ALIEN RPG Launches New Kickstarter

Free League Publishing has launched a Kickstarter for a new edition of ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game, complete with a new starter box and a box of miniatures. Launched today, the Kickstarter raises money for an Evolved edition of the popular licensed horror RPG, which uses the Year Zero Engine. The Evolved Edition contains improved version for stealth mode, stress and panic, and a new zero gravity system. The edition also includes content from ALIEN: Romulus, the hit 2023 movie, including a setting guide for Jackson's Star, and a solo mode.

The ALIEN RPG uses a dice-pool system where rolling a 6 guarantees a success. Players can add stress for additional rolls with specially-colored dice, although rolling a 1 on these dice causes the chance of panic setting in. The game comes with a campaign mode and a cinematic mode in which players are more likely to get killed by an alien or a different terror in space.

As of the time of this writing, the Kickstarter has already raised over $650,000, putting it well on the pathway to the fabled $1 million mark.

 

[sevenbastard]

I skipped this the first time as I know I would never have time to play it....but backed it this time even though I know I will never have time to play it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I skipped this the first time as I know I would never have time to play it....but backed it this time even though I know I will never have time to play it.

They do make very, very pretty books. Worst case scenario, you have a gorgeous coffee table book.

 

[timbannock]

The new brighter layout is gorgeous.

 

[Theory of Games]

 

[EonTrinity]

They had me at Solo. I basically decided to update my whole collection.

 

[Ghal Maraz]

Already surpassed the 1 million mark, @Morrus

 

[DarkCrisis]

I backed the original Alien, and bought the colonial marines book, but have never actually played it, and honestly it's hard to foresee me playing it in the future.

And I'm STILL tempted to get at least the new core rulebook....

I got the physical starter and add-oned a pdf of the core book.

Im trying to stay all digital now-a-days but their starter boxes are so nice.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Already surpassed the 1 million mark, @Morrus

It's the perfect organism.

 

[Bill Zebub]

The new brighter layout is gorgeous.

I have to admit that's one of the things that really appeals to me, as I found the first one unreadable.

On the other hand, it kind of annoys me that I feel like I need to buy a new book because the first one was flawed.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

I mostly enjoyed Romulus but "hit movie" seems a bit strong.

$80 million dollar budget (you usually have to factor in the cost of the budget x2 for total production cost so about $160mil)
$350.9 million box office means about $190mil profit?

So no, it's not doing peak MCU numbers but even big budget horror (like the Alien franchise) doesnt NEED to be to do MCU numbers be successful. And more importantly enough normal people saw it and LIKED it for there to be talks of another movie set in that period between ALIEN and ALIENS.