ALIENS! [Boardgame] SIGNUPS 5/9 HURRY!

[Lamont_Cranston]

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Legend

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--> Impassable (blocks LOS; alien infestation)

==

--> Impassable (does NOT block LOS; reactor)

[-]

--> Deployment Area

**

--> APC (exit)
(

A-Z

)[/b] --> Marine
(

A-Z

) --> Injured Marine
(

A-Z

) --> Incapacitated Marine
(

AB-YZ

) --> Marine Carrying An Incapacitated Marine

&&

--> Alien

&

(

A-Z

) --> Marine In HTH Combat With An Alien

&

(A-Z)

--> Marine Is Grabbed By An Alien

&&

--> Stunned Alien

;

--> Alien Body Parts (passable)

;

--> Human Corpse (passable)

[Lamont_Cranston]

Apone(A) *** INC *** Josephine Bateman

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/Aliens/Apone.jpg

Hicks(H) *** INC *** Lamont Cranston

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/Aliens/Hicks.jpg

Vasquez(V)*** MIA ***

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/ ... asquez.jpg

Drake(D) *** KIA *** Saberwolf

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/Aliens/Drake.jpg

Hudson(U) *** MIA *** Rally Vincent

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/ ... Hudson.jpg

Dietrich(I) *** KIA *** Yabbaguy

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/ ... etrich.jpg

Crowe(C) *** KIA *** Harvey Pew

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/Aliens/Crowe.jpg

Frost(F) *** MIA *** Animorpherv1

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/Aliens/Frost.jpg

Wierzbowski(W) *** KIA *** Blackberry

http://www.freewebs.com/your-home-page/ ... bowski.jpg

Reference Card

Sequence Of Play

1) Aliens move
2) Aliens appear
3) Aliens attack
4) Marines move/fire

Aliens Attack (add marine Melee value to die)

0=Marine dead & alien leaves with body
1-2=Marine incapacitated & grabbed
3-4=Marine wounded & grabbed
5-6=Marine grabbed
7-8=Marine in HTH combat with alien
9+=Alien loses

Additional Rules

1)

Chain of Command

: Sergeant Apone, Corporal Hicks, Private Vasquez, Private Drake. Whoever is the highest on this list is in command and allowed to give orders in-thread. Everyone is free to obey or not however.

2)

Game Posting

: To make everything clear, everyone is required to post their character image in every game post. The image URL is underneath the card photo for each character (listed above). The format to post an image is:

{image%20URL}

[/img]

3)

Communication

: All characters are in constant radio contact and so communication in-thread is allowed and expected. Teamwork is tech.

4)

Exiting the Game

: To exit the game you must land on the

**

square and have at least one action point left. If you have 0 points left upon landing on the square, you will have to wait until next turn to leave the board.

5)

Posting Frequency

: This is intended to be a fast paced game. Turns are taken in order. Each player will be prodded by PM when it is their turn. If they are not able to post within 24 hours of receiving their prod, they will be considered "paralyzed by fear" and their turn will be automatically skipped.

6)

Victory Conditions

: If at least 4 marines exit to the APC successfully, the surviving Marines will continue in the next scenario:

Operations

. Additional player slots for Ripley, Gorman & Newt will be filled in order by the player that died most recently.

7)

Game Start

: Characters will be randomly assigned. Sergeant Apone will determine the order of battle and each player will deploy his character in that order within the Deployment Area.

8)

Combat Dice

: The rules state that a 10-sided die should be used, where 0<>10 but zero. This means we have to roll a 10-sided die

and subtract one

so that the combat charts match the dice; the formula is "1d10-1".

9)

Game Orders

: Each marine has a number of available actions per turn listed on their card. So an in-thread order

can

have multiple actions in one post OR can go one action (or group of actions) at a time. e.g., a marine may want to use 2 of 3 actions to aim/fire and a third to move. The marine

could

put all three actions into one post ("Using 2 actions to fire at alien in square 10,10 & one action to move west") or only 2 actions where the third is saved for the results of the first two (firing).

Helpful Rules Links

Aliens_Rulebook_Complete
Aliens_Rules_Summary
Reference Card
Weapon Matrix

For a sample of how to play the game solo, link here:

Aliens Solo Play

To see Aliens the movie (free online) link here:

Aliens Movie Link (Just click "continue to movie" [or the 'Play' arrow])

If you don't have time to watch ALIENS the movie, this video clip will give you a really good feel for what this game is based on:

Gameplay Summary

Players

1) Totem
2) Animorpherv1
3) Lamont_Cranston
4) Saberwolf
5) Rally Vincent
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8)
9)

[Josephine Bateman]

This game is awesome. In

[xRECKONERx]

...I don't get it.

We are going to play this game (which is a boardgame) here in the forum. To see how the game goes, click the

How To Play

link in the first post. We are going to play the same way and each of us will represent one of the 9 characters.

[Josephine Bateman]

Gah. I got 3 out alive. One was wounded. Vasquez had a final stand, lasting 5 rounds, completely surrounded, and killing two a round until one incapacitated her. Awesome game.

[Lamont_Cranston]

Ya did you see the movie? Vasquez was a riot!

[Rally Vincent]

/in. I love that movie.

[Josephine Bateman]

I have. It's my favourite of the series.
And I loved playing this scene. In the end, it was (this is 100% true) the crew of nearly everyone (someone died, can't remember who) running for the exit when Drake was tackled, and incapacitated. Hicks freed him, and Vasquez picked him up, and that left them stranded behind the rest of the Marines. Three got out alive, and then the aliens closed in. They didn't last.
Hicks was providing cover for Vasquez, who was just doing her best to carry Drake to the exit, which was blocked by, like 4 aliens. She cuts down one each turn, and moves ahead. Hicks isn't making much progress, and the aliens' numbers are swelling.
Suddenly, one drops right on Vasquez and Drake. Hicks doesn't have time to throw it off and he takes the shot. Drake dies. The next turn, three aliens swarm Hicks, and he fights one off. Vasquez runs back to help him, and misses.
Hicks dies. Vasquez is surrounded with no less than 6 aliens. She kills two a turn, holding her position for 5 turns. 3 of those turns she successfully throws off a pouncing alien. The sixth, she is incapacitated.
Game over, man. Game over.

[Lamont_Cranston]

HA HA! LOL JB AWESOME!

Actually for me Alien 4 is my favorite, the best of them all, but Aliens was an awesome movie!

[Josephine Bateman]

Vasquez was last alive again... and had the most kills. Her and Drake, always trying to rescue the unrescuable... *sigh*

[Lamont_Cranston]

Ya that's one of the reasons I love this game so much; it is a serious challenge. It is very hard to get out with everyone alive (just like the movie).

After all (under bad leadership) the team entered deep into the alien NEST!

I remember in the movie how Ripley said "They're cut off!".

[Drench]

I'll /in, but I have to actually load the solo thing first.

[Harvey Pew]

/in

I would want to play as "You-always-were-an-asshole" Gorman, if possible--but, of course, he is unconscious in the APC.

As to getting everyone out--no chance, five or so is OK, I think.

LMAO!

Technically though, I think Gorman fell unconscious on their way

out

[Rally Vincent]

As to getting everyone out--no chance, five or so is OK, I think.

It's possible, although kinda difficult.



Great link, I spread it to a few people right away.

Wow, grats!

[Blackberry]

/in

[Lamont_Cranston]

Wow, I wish I could make the map smaller.

The first version of the rules is complete. Feel free to chime in with any questions or suggestions.

I can feel the tension building...

[Josephine Bateman]

I call Vasquez. Pleaaaaaase?

[Lamont_Cranston]

Sorry, the roles have to be random. The only other way is to have all players in the game roll a die to determine the choice order and THEN allow everyone to choose their character. I am preferring the random method myself (since I will be playing too ).

[Harvey Pew]

Sorry, the roles have to be random

. The only other way is to have all players in the game roll a die to determine the choice order and THEN allow everyone to choose their character. I am preferring the random method myself

I prefer the second method. What is so great about totally random?

[Lamont_Cranston]

Well, its just my personal opinon but when people have a choice they automatically choose the best player and such... I mean the rules DO allow for player selection of characters so there is no problem doing it that way... Its just that everyone needs to join first.

I'll go with the majority vote concerning character allocation method.

[Harvey Pew]

when people have a choice they automatically choose the best player and such

Other people want to be Crowe too?

[Lamont_Cranston]

How do I know? Once everybody joins I don't mind everyone rolling (with ties re-rolled) and choosing in order by the dice.

[Rally Vincent]

I call Hudson. Just in case.

[Lamont_Cranston]

I cannot honor any pre-character requests. It is not fair to players that have not joined yet and it discourages future players from joining.

[Lamont_Cranston]

Wow. Here's a really kewl Alien Quadrilogy music video:

Video Link

It shows just how awesome these movies really are.

Here is a really good set of clips from Aliens which emphasizes the role of the Colonial Marines:

Colonial Marines

If you don't have time to watch ALIENS the movie, this video clip will give you a really good feel for what this game is based on:

Gameplay Summary