ALIEN: RPG Core Rulebook


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"I can’t lie to you about your chances, but … you have my sympathies.”

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. Space isn’t as empty as you’d think, either—its frontiers are ever expanding. Rival governments wage a cold war of aggression while greedy corporations vie for valuable resources. Colonists reach for the stars and gamble with their lives—each new world tamed is either feast or famine. And there are things lurking in the shadows of every asteroid—things strange and different and deadly.

Things alien.

This is the official ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game—a universe of body horror and corporate brinkmanship, where synthetic people play god while space truckers and marines serve host to newborn ghoulish creatures. It’s a harsh and unforgiving universe and you are nothing if not expendable.

Stay alive if you can.

The ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game is a beautifully illustrated full-color hardcover book of 392 pages, both presenting the world of ALIEN in the year 2183 and a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to enhance the ALIEN experience. The game supports two distinct game modes:

  • Cinematic play is based on pre-made scenarios that emulate the dramatic arc of an ALIEN film. Designed to be played in a single session, this game mode emphasizes high stakes and fast and brutal play. You are not all expected to survive. The core rulebook contains one introductory Cinematic scenario, Hope’s Last Day.
  • Campaign play is designed for longer continuous play with the same cast of player characters over many game sessions, letting you explore the ALIEN universe freely, sandbox style. The core rulebook contains random tables and other powerful tools to quickly create star systems, colonies, missions, encounters, and NPCs for your campaign.

The rules of the game are based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, used in award-winning games such as Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero, but adapted and further developed to fully support and enhance the core themes of ALIEN: horror and action in the cold darkness of space.

™ & © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Aussiehope
Most fun I have had running a VTT RPG

I bought this product for Fantasy Grounds Unity, read the rules over the weekend and pulled together 5 people to play Chariots of the gods. The cinematic (Module) that comes with the rule book turned out to be one of the most fun games I have run in over 30 years of being a DM, things just got crazy. Overall the Alien system is pretty simple and straight forward, It doesn't have much depth, but it's easy to play and it is just a lots of fun.

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Colin
Panic!

I love the Alien/Aliens setting and this RPG in cinematic mode really feels like it recreates some of the atmosphere. The game is easy to play and the stress dice mechanism is a gem, making things head south rapidly in an entertaining way.

The book has great artwork and oozes quality.

Thoroughly recommend

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