Colonial Marines: What Comes Home to Roost 6b [Alien Campaign Play]
17This is Session 6B of a short Colonial Marines campaign for Alien: The Roleplaying Game, from Free League. Trapped aboard the conjoined wrecks of the Montebello and the Conestoga as the two dying ships fall toward LV-426, 'Rock' Kaminiski's marines seek a means of escape with their important revelations. With the full details of the plot hatched between Brigadier General Charles Tenet with various executives inside Weyland-Yutani and executed by the rogue merc Regis Lim, the squad intends to do whatever it takes to bring the corruption to light and end the threat of Species XX121 - but only if they can find and rescue their missing man - Patch Patterson.
Due to the shortness of time available, each video in this Actual Play series is considered to be half of one normal session of play (Part A or Part B). This campaign is being run as a Troupe so players have access to a set of characters during each mission.
This is the continuation of Mission 6 of a probable 7 and brings all the major players together for a chance to see who are the last marines standing.
The Corps: Initial Characters
José as Sergeant Kaminski
Eloy as Lance Corporal Rios
Ivan as Corporal Baxter
Craig as PFC Patch Patterson
The Fallen
PFC James 'Geek' Greek
PFC Nolan
PFC Holden
The Infected?
Patch Patterson
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INDEX
[note: setting and rules annotations have been included in places]
Opening Sequence 00:00:00
Titles 00:00:23
Pre-Session Discussion 00:00:43
Pre-Session Recap and Context 00:02:17
Mission 6A: Now It's Personal 00:04:05
Patch Timeline - Captured? 00:16:11
GM Note: Player Level Negotiation for Meta-concerns of time 00:19:10
Kaminski Timeline - Airborne Contagion!? 00:21:47
Patch Timeline - Held for Interrogation 00:25:00
Kaminski Timeline - Talking with MU/TH/UR 00:31:42
Patch Timeline - Escort to Medical 00:42:19
Patch Timeline - "Are we going to talk about that?" 00:47:56
Patch Timeline - Gunfire and Screams 00:52:40
Kaminski Timeline - Cautious Probe toward Medical 00:54:10
Kaminski Timeline - Flanking to secure the Hypersleep Pods 00:57:16
Unified Timeline - Alone, Disregarded, and Amped Up! 00:58:40
Unified Timeline - Get to the Cheyenne! 01:06:30
Post-session discussion 01:09:40
Behind the Scenes: Doorbells and Dogs 01:13:49
Links 01:19:00
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You can find some of our group online:
Umbramancer has put out a series of instructional videos for Alien which you can find in this playlist. His YouTube channel is here:
https://youtu.be/yjXUG_uuZIo
@ivanmike1968 has a channel showing his journey from Old School gamer to gamer, plus bass
@Third Floor Wars is a channel about gaming featuring RPGs, wargames, skirmish games, and insightful interviews with game designers from all corners of the hobby
@Runeslinger is the host of this channel. On the written blog and the podcast, a series about preparation and horror games, with Alien as a specific basis for example, is currently underway around this Actual Play series. Link below:
https://anchor.fm/runeslinger/episodes/Episode-3-1---Alien-RPG-series--part-1-e16obdp