Free League are celebrating Alien Day with the announcement of two new expansions for their fantastic Alien: The Roleplaying Game! The new cinematic campaign, Destroyer of Worlds, is a continuation of Chariot of Gods which was released alongside the core book at the end of 2019!
“Destroyer of Worlds, also penned by Gaska, is a continuation of the story from Chariot, this time focusing upon an iconic type of character from the ALIEN universe: the Colonial Marine. A team of Colonial Marines get dropped onto the moon Ariaricus to handle a growing insurgency, but soon find themselves fighting for their lives against enemies beyond their worst nightmares. Priced at $29.99, the Destroyer of Worlds Cinematic scenario will come in a boxed set, including maps, handouts, and cards for a fully immersive tabletop experience.”
In addition to the new scenario Free League has also announced a new Starter Kit which includes an abridged version of the core ruleset as well as plenty of additional goodies like counters and dice to help get you started!
“The ALIEN RPG Starter Set is designed to be the perfect entry point into the game and the ALIEN universe. Affordably priced at $49.99, it contains everything needed to start playing, including an abridged 104-page softcover quickstart of the core rules, 20 custom dice, reference cards, character handouts, a huge starmap, and the complete Cinematic scenario Chariot of the Gods by sci-fi author Andrew E.C. Gaska.”
The new expansions are currently expected to release in August and are available to pre-order on Free League’s online store! The starter set will be $47/£38, and the expansion on its own is $29/£24. Or you can pick up a bundle of both of them for $72/£59. While the physical copies wont ship until August, you’ll receive a PDF copy a little earlier.
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And pre-ordered.
https://mailchi.mp/d8d1a3335629/alien-vtt?e=8becb4d032
Just took a look at my pdf copy of the core rules and no, that's still how it's listed; as an orbital Xenomorph research station around LV-426 in two instances, but later with that same station being named as Kathar Station a "a minor research platform maintained by a custodial staff" (it's also listed as Kathar Station on the map, with no references to Odobenus there).
That makes me wonder about Chigusa Corp being included in the list of corporations in the core rules then too, unless it also cropped up somewhere in the Alien EU without the AVP connection?
j0nesy and I are going to be playing in a new scenario from Effekt Podcast on the Free League Showcase! Game starts in about 30 minutes!
And I really enjoyed that session! No idea how that was intended for convention play as it didn't feel like 3 hours was enough time either! Some incredible play for an Alien-less scenario!
And here's another thing from the Showcase.
I do agree that the idea of things being half-told hearsay that may or may not be true is a cool way to let people craft their own stories the way they want.
i'm sure i'm about to butcher the exact verbiage, but i think gaska referred to the events in the alien rpg as "bar room tales; people talk about what's happened/happening, but it could be hearsay, or it could be totally real"
Necro-quoting. That was a mistake. There's only a single reference to Odobenus. The other mention of a station in orbit is given a different name. Not sure if that was fixed in later printings?
The full interview is below.
http://sknr.net/2020/09/19/alien-destroyer-of-worlds-interview/
Seriously though, I want that book.
I guess I would ask whether or not he's written a bunch of cinematic scenarios that are all ready to go with a staggered release over several months, or does he wait for feedback from the most recent one before he gets to work on another?
Basically does he have a big backlog of adventures for us to play in the (hopefully) near future, or are we going to have to wait a while to see more?
That's the problem, I've got so much stuff scattered all over the place because I barely have enough room to put any of it anywhere!
I guess another question would be whether or not he's involved in any way with writing the upcoming sourcebooks (or at least the Colonial Marines one, since that's currently the only one we know of)?
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/free-league/pressreleases/destroyer-of-worlds-module-and-starter-set-for-the-alien-rpg-launched-today-3032386
Right there next to the rest of your Alien and Predator goodies!
And the last one!
https://mailchi.mp/92d75b7b7a52/preorder-shipping?e=8becb4d032
I'll be there and waiting
Big horror in RPG panel with Free League.
First part of our Actual Play of Shevvie's homebrew is now up!
Part two is up!
Well deserved!
New homebrew from Effekt starring Drew Gaska.
Shevvie and I will be playing on here tonight with the Effekt Podcast. I think it's 8pm GMT.
Lol, comedy. Well played Gaska, well played.
dave from the effekt podcast partook in our session tonight (playing in shevvie's awesome homebrew!) and he mentioned the second act having a few problems, and he did some work on it after drew, but it still left me really excited to play DoW soon!
I mentioned them to Free League (though I didn't use the term silly), but I saw a proof of the book, so it may have been too late to make changes.