Aliens
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ALIENS is a game for one or more players; it recreates the major conflicts that take place in the movie from 20th Century Fox. There are several different battles¸ or Scenarios¸ in the game and in each case the players will take the roles of the various people from the movie (Ripley¸ the Colonial Marines¸ Burke and Newt) and attempt to survive their encounters with the Aliens. There are three Scenarios¸ which are be played independently or one after another¸ to simulate the entire movie. The Scenarios are:
The Reactor Room: The first encounter with the Aliens. A squad of nine Marines¸ led by Sgt. Apone enters the lair of the Aliens in search of the Colonists.
Operations and the Air Ducts: Barricaded into the Colonys command post the remaining Marines along with Ripley¸ Newt¸ and Burke¸ face a concentrated Alien assault. As they fall back¸ Newt leads the survivors through a maze of tunnels toward the Landing Pad and safety¸ with the Aliens in pursuit.
Ripley vs. The Queen: On board the ship¸ Ripley uses a Powerloader in her final battle with the Alien Queen.
There are a number of places in the rules where the term Marine is used. In all cases this term applies to all the humans¸ including Ripley¸ Burke¸ and Newt. Players may determine who controls which Marines by any method they wish; by dealing out Marines for the Scenario at random¸ by taking turns choosing Marines¸ or by mutual agreement. When the rules state that a Marine may make a choice¸ or roll a die¸ it obviously means that the controlling Player should act accordingly.
COMPONENTS
The Components for ALIENS are:
* The Map¸ which is 17 x 34
* 3 Card and Counter Sheets¸ each 8 1/2 x 11
* Rulebook
* 4 page Rules Summary
* Plastic Stands
"A sci-fi action RPG based on the movie ""Aliens"". It uses an simplified version of the combat rules in Phoenix Command¸ although it is still quite complex. - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim"