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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8783450" data-attributes="member: 4534">Personal tastes are subjective, and if you don't like the setting that's perfectly okay.&nbsp; I have a coworker who loves the latest Star Wars triology and I hated it, but it doesn't upset me in the least that he enjoys it.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I do think you have valid criticisms of the setting.&nbsp; The kinds of games you can run using Alien are fairly narrow in my opinion, and because it's so bleak, it's not a game I'd want to play too frequently anyway.&nbsp; It's best in small doses.&nbsp; So the game has two play modes:&nbsp; Cinematic and Campaign.&nbsp; Cinematic mode is supposed to emulate the tension of a movie and be played in a single session.&nbsp; Which is laughable because you almost certainly can't play Destroyer of Worlds or Chariot of the Gods in a single session unless it's a long, long session.&nbsp; You use pre-generated characters and each PC is given an Agenda card at the beginning of Acts I, II, and III.&nbsp; For a campaign, players generate their own characters and you don't use Agenda cards (although if you're the Mother you can do whatever you want of course).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8783450, member: 4534"] Personal tastes are subjective, and if you don't like the setting that's perfectly okay. I have a coworker who loves the latest Star Wars triology and I hated it, but it doesn't upset me in the least that he enjoys it. And I do think you have valid criticisms of the setting. The kinds of games you can run using Alien are fairly narrow in my opinion, and because it's so bleak, it's not a game I'd want to play too frequently anyway. It's best in small doses. So the game has two play modes: Cinematic and Campaign. Cinematic mode is supposed to emulate the tension of a movie and be played in a single session. Which is laughable because you almost certainly can't play Destroyer of Worlds or Chariot of the Gods in a single session unless it's a long, long session. You use pre-generated characters and each PC is given an Agenda card at the beginning of Acts I, II, and III. For a campaign, players generate their own characters and you don't use Agenda cards (although if you're the Mother you can do whatever you want of course). [/QUOTE]

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