Alien RPG Pre-order Starter Set & Colonial Marines Adventure

Many of us have heard of the super cool Alien RPG by Free League using their Year Zero Engine. Now is your chance to get the starter bundle, which includes both the Starter Set (plus dice inside) and a new adventure "Destroyer of Worlds".

Or if you already own the earlier Alien RPG products, you can just opt for the Colonial Marines only boxset cinematic scenario.

ALIEN The Roleplaying Game - Free League Publishing

Space is vast, dark, and not your friend. Gamma rays and neutrino bursts erupt from dying stars to cook you alive, black holes tear you apart, and the void itself boils your blood and seizes your brain. Try to scream and no one can hear you – hold your breath and you rupture your lungs. […]

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ALIEN STARTER SET

• A 104-page rulebook with a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to support the core themes of ALIEN: horror and action in the cold darkness of space.
• The 48-page complete Cinematic scenario Chariot of the Gods by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska.
• Five pre-generated characters to play.
• A huge full-color, double-sided map (format 864x558mm), with one side depicting chartered space in the year 2183 and the other floor plans for the Chariot of the Gods scenario.
• 84 game markers for keeping track of characters, motion tracker pings, and more.
• 56 high quality custom cards for weapons, personal agendas, and initiative in combat.
• A set each of ten engraved Base Dice and ten Stress Dice, designed specifically for the ALIEN RPG.

ALIEN DESTROYER OF WORLDS (CINEMATIC SCENARIO)

• The main Destroyer of Worlds scenario book.
• A huge double-sided map (format 864x558mm) of Ariaricus colony on one side and the Fort Nebraska space elevator ground base on the other.
• Five pre-generated characters to play.
• Custom cards for weapons, vehicles, and personal agendas.
• Player maps and handouts.

 

[ProfessorDetective]

So, how does this game compare to Mothership?

 

[hawkeyefan]

So, how does this game compare to Mothership?

I’ve played Mothership a handful of times, and I’ve run Alien for three sessions, so others may have more insight on this....but in my experience, they’re very similar. The difference for me is more one of tone. Mothership seems to lean more into the odd; it’s not necessarily an established setting, so it seems like more is possible. Where as with Alien, the setting is implied and there are expectations about what can and should happen.

Setting aside, though, the games seem pretty interchangeable. You could easily use material for one to run in another, and conversion probably wouldn’t be too difficult.

I think I like the Stress/Panic system in Alien a bit more. It’s very evocative and really ratchets up the suspense and makes for tense gameplay. It’s a bit more paced than the Panic in Mothership. Or seems to be so far.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So, how does this game compare to Mothership?

I asked this over at RPG.net, and there's a short thread of responses there.

 

[Nebulous]

I noticed that ALIENS - Another Glorious Day in the Corps has a release date of August 2020 on MM

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[aramis erak]

I noticed that ALIENS - Another Glorious Day in the Corps has a release date of August 2020 on MM

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It's GF9. Don't expect it until 3 months late.

 

[Nebulous]

It's GF9. Don't expect it until 3 months late.

It was March originally so it's on time!