ALIEN 2nd Edition Is Coming...

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There's a new edition of Free League's ALIEN roleplaying game coming to Kickstarter soon!

Free League’s Kickstarter this Fall will debut a new wave of 2e releases, including new core rules, starter set, cinematic scenario set, and miniatures line
For five glorious years, Free League Publishing and 20th Century Studios have explored the ultimate reaches of the ALIEN universe. In celebration of the critically acclaimed ALIEN RPG’s 5th anniversary in 2024, Free League proudly announced their plans to unleash a Second Edition of the multiple award-winning game rules across an expansive new line of rulebooks, starter sets, cinematics, and accessories. The stress fest begins with bug hunts aplenty through an epic Kickstarter launching this Fall.

Free League has revealed their core line-up for the upcoming Kickstarter, with more details coming soon:
Based upon feedback from thousands of players over five years of adventures, the Second Edition of the core rules delivers an updated and streamlined version of the ALIEN RPG fans know and love, along with additional new artwork, new content, and a variety of new tools for players and Game Mothers alike, all fully compatible with previous releases and game material.

The new 2e starter set will be redesigned as the perfect starting point for newcomers to roleplaying in the ALIEN universe, containing everything they need for game night including abridged 2e rules, character sheets, custom dice, reference cards, various handouts, and an expanded 2e edition of the fan-favorite Hope’s Last Day scenario set on Hadley’s Hope just prior to the unforgettable events of Aliens.

The new cinematic scenario boxed set, Rapture Protocol, written by Jonathan Hicks and Free League's Tomas Härenstam, returns to the roots of the ALIEN franchise, featuring the crew of a small star freighter on a resupply run to the remote industrial colony, soon embroiled in a deadly conflict.

The miniatures set is designed to bring the events of Rapture Protocol to life, but fully complement other adventures and skirmish battles throughout the ALIEN RPG series.

Sign up today to follow the upcoming Kickstarter, look out for more news across Free League’s social channels, and then get ready for a whole new chapter of sprawling, stress-inducing, blood-curdling ALIEN RPG adventures for years to come. We can’t lie to you about your chances, but you have our sympathies.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Huh. Mixed feelings about this, as this likely is delaying the space truckers or Earth sourcebooks.

 

[MGibster]

I have mixed feelings about this because I still haven't played most of the Aliens adventures I've bought. It's a great game, and I'm interested in seeing what they do to improve it, but another edition seems too soon.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

Why does the game need a second edition already? What's wrong with the current rules?

 

[payn]

Time flies when you haven't even gotten the 1st edition to the table yet...

 

[longshanks]

I love Free League, but this feels like a cash grab. The original edition is great. It won the EnNie for best game the year it came out. I don't think it needs a new edition. Free League does have a game that they have mentioned needs a new edition and that is Mutant: Year Zero.

I think sales for Alien are down and they want to play on the hype over Alien: Romulus to bolster sales with a new edition. I didn't get the most recent expansion, Building Better Worlds, even though it got great reviews because I rather play games with Colonial Marines ("Game over, man, it's game over!") than colonists. Maybe other gamers didn't get it, either. I guess I can't blame Free League. The license can't be cheap. Well, the good news is that the new edition is fully compatible with the old edition and they are making minis for the new edition.

 

[TwiceBorn2]

I have the core book, screen and starter set. Like other posters in this thread, I have yet to get the game to the table. Now I'm wondering if the other current first ed products will, in due time, get a 2nd ed update (like the Hadley's Last Hope scenario in the new core rulebook), or if they're simply going to go out of print... meaning get them while you can.

 

[Superchunk77]

Kind of an odd choice for a 2nd edition (as previously noted). The Alien RPG isn't very old. Mutant Year Zero 2e would be more welcome IMO, and they just did a KS for Coriolis 2e this year. Forbidden Lands 2e would be interesting, but I think that game revels in it's current edition and I'd rather see more campaign expansions for it.

 

[JohnnyZemo]

Too soon.

 

[Laurefindel]

Why does the game need a second edition already? What's wrong with the current rules?

Nothing wrong, but they’ve seem to have changed their rules for their Blade Runner game. Perhaps they intend on changing their series to those rules?

As for the current rules, my only gripe is that panic tend to get out of hand too fast. Or perhaps we don’t play it properly… but there’s a point where it feels like you can’t open a freakin door without throwing 7 stress dice and causing chain-panic and getting shot by your own friend.

Ok, fine that’s a bit of an hyperbole, but not that much. GM gotta be careful in this game to ask for very few tests otherwise you get panic in the worse moments, and not in a cool cinematic way.