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joejoeagogo's review
5.0
A seriously well made and well thought out RPG book. Even if you didn’t know anything about the world of Alien or weren’t interested in that specific , this system is perfect for running a universe-spanning sci fi adventure. I hope I can run this game one day!
sleepyboi2988's review
5.0
Free League have outdone themselves with this title. The book itself is large, heavy, lavishly illustrated with original art and jam packed with the world of Alien. The printing itself, each page is the black expanse of space dotted with stars. The text is white or light green (Much like the movies computers) which lends itself to being very atmospheric. Interspersed throughout are little 1 paragrph - 1 page stories giving even more background.
The book is divided into a player section and a GM (Cleverly called the 'Game Mother') section like most RPG titles. The rules and text are logically presented and easy to read and grasp.
As I said the illustrations are top notch, the book not only covers Alien enemies from the original movies but also the Neomorphs introduced in the prequels. I appreciated this very much as I know I'm in a minority with the fan base here but I honestly really enjoyed both Prometheus and Covenant. Most each type of Alien has a few variants as well.
The universe is huge of course but this book does a great job of getting into some of the lesser known planets and their backgrounds along with the well known sites from the movies. There is plenty for the imaginative just in this volume alone to create an epic campaign of their very own design.
Also represented is vehicular combat both on land and in space which I appreciated.
I have purchased everything that has come out for this so far and have the next hard back volume preordered that is a resource volume on playing the Colonial Marines in more detail/depth. Simply put, very excited to get this to the table.
The book is divided into a player section and a GM (Cleverly called the 'Game Mother') section like most RPG titles. The rules and text are logically presented and easy to read and grasp.
As I said the illustrations are top notch, the book not only covers Alien enemies from the original movies but also the Neomorphs introduced in the prequels. I appreciated this very much as I know I'm in a minority with the fan base here but I honestly really enjoyed both Prometheus and Covenant. Most each type of Alien has a few variants as well.
The universe is huge of course but this book does a great job of getting into some of the lesser known planets and their backgrounds along with the well known sites from the movies. There is plenty for the imaginative just in this volume alone to create an epic campaign of their very own design.
Also represented is vehicular combat both on land and in space which I appreciated.
I have purchased everything that has come out for this so far and have the next hard back volume preordered that is a resource volume on playing the Colonial Marines in more detail/depth. Simply put, very excited to get this to the table.
jvan's review
4.0
This is a pretty good system. I dislike greatly that it has Prometheus/Covenant content in it, but that's part of the license, I'm sure, and maybe the writers even like those movies, which...nope.
Other than that, it's a good game, using a version of the Free League kind of standard roll some d6s and count successes system. The mood and feel of it are spot on, and I'd use this for not just an Alien game, but something like The Thing or The Colour out of Space, which could both easily be modelled with the system without really changing much but the tech level.
It's also a lovely book, and even though there's lots of black background and empty black space, it's pretty readable (unlike, for me, the Star Trek Adventures game, which I never finished because the black backgrounds were way too much.)
Other than that, it's a good game, using a version of the Free League kind of standard roll some d6s and count successes system. The mood and feel of it are spot on, and I'd use this for not just an Alien game, but something like The Thing or The Colour out of Space, which could both easily be modelled with the system without really changing much but the tech level.
It's also a lovely book, and even though there's lots of black background and empty black space, it's pretty readable (unlike, for me, the Star Trek Adventures game, which I never finished because the black backgrounds were way too much.)
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