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Dive into the terrifying world of ALIEN with the official tabletop roleplaying game, presented in a stunning 392-page hardcover book. Experience the horror and action in space with a fast and effective ruleset based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, specifically tailored for the ALIEN universe. Choose between two thrilling game modes: Cinematic play for intense, high-stakes sessions inspired by the ALIEN films, and Campaign play for long-term, sandbox-style adventures. The core rulebook is packed with dynamic storytelling tools, including random tables and powerful generators for star systems, colonies, missions, encounters, and NPCs, ensuring every campaign is unique. Prepare for high-stakes gameplay where survival is not guaranteed, starting with the included introductory scenario, Hope’s Last Day. 2024 20th Century Studios.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE ALIEN UNIVERSE: This official ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game offers a beautifully illustrated 392-page hardcover book, bringing the terrifying science fiction world of ALIEN to life in stunning detail.
TWO THRILLING GAMING MODES: Choose between Cinematic play for intense, high-stakes sessions inspired by the ALIEN films, or Campaign play for long-term adventures exploring the ALIEN universe in a sandbox style.
FAST AND EFFECTIVE RULESET: The game uses the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, tailored to enhance the core themes of ALIEN – horror and action in the cold darkness of space.
DYNAMIC STORYTELLING TOOLS: The core rulebook includes random tables and powerful tools to quickly generate star systems, colonies, missions, encounters, and NPCs, ensuring every campaign is unique and engaging.
HIGH-STAKES GAMEPLAY: In Cinematic play mode, expect brutal and fast-paced scenarios where not all characters are expected to survive, starting with the included introductory scenario, Hope’s Last Day.
Reviewer: Tactical Junkie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great RPG for Sci-Fi and Alien fans.
Review: This is such a great book, amazing art work, and decently written. This game allows you to play cinematic (1-shot) or campaign. Purchased all the books so I can stream a 1 shot on YouTube. If successful I will try turn that into a campaign.

Reviewer: Arcane Traditions
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Unmatched quality
Review: A brilliant game system. A much needed dose of quality writing. The artwork and book quality is top tier. The year zero engine that Alien RPG utilizes is perfect for the space horror of the setting. A system that can be fairly simple or deeply complex depending on your party.

Reviewer: DACampbell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: In Space No-one Can Hear you Scream
Review: There may be no such thing as perfection, but this rulebook for an rpg set in the world of Alien comes very close. The high production values alone make this worth the price. It is a beautifully produced rule book. Better yet, however, are the mechanics, which are easy to learn and capture the world of the Alien films very effectively. Indeed, this game allows you to play in that world to a disturbing extent. The panic rules -- borrowed from Call of Cthulhu's sanity -- add to the horror atmosphere. While I think I'll be more inclined to the "Cinematic" version of play -- one-shot episodes which effectively create a story from the Alien franchise -- the "Campaign" version is fully supported in here. While I think the coverage of the various colonies could be reduced (you only need to read a couple to get the gist) and the included Scenario set in Hadley's Hope been developed further, this is an outstanding product. This is my first Free League game -- it won't be the last.

Reviewer: Nate R
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great licensed tabletop RPG. Stay frosty.
Review: The game is well done, with an efficient rule set that can take you from a long haul space truckers sandbox to a scripted cinematic colonial marines campaign very easily.The challenge with licensed games is sustaining interest outside of the main attraction. In this case, it's the ALIEN that brings you in. As opponents, they do not disappoint, being extremely lethal in almost every circumstance. That lethality makes them difficult to sustain as an opponent because they'll most likely wipe out all but the most experienced colonial marines squads in very few encounters. Even meeting just one ALIEN at a time can lead to multiple character deaths (like the included scenario, Hope's Last Day, which is a cinematic journey through the eyes of the last few survivors of the Haley's Hope colony).Fortunately, the game provides ideas and random tables that can help pull together longer form campaigns around the three character group concepts: space truckers, planetary colonists, and the colonial marines.Players might demand to see the ALIEN, however, despite the lethality of the game's namesake organism. And that might cut short your experience with this game.Unless it's a cinematic scenario with many ALIENS, the best advice is to keep the ALIEN as a limited and isolated event, for occasional use only. Make sure to throw them in, but don't make it an everyday occurrence.

Reviewer: S.D. Robertson
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing system. Slick and brutal.
Review: PROS:The system design is slick and easy to learn. It also produces a fairly brutal game that readily simulates stress and panic having a tangible mechanical effect. The game is also designed to aid the GM in recreating the feel of the movies, though (as with any TTRPG) you do need to know what you're doing in order to pull off the intended effect/atmosphere.Mechanically, many of the system is geared toward expediting gameplay and spending less time micromanaging resources. Don't misunderstand me though, this does not mean resources are not tracked in some way. After all, this is a survival horror game, so resources play a (potentially) big part, but the "how" is handled through periodic dice rolls to see if resources decrease. Ammo is handled similarly, which I did not like at first, but came to understand the point and have since come to love.Now, contrary to resources being handled by way of a bit of abstraction, stress is kept strict track of and can result in panic. This mechanic is so simple yet effective, but it needs to be handled intelligently by the GM. This leads me to one of the other things I love about this game: the rules themselves encourage you to NOT roll dice unless it is a moment doing so would have a cinematically dramatic impact. Combat, sneaking by a xenomorph that is searching for you, bypassing a damaged airlock door--sure, roll. Trying to hail a colony to get docking permission--don't roll. See what I mean?CONS:Honestly, as far as the system goes, I don't have any issues there. My only complaint is the book layout--it is actually quite beautiful and full of great artwork, but it has a LOT of empty/wasted space. I know they wanted to show off the art and make it easy to read, but they went WAY overboard with the blank space between sections and sidebars. Actually, the layout makes everything look like a sidebar. My guess would be that part of the reason for this is to "fluff" the size of the book, thus making it seem more impressively thick. In actuality, all it did was make me feel jived. I will say though, there is no lack of information. The system is thorough, and the amount of lore present is equally so.If you're into the ALIEN franchise and you want to play out scenarios in the setting, buy this book. You will not regret it.

Reviewer: Etienne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The game system itself is truly amazing. The books has stunning artworks and the quality of the printing is absolutly great.

Reviewer: Roberto
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Un libro con todas las reglas que necesitas para jugar Alien juego de rol, solo viene el libro, si deseas mapas tarjetas y dados, deberás comprar el starter set, aunque dentro del libro encontrarás un mapa estelar así como mapas de una cinematica que tiene para que la puedas rolear sin problemas, también tiene jugadores pre armados y mucha información que hace que sea muy fácil ser el director del juego, como lo son las armas, vehículos, naves, y algunas especies de alienígenas que no encuentras en las películas lo que le da más profundidad al juego, y a demas toda la historia de Weyland.Las reglas son sencillas y si eres fan de las películas entenderás que es fácil morir, lo cual plasman en el libro perfectamente.Lo mejor son los ataques de los xenomorfos, ya que vienen descritos en tablas y por medio de una tirada de dados descubres el tipo de ataque y el efecto que recibirá de daño.Vale la pena en todos los sentidos, compré también el starter set y es un complemento perfecto, con un cinemática para jugar una partida de unas cuantas horas (one shot).Recomendado ampliamente!

Reviewer: Luis David
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Para todos nós, RPGistas, às vezes nos deparamos com o que comprar no vasto universo que este Hobbie tem.Os RPGs de horror (Storyteller, Call of Cthulhu entre outros) são aquisições que eu considero obrigatórias, junto aos fantásticos medievais. Sempre tive receio em comprar sistemas baseados em filmes, livros ou quadrinhos. Porque penso que é uma oportunidade simplesmente voltada a ser um caça-níquel.Mas aqui não.Este é um RPG robusto, que possui regras relativamente simples e foca muito em como os jogadores podem explorar as ambientações, o stress e outras condições que colocam todos à mesa completamente imerso no terror cósmico, na auto-contemplação da insignificância humana perante o universo e conflitos internos. Um dos charmes é que este livro ensina tudo o que tu precisas pra começar suas jogatinas, podendo incluir andróides ou não.A qualidade do material é maravilhoso, as artes do livro são impecáveis e é um RPG que certamente verá mais minha mesa.OBS.: O livro é em inglês, porém com o absurdo preço que a editora brasileira vem cobrando em seu frete, esta opção na Amazon está muito mais do que em conta para todos aqueles versados na língua anglo-saxã. Detalhe que a encomenda chegou em 3 dias.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I've found the book interesting and easy to read with the rules simple to pick up and fun to play. A system you could use for more than one shot horror sessions and a wealth of information for Alien film fans.

Reviewer: Daniela Kappler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: First of all: absolutely gorgeous hardcover book with amazing illustrations!!!The rules are explained in detail, the setting is a breath of fresh air coming from the “classic” D&D side of the TTRPG-table. Can’t wait to try this out with my friends!