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The first choice for your character in Campaign play is your career. Your career choice determines your background and your role in the group. It influences your attributes, your skills, your starting gear and what starting talent you can have.

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Unless you’re a dirtbound colonist, you need to get around in space and occasionally make a pit stop: you need a spacecraft.

SPACECRAFT

Everyone answers to someone and everybody wants to get paid. In the early 21st century, humanity stood on a precipice. Establishing off-world colonies within the solar system, corporations gave humanity new places to flourish rather than wither on a damaged Earth.

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Humans are arrogant sons of bitches. We leaped into space thinking we’d make it our own. There is life out here, and it wants us all dead.

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Building Better Worlds

Chariot of the Gods

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 and 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. The ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game is a beautifully illustrated full-color book of 392 pages, both presenting the world of ALIEN in the year 2183 and a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to enhance the ALIEN experience. The game supports two distinct game modes:<ul><li>Cinematic play is based on pre-made scenarios that emulate the dramatic arc of an ALIEN film. Designed to be played in a single session, this game mode emphasizes high stakes and fast and brutal play. You are not all expected to survive. The core rulebook contains one introductory Cinematic scenario, Hope’s Last Day.</li><li>Campaign play is designed for longer continuous play with the same cast of player characters over many game sessions, letting you explore the ALIEN universe freely, sandbox style. The core rulebook contains random tables and other powerful tools to quickly create star systems, colonies, missions, encounters, and NPCs for your campaign.</li></ul>The rules of the game are based on the acclaimed Year Zero Engine, used in award-winning games such as Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero, but adapted and further developed to fully support and enhance the core themes of ALIEN: horror and action in the cold darkness of space. Unlocking this title unlocks the content in the digital reader on ALIEN: RPG Nexus, as well as in additional features as they become available during Early Access.

The official ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game—a universe of body horror and corporate brinkmanship. It’s harsh and unforgiving and you are nothing if not expendable.

Armor piercing rounds sizzle through raw flesh as plasma beams sear swollen retinas. Acrid smoke chokes down your throat before you realize what&rsquo;s burning is you. Chemical attacks melt your armor, simmer your eyeballs, and fuse your helmet to your skull, while bioweapons turn your insides out and pulp you into a quivering mound of black jelly. Welcome to war on the razor edge of space, marine&mdash;where nukes are yesterday&rsquo;s news, pulse rounds are cheap and a human life is only worth its weight in stock options. It&rsquo;s a living hell&mdash;but none of that&rsquo;s as bad as the flashes of gnashing metal teeth that terrorize you every time you try to close your eyes&mdash;like some monster just split your head open and crawled inside your dreams.&nbsp; Sometimes you&rsquo;ve gotta wonder what the hell it&rsquo;s all for. But no one pays you to ask why, only to follow orders. You&rsquo;re just a grunt&mdash;no offense. So lock and load your pulse rifle, marine&mdash;you&rsquo;ve got a job to do. Protect and serve the citizens and colonies of the Outer Rim&mdash;no matter what the cost. ALIEN RPG: Colonial Marines Operations Manual is a complete campaign module for the award-winning official ALIEN roleplaying game, giving you all the tools you need to run a full open-world campaign as the iconic Colonial Marines. This 352-page book includes:
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<li>History &amp; Organization &ndash; the inside story of the illustrious USCMC.</li>
<li>Creating Marines &ndash; expanded character creation rules for grunts of all kinds.</li>
<li>Weapons &amp; Vehicles &ndash; an extensive chapter with new gear, gloriously illustrated.</li>
<li>The Frontier War &ndash; the framework and backstory for a Colonial Marines campaign.</li>
<li>Factions on the Frontier &ndash; the powers that be and their dark agendas.</li>
<li>Marine Missions &ndash; six thrilling missions for your Marines, playable in any order.</li>
<li>The Endgame &ndash; the showdown against a deadly enemy, finally revealed.</li>
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NOTE: The ALIEN RPG core rulebook is required to use this book. Unlocking this title unlocks the content in the digital reader on ALIEN: RPG Nexus, as well as in additional features as they become available during Early Access.

A complete campaign module for the official ALIEN roleplaying game, giving you all the tools you need to run a full open-world campaign as the iconic Colonial Marines.

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&ldquo;Space is a pitch black room&mdash;stick your hand out and you might never get it back. Of course, you also might touch god. It&rsquo;s a gamble either way. To not try, however, is to wither and die&mdash;only those bold and foolish enough to take a chance will change their lives.&rdquo; &mdash;Captain J.V. Gorham, Far Spinward Colonies, Pioneer, Weyland Corp.
All the wonder and danger of the stars is yours&mdash;if you can just wipe the grime off your face and dig the dirt out from under your fingernails first. Airless moons circle swirling gas giants, eager to be transformed into tomorrow&rsquo;s paradise. Dark ancient mysteries wait to be unearthed beneath a millennium of debris. Searing solar flares boil your flesh and blacken your bones as you harness their power to light a hundred worlds. Long lost mysteries lie entombed in the frozen hearts of icy comets. Unstable tectonic plates shift to drown iridium mines in scalding lava. Even the truth of humanity's origins awaits you out there, orbiting some dying star. And out there amongst it all is something truly horrifying&mdash;something that nature never intended.&nbsp;
Something alien.
Building Better Worlds is a complete campaign module for the award-winning official ALIEN roleplaying game, giving you all the tools you need to run a full open-world campaign as a pioneering explorer or colonist. This book includes:
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<li>History of Colonization &ndash; the story of humanity&rsquo;s reach for the stars.</li>
<li>Creating Explorers &amp; Colonists &ndash; expanded character creation rules for life on the frontier.</li>
<li>Gear &amp; Ships &ndash; an extensive chapter with new gear and spaceships, gloriously illustrated.</li>
<li>Extrasolar Species Catalog &ndash; new Xenomorphic creatures to encounter.</li>
<li>The Lost Worlds &ndash; the framework and backstory for a frontier campaign.</li>
<li>Expeditions &ndash; six thrilling expeditions into uncharted space, playable in any order.</li>
<li>The Endgame &ndash; the final showdown with everything at stake.</li>
<li>The Appendix &ndash; create your own frontier and colonize it.</li>
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NOTE: The ALIEN RPG core rulebook is required to use this book.
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A complete campaign module, giving you all the tools you need to run a full open-world campaign as a pioneering explorer or colonist.

The job was routine, the money fair. Then the damn company diverted you to answer a distress call from a ship that disappeared almost 80 years ago&mdash;a derelict carrying something bizarre, twisted, and alien. What the ship&rsquo;s frozen crew brought back with them was bad enough&mdash;what they themselves were turning into was a bloody nightmare. Add to that an annoying sensor ghost shadowing you in the void, and your stress level is shot.&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s all a bit much.
You don&rsquo;t get paid enough to deal with monsters. But hold your breath, count to three, and play your cards right with this one, and you just might walk away very rich. Oh, who am I kidding?
You&rsquo;re all going to die. 
Chariot of the Gods is a complete Cinematic Scenario for the ALIEN Roleplaying Game written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska. The 48-page scenario designed to introduce you to the game while at the same time taking you on a thrilling, terror-filled ride into deep space where no one can hear you scream.
Chariot of the Gods is designed for 3&ndash;5 players plus the GM and takes at least 4&ndash;5 hours to complete.
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A cinematic scenario for 3-5 players designed to introduce you to the ALIEN Roleplaying Game.

INTERFACE 3301 — WEYLAND-YUTANI — FROM NETWORKCOMCON NODE 1010141 — EIJA33477975MESSAGE BEGINS.NEW LIFE DISCOVERED. CLASSIFICATION, EXTREMOPHILE. SERVICESREQUIRED. CONTRACT FOLLOWS.AWAITING ACKNOWLEDGMENT...The company found a new lifeform, and they want you to study it. Their offer’s uncharacteristically generous—you catalog this organism, determine how they can use it, and bring it back so they can slap their patent on it. Fairly routine stuff. In exchange, they'll hook you up with a cushy corporate department head position, secure you a book deal, and make sure the institute of your choice gives you tenure. Did I mention the money? There’s a lot of it. Simple survey, sample, and analysis job. Seemed too good to be true. Of course it is.Heart of Darkness is a complete Cinematic Scenario for the ALIEN roleplaying game. It is a stand-alone adventure, but also serves as a conclusion to the Draconis Strain Saga begun in the cinematic scenario Chariot of the Gods and continued in Destroyer of Worlds. The scenario is designed for 3–5 players plus the Game Mother, and is a spiraling descent into soul-crushing madness. Purchasing this digital title unlocks the content in the digital reader on Alien NEXUS, as well as in additional tools as they become available during Early Access.<div class="membership-cta-block">Upgrade to a Demiplane Membership and share this book with up to 24 of your friends. Learn how <a href="https://app.demiplane.com/membership">here</a>.</div>

A spiraling descent into soul-crushing madness that stands alone or as a sequel to Chariot of the Gods. 3-5 players plus the Game Mother.

The mission was a manhunt, the objectives clear—track down four fugitives, recover any assets they may have made off with, and keep ‘em all out of enemy hands. Go find them on a frozen moon full of hostiles and get it done on the eve of war. Nothing you couldn’t handle.  But what it is that these bastards stole—and how the hell it got inside them—is another thing altogether. It’s all above your paygrade, marine—but somehow you’re the one who’s got to deal with it. Of course, now there’s an invasion fleet incoming, and there’s something else, too—something much worse. Something out there hates you—hates everyone. Something big and ugly. Something with metal teeth—and you’re pretty sure it ain’t alone. Yeah, the mission was supposed to be a simple manhunt. Instead it turned out to be just another glorious day in the corps. Destroyer of Worlds is a complete Cinematic Scenario for the ALIEN roleplaying game, written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska. In Destroyer of Worlds, players take the roles of Colonial Marines. The scenario is designed for 3–5 players plus the Game Mother, and it’s a gauntlet of one hell after another. Expect it to take three sessions to complete. This set contains:<ul><li>The main Destroyer of Worlds scenario book.</li><li>A huge double-sided map of Ariaricus colony on one side and the Fort Nebraska space elevator ground base on the other.</li><li>Seven pre-generated characters to choose from.</li><li>Custom cards for weapons, vehicles, and personal agendas.</li><li>Player maps and handouts.</li></ul>NOTE: The ALIEN RPG core rulebook is required to play Destroyer of Worlds. ​ Purchasing this title unlocks the content in the digital reader on ALIEN: RPG Nexus when it releases, as well as in additional features as they become available during Early Access.

A complete Cinematic Scenario written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska. Players take the roles of Colonial Marines. Designed for 3–5 players plus the Game Mother.

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Most of your friends will never see another world… but not you. As soon as you were old enough, you signed up for the USCMC. The pay is crap and the food is worse, but you’ve always got a bunk to sleep in and you get to shoot all sorts of weapons at all sorts of things. Life in the Corps is never dull—but the luster has begun to fade. You’ve seen things that you’ll never be able to forget, and plenty you wish you could.

Most of your friends will never see another world… but not you. As soon as you were old enough, you signed up for the USCMC.

The Frontier can be a lawless place. The Colonial Marines are spread thin—they have neither the time nor inclination to mete out local justice. Not to worry—there’s a new sheriff in town, and that's you. You don’t take bribes and you never look the other way. It’s only a matter of time before you piss off the wrong CEO and corporate sends someone to take care of you, but that's okay. You'll be ready.

The Colonial Marines have neither the time nor inclination to mete out local justice. But there’s a new sheriff in town, and that's you.

You’re hungry. Space is full of opportunity, and you’ve been assigned to the Frontier to find the next big thing. From insider information to new mineral deposits—or even a hitherto unknown life-form to exploit—it's up to you to score a win for the company and use it to catapult yourself up the corporate ladder. Worry about others later. Right now it’s all about the bottom line.

You’re hungry. Space is full of opportunity, and you’ve been assigned to the Frontier to find the next big thing.

You didn't ask for a Frontier life—your parents brought you into this world kicking and screaming. Grown-ups always ask you what you want to be when you grow up, but all you want to do is be a kid. You used to fantasize about being an adult, able to stay up late and eat junk food whenever you want. Thing is, most of the Frontier adults you know are always miserable and tired. There’s time to grow up later. For now, playing hide-and-seek in the ventilation system seems the way to go.

You didn't ask for a Frontier life—your parents brought you into this world kicking and screaming.

There are a million-and-one ways to die in space, from exposure to vacuum or unknown contagions to vicious organisms or getting accidentally shot by a drunken roughneck. In all these scenarios, you’re the one carrying the bandages and adrenaline shots. If someone survives long enough to make it to a medpod, you’ve done your job. Too many people in the Outer Veil are addicted to painkillers, and most colonies are not up to health and safety regulations. That means more people get hurt. Your work is never done.

In dangerous situations when someone suffers trauma, you’re the one carrying the bandages and adrenaline shots.

When everything is going to shit—the Company’s holding your crew’s pay hostage, there’s a mountain of reports to file from that last incident near Thedus, and who knows how many family members back home are weighing on everyone’s minds—it’s a good thing you spent all those years training to do this for a living. You’re the authority figure, the role model, the voice of your superiors, and the enlisted crew’s advocate. They’re looking to you for what to do next. Better hope your training has a solution to this one.

You’re the authority figure, the role model, the voice of your superiors, and the enlisted crew’s advocate.

The stars are the limit, and they are limitless. You aren’t content to keep your feet on the ground, and on the Frontier, there’s no need to. From starfifighters to dropships, freighters to frigates, there’s always something that needs flying. You’re a thrill-seeker and an adrenaline junkie. Danger is the rush you live for, but stay frosty. Otherwise, the next time you find yourself dodging through an asteroid belt or seeing the ground rush up to meet you might be your last.

The stars are the limit, and they are limitless. You aren’t content to keep your feet on the ground, and on the Frontier, there’s no need.

Someone has to do the manual labor on the Frontier, and that someone is you. Life has dealt you some harsh blows but you’ve always struck back. People find you uncouth. You really don’t care—you’ve grown past the need for niceties. No one works harder than you. You are the cog that keeps the Frontier chugging. Your hands are calloused and your face is dirty, and the only thing harder than the work you do is the way you party.

Someone has to do the manual labor on the Frontier. Life has dealt you some harsh blows but you’ve always struck back.

Every day, new pieces to the puzzle of existence are found on the Frontier. Figuring out what makes them fit together could leap humanity over nature’s next hurdle, and you are one thesis away from the respect you deserve. Whether your field is xenobiology, astrophysics, robotics, or even archaeology, there are countless treasures in space, just waiting for someone to trip over the next asteroid and run right into them. Whether or not that's you, you’re still the one who understands them better than anyone.

Every day, new pieces to the puzzle of existence are found on the Frontier, and you understand them better than anyone.

There is green in them thar hills, money to be made on every rock you can reach, if you know what to look for—and you know what to look for. You may be an independent prospector, seeking out the rich resources that bring wealth to corporations, governments, and a little bit for yourself. Or if you’ve taken the company dime, you might be a colony surveyor, choosing the best site for building or estimating how much construction might cost, or a land agent—defining who owns what, and who owes how much in rent.

Wildcatter

There is green in them thar hills, money to be made on every rock you can reach, if you know what to look for—and you know what to look for.

The frontier needs all kinds of people to make life bearable. You’re an entertainer—a performer, croupier, unofficial club owner, waiter, barkeep or other profession, one of the unsung folks who make life in a rundown, ratshit place bearable. At the end of a long day the roustabouts and mechanics, lab technicians and cleaners, all need a friendly face and an hour or two where they can forget how tough their life is. Your job is to provide exactly that. That’s what you do. You make life bearable on the frontier.

Entertainer

The frontier needs all kinds of people to make life bearable. You’re an entertainer—a performer, croupier, unofficial club owner, waiter, barkeep or other profession.

The alchemist uses their skill at crafting to create alchemical items—such as bombs, elixirs, and poisons—that they use to defeat foes and aid allies. Smart and resourceful, an alchemist often has just the right tool for the job and esoteric knowledge to help their friends get out of a jam.

Alchemist

The alchemist throws alchemical bombs and drinks concoctions of their own making.

The barbarian is a fearsome embodiment of rage, focusing the deadly power of their anger against anyone who stands in their way. A barbarian is quick to enter battle and, once their fury has been unleashed, is immensely strong, often unpredictable, and nearly unstoppable.

Barbarian

The barbarian flies into a rage on the battlefield, smashing foes with abandon.

An artist and a scholar, the bard uses performance and esoteric learning to bolster their companions and foil their enemies. Sometimes sneaky and quite often charming, the bard adventures with pizzazz and talent backed up by an impressive repertoire of occult magic.

Bard

Skilled performances and secrets of the occult enable the bard to distract foes and inspire allies.

A defender of good who straps on armor and wields a righteous weapon, the champion protects the innocent and vanquishes evil. Steadfast in their beliefs, and devoted to both a deity and an aspect of good, they follow a strict code as they fight to make the world a better place.

Champion

A warrior dedicated to a deity, the champion uses divine power to enhance their abilities and protect allies.

The cleric is dedicated to the worship of a single deity and draws divine magic from this devotion. Clerics can be vastly different depending on who they worship, and whether they’re cloistered clerics who pursue one of their deity’s domains or war priests who serve as the sword arm of their god.

Cleric

The cleric calls on the power of a deity to cast spells that can heal allies or harm foes.

The druid walks the wild, primordial places of the world without fear, harnessing the primal magic of nature and controlling it with calm purpose. A devotee of the wilderness, the druid finds nourishment in its power, allies among its creatures, and strength in its fury.

Druid

The druid uses the magic of the natural world to bolster allies and strike down enemies.

With calculated daring and fearless determination, the fighter tracks down and confronts their enemies while defending allies from harm. A master of the battlefield, the fighter is quick to exploit opportunities and strike any who stumble within reach of their sword or bow.

Fighter

The fighter is a master of weapons, martial techniques, and powerful attack combinations.

While most people can fire a gun or crossbow, a gunslinger knows such weapons better than anyone. From reloading to customization, a gunslinger demands more from their weapons, though demanding too much can result in a misfire. Gunslingers remain unrivaled in their skill and accuracy with weapons that strike hard from afar.

Gunslinger

Gunslingers use firearms and crossbows to perform trick shots and take down their enemies while remaining at a safe distance.

Any tinkerer can follow a diagram to make a device, but the inventor creates the impossible and challenges the boundaries of reality. An inventor remains on the verge of the next great breakthrough, and every trial and tribulation presents another opportunity to test and tune their contraptions.

Inventor

The inventor battles enemies with a groundbreaking innovation only they can use.