Descend Into Soul-Crushing Madness — ALIEN RPG Heart of Darkness Released Today
A routine job or a spiraling descent into soul-crushing madness? Time to find out. Free League Publishing and 20th Century Studios today released Heart of Darkness, the new Cinematic scenario for the multiple award-winning ALIEN RPG.
The company found a new life form, 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. A simple survey, sample, and analysis job. Seemed too good to be true.
Of course it is.
This dark expansion is now available in the Free League webshop and at retailers worldwide, as a PDF at DriveThruRPG, and as a VTT module at Foundry and FantasyGrounds.
Alien: Heart of Darkness is a complete Cinematic Scenario for ALIEN The 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.
The Heart of Darkness boxed set contains:
● The main Heart of Darkness scenario book
● A double-sided map (864x558mm) of the Erebos plasma trawling space station
● Seven pre-generated characters to choose from
● Custom cards for secret messages and personal agendas
● Player maps and handouts
PLEASE NOTE: The ALIEN RPG core rulebook OR the ALIEN RPG Starter Set is required to play Heart of Darkness.
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ALIEN – THE ROLEPLAYING GAME
[Winner of the Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020]
Space is vast, dark, and not your friend. Try to scream and no one can hear you—hold your breath and you rupture your lungs. And there are things lurking in the shadows—things strange and different and deadly. Things alien.
The multiple award-winning official ALIEN The Roleplaying Game offers a universe of body horror and corporate brinkmanship. It is a harsh and unforgiving universe, and you are nothing if not expendable. Stay alive if you can.
The core rulebook was released in 2019 by Free League Publishing in partnership with 20th Century Studios. The game immediately sold out its first print run and swiftly entered the Top-5 list of best-selling tabletop roleplaying games in the fall of 2019. It won the ENNIE Award for Best Game 2020 and the People’s Choice Award for Best RPG at the UK Game Expo. The game is currently being translated into seven languages.
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