A downloadable game

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Outer Veil - Two weeks ago the classified Weyland-Yutani Research Facility Crest-Magma 231.a transferred goods to an authorized WeYu team. Shortly thereafter the base went dark and all team communications ceased. Your quickly assembled section of Marines and Company Representatives has been sent to investigate the communications outage, reclaim control of the base, and ensure the safety of any lost scientific data.

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The Game

Games without Frontiers is a one-act cinematic scenario for the Alien RPG (Free League Games) that is specifically designed and organized to run in a 4-hour convention slot for 3-5 players (best with 5). It comes with 5 pre-generated characters and advice for running at conventions, plus four full page art plates and a map for the entire facility. It is also an ideal one-shot for quickly immersing yourself and players in the Alien universe without being a traditional “bug hunt.”

This scenario does not feature the usual Xenomorphs, but instead has a custom main antagonist to finish the scenario as well as androids with unusual programming to confuse the situation. It does rely on the players understanding a bit of Alien universe lore, so the section “The Political Situation, Briefly” can help the GM brief any players not fully versed in the universe.

This scenario is organized into five files, in two sets: one for digital/PDF reading, the other for printing your own (POD):

Book 01_Overview & Situation Report: A high-level background and timeline, as well as a full report on all involved factions and how the PCs engage them.
Book 02_Player Intro: This scenario includes five pre-gens specifically created for this story: four USCMs and one Weyland-Yutani Corporate Agent. This section reviews the pre-gens, what they know, and how to best involve them. (As well as ideas for not using pre-gens.)
Book 03_Scenario: Details the facility, the space around it, and the overall flow of the scenario.
Book 04_Appendices: Convention Play - Advice for running this game in a four-hour convention slot; plus Design & Playtest Notes - How and why I wrote this thing, plus what I learned about game design along the way.
Book 05_HandOuts+Plates: Contains PC Sheets for pre-gens, email printouts for the backstory, maps, art plates, and covers for printing the book.
(Printer Directions: Includes directions for printing at home.)

Stay frosty!

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial, fan-made game inspired by the Alien franchise. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Studios, or Free League Publishing. Alien and all related characters, settings, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. No challenge to those rights is intended. This product is distributed for free, for non-commercial, fan use only.

Edition Wars

This game was written, designed, and play-tested using the original 1st edition Alien RPG by Free League Games. We used weapons, talents, vehicles, and backgrounds from both the original rule book and the Colonial Marines Operations Manual.

Due to the timing of the release of the Evolved edition books, we decided to keep the 1st edition stats and rules and not update any stats, armor, or other details to the new Evolved edition. When the new edition of the CMOM comes out, we will provide an additional update document to everyone who downloaded the game.