just be cyberpunk.
 

crazy_cat

Adventurer
I think the licence here may just be for the Aliens universe and background - so the extrapolated world of Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3. Not sure the AvP material is going to be officially available, as if it was I'm sure there'd be Predators all over (or at least in some of) the promotional images and blurb.

A heads up for anybody thinking of using minis with this when released: it's the last few days of the end of licence sale for Prodos minis and their AvP game - and I have to say (as I own a few) that the minis for Aliens, USCM, Weyland Yutani soldiers, the power loader, and Predators are pretty good. And pretty good value currently - https://shop.prodosgames.com/8-alien-vs-predator
 

QuestsandChaos

First Post
Step 1. Identify and Destroy any Android you can find.
Step 2. Nuke it from orbit.
Step 3. Adventure based space RPG because the aliens are not a problem any more.
 




Except... Orcs aren't especially scary or deadly.

It be more like level 2 adventurers playing in a world where the only monsters are Beholders and it's kin. Or Vampires and its spawn...

Well, base-level orcs, no, but they can have class levels. I'd consider a 10th level Orc Barbarian to be pretty intimidating.
 

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