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Alien: The Roleplaying Game is a 2019 tabletop role-playing game (RPG) based on the Alien franchise published by Free League Publishing. The game includes a 392-page hardcover rulebook, written by Andrew E. C. Gaska and illustrated by Martin Grip, that details the rules and details of gameplay while also providing extensive details on the wider Alien universe in the year 2183.

The game was designed by Thomas Härenstam, Dave Semark, and Matthew Tyler-Jones. Illustration and graphic design was by Grip, Christian Granath, John R. Mullaney and Axel Torvenlus, and editing was by Cam Banks.

Publisher's Summary[]

"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 an 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.

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Rulebook[]

Alien: The Roleplaying Game game features two distinct play modes—Cinematic play consists of pre-made scenarios, intended to minimize the amount of required setup and allow for fast, self-contained games, while Campaign play is designed for longer, more complex play across multiple scenarios with the same set of characters. The Colonial Marines Operations Manual was released as a companion to the Core Rulebook.

  • Alien RPG: Core Rulebook

Campaign Modules[]

Adventure Modules[]

Additional scenarios have been released in the form of "Adventure Modules", with additional sourcebooks containing details of each new scenario. The first of these additional Adventure Modules, Chariot of the Gods, was released simultaneously with the base game and begins the "Draconis Strain Saga" which was followed by Destroyer of Worlds and ending with Heart of Darkness.

Bonus scenarios[]

The core rulebook includes one bonus Cinematic mode scenario, titled Hope's Last Day. Additionally, three unique tie-in scenarios were included as bonus features with the release of three Alien novels. The first of these bonus scenarios, Fallout, was released as part of the 2022 novel Alien: Colony War. Two others, EVAC and Trojan Horse, were included in the novels Alien: Inferno's Fall and Alien: Enemy of My Enemy respectively.

Companion App[]

ALIEN: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME NEXUS gives you and your players tools to experience the tension and dread of dark journeys across deep space like never before. Learn the game quickly through exploration and play, speed up game prep, and keep the tension high with fast, easy content & rules lookup. Whether you’re a grizzled Colonial Marine, cunning Weyland-Yutani agent, or even "just a kid," Demiplane’s ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game NEXUS empowers your play.

  • NEXUS

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