New Aliens Board Game Details Drop From Gale Force Nine!
March 11, 2020 by brennon
We saw teasers of it at the last Battlefront Open Day in 2019 and now we're getting more details on the upcoming Aliens board game which is set to drop later this year in Q3 from Gale Force Nine!
Aliens is going to be a cooperative survival game where you will take on the role of iconic characters from the film of the same name. You arrive at Hadley's Hope, locked and loaded but soon uncover a deadly threat which is set to take all of your lives if you don't work together to put down the Xenomorphs and get out alive!
This means that you'll be playing out some of those awesome moments from the film and maybe changing the fates of some of the stories characters. All of this is done through the aid of some rather awesome looking game tiles, player aids and of course miniatures which represent the different characters.
That squad of ultimate badasses are looking very cool indeed and I love that you also get a hard-as-nails looking Ripley in the mix too. Even Newt makes an appearance, adding to the cast and offering up more options in-game.
This all sounds very cool indeed but this isn't all of the announcements for the Aliens board game...
Expansions
As well as the core game above there will also be a couple of expansion packs coming down the pipeline. The first is the Ultimate Badasses expansion which features a band of new Marines to get stuck into the fighting with.
Then, as if that wasn't enough, you've also got a really epic looking confrontation to play out as part of the Get Away From Her You B***h expansion.
So yes, this adds Ripley clad in her power loader suit and also the Alien Queen in all of her glory, ready for a mega showdown on the tabletop. Over the coming months, we'll hopefully find out more about exactly how the game plays and what the expansions add to the experience too.
If Aliens is one of your favourite movies, or you just like the idea of cooperative survival gameplay, this might be a game to keep an eye out for. This is certainly one that I'd love us to get in the studio so we can play a full Let's Play. It's certainly going to be quote-fest playing this game!
Could you see yourself snapping up this game when it releases later in 2020?
"It's certainly going to be quote-fest playing this game!"
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Very cool, one of my RPG group is a huge Aliens fan so he’ll probably pick this up.
Most of the minis look class and I love the expansion names. Queen is pretty desperate looking though. Very clunky, she looks like a Lego version.
looks and sounds to be a great game, do you get a bonus if you shoot Burke.
Will pick this up… though I hope one of the victory conditions is throwing the set on the fire.. simulating Nukeing the site from orbit…its the only way to be sure..
The IP use makes me think about the AvP issue with sculpts. The ins and outs of dealing with licenses as big as these aure can be a headache for game manufacturers.
GF9 have a track record of delivering on many IP based products. This game is complete, not relying on a bunch of future releases to complete, and unlike some other companies GF9 actually deliver on what they promise.
Yeah, no. They boned the Dust KS backers good and hard.
I like that, at least for the base set humans, they have their names on their bases.
This looks very nice and has “MINE-MINE-MINE” all over it lol
like I said for the RPG…Aliens is the only movie if like to see again for the first time…..even though I’ve seen it about a dozen times …or a hundred.. hard to not watch when it’s on the television
oh…check your dictionary for the definition of sleaze…you see a picture of Carter Burke… .a truly great acting role for Paul Reiser
CouldyoupeoplepleasestopmakingboardgameswithbeautifulministhatIwanttohavemywalletcan’ttakeitanymore!
ARGH!
resistance is futile
all credits will be exterminated
wrong franchise ?
ok … so how about :
in space no one can hear your wallet scream
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Also check ‘Nemesis’ if you want to capture the terror that is Alien …
It might not have the license, but it has the same paranoiia and invincible alien foe.
Oh no I won’t!
Oh yes you will…
Computer says No.
Looks interesting.
nice to get some news at last…been a long wait…
I want the minis! ?
Love the movies, love the cast but wish they went with art instead of photography.
I hope something based on the comics would be made. The continuation in the comics was a much better than the clusterfuck Ridley Scott manufactured.
I still can’t wait for this game! I know like most people I am a fanboy of Aliens, but come on this is going to be awesome. When the game kept getting pushed back I waited and didn’t pre order it yet. I will still through money that them. I also noticed we are missing a marine! 10 marines were sent. Not including Gorman or the flight crew. I assume they are not going to do the flight crew. So who are we missing?
I do love the look of the minis, I just hope that it’s not a repeat of archon studios AvP game as that was pretty confusing not very well balanced and very long winded.
OMG, if my friend doesn’t pick this up , I will. I did have the old Aliens game, that sadly only had paper standees for the characters. The combat mechanics were good and simple , hopefully the same. Can’t wait for this. 😀
one of my boys favourite movie, he would be delighted if I got hold of the game. Thanks for a great video I always look forward to watching when I get home from work on a Saturday.
This is a useful collection of information! I’ve linked this preview in my articles about the Aliens products: https://alkony.enerla.net/tag/system-aliens-gale-force-nine