In the darkness of uncharted space …
Alien. Why aren’t there more Alien boardgames? This one took a long time to burst from its egg, and things didn’t go smoothly. Apparently 1st edition was a mess, the Kickstarter was horribly late, and the game never really got any traction, but it is fun despite the old school d20 action point rules. And the production is surprisingly nice, with the exception of the atrocious rulebook and the poor typography on the cards. It’s all forgiven when you see the beautifully detailed miniatures, which with their individually modelled bases really capture the feel of the Alien universe.
This was the starter set for a whole range of Alien, Predator and Marine miniatures, including the dropship, and an expansion (Hot Landing Zone), but eventually the plug was pulled by the licensor and it was game over man. But knowing aliens, they’ll be back again soon. Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Hi
This is awesome and thanks for sharing! 🙂
One suggestion:
Add one more instance of page 6’s content about combat and ping tokens to a new page 9, so it can be printed back-to-back like the others.
That means all 3 players will have an instance of page 6’s rules as well as either an Alien, Predator or Marines half-sheet on the back.
Cheers
Simon
Yes I thought of that—you can do that right now by printing page 6 back to back with the Predator sheet. You’ll only waste a few cents of ink.
Yes – already done. 🙂 This is an excellent summary for a particularly over-complicated rulebook! Thanks again.
Glad you found it useful!
Hi ! can You make this for avp 2nd edition ?
Huh? It is 2nd edition!
yeah i know 🙂 i was so excited when i saw that You did this help for AvP that i was downloading and writing that comment above before even check that it is for 2nd edition 😀 thank You thank You thank You !!