We are actually doing a play through of a new Alien story on our Twitch exclusive show, Glass Cannon Labs. If you subscribe to our Twitch channel you can watch the VODs of the first 2 episodes. Episode 3 is coming soon!
Troy is great at playing on emotions and cultivating competitive spirit; Skid makes gameplay light and fun while keeping the drama believable and Joe is great at making an intensely dramatic story. Such a great team. Personally, I would love to play in a Joe GM'd game.
I am really enjoying watching Skid's face while Joe is describing the locations and settings. It's great watching someone who obviously loves the Alien universe get to play this amazing game.
Ohhh, jeez, Grant. I'm a cyclist myself and have taken some nasty spills without getting any major injury, but I can just imagine how rough it was. Speedy recovery. Watch those trees man.
I thought he was a motorcyclist, how the hell do you do that on a little kids bicycle at speeds under 80?! I've literally come off at 160 kph and walked away with significantly less harm than this dude on his tricycle!
@@matthewhopkins7042 Bodily hit a tree and see what sort of shape you're in afterward. It also depends on how you land. He went over the bars; that's literally the worst thing for a cyclist as it's a head injury, facial injury, or upper body injury, like a broken collarbone or, in Grant's case, humerus. Grant's also a big guy, over 6'3". That's a lot of mass. F=mv is a b***h. You don't need a lot of speed to acquire a lot of force, and bones don't have a lot of shear resistance; something as little as 5 lbs can snap a bone.
Hearing Joe talking about his fear around flashlights, knowing that months later he decided to start streaming Dead Space, which is lit almost entirely by flashlight 😅
Super fun episode 🥰 Joe is a great GM - Loving this Aliens series - Ty ty all of ya 🥰 The Panic rules for this are amazing but wow can be so killer 🥰🤣 OMG - The look on Skids face when the creatures showed up - Awesome 🥰
Why is no one talking about Kate Stamas using Bishop meets Sherlock Holmes level deduction skills reading those ship logs? Even for a person who codes for a living, that was super impressive!
Man, I'm glad you're ok Grant! I fell off a cliff drunk in my early twenties (about a decade ago now) and exploded the anterior cruciate ligament in my right knee to such a point there was nothing left. Most painful experience ever, but I just made jokes and laughed to get myself through the pain. On the plus side, the beer was ok. When I landed it was still in my hand when I couldn't get up, so I just carried on drinking until my friends picked me up and took me home. I woke up the next day with blood and beer all over my bed, went to hospital like 3 days later to see the extent of the damage, was out clubbing a week and a half after that and the Nurse and Surgeon laughed because they said "you shouldn't even be able to stand, but you're jumping all over the place". Anyway, I'm from the UK and the NHS paid for me to have it done privately and the last thing I said as I was going into the operating theatre was "I watched the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street last night, so if I don't wake up it's because Freddy got me", then I was out like a light lol.
you didn't give Liam a chance to block, but otherwise JOE's descriptions and reactions to what he's saying totally rocked, its like watching a movie and you feel your heart rate increase.
Yes! All homebrew from scratch. It was a 3-person team that put the story together: Joe, McD, and friend of the show Matt Jones. Loved this story and hope to do more ALIEN homebrewing in the future!
Joe makes for a great DM. Troy is obviously an incredible DM and Skid in the Azlant is also great, so good to have so many great storytellers on the cast. I haven't gotten round to see much of Matt or Grant DM but Joe really has a good tone of voice for it when he plays it straight.
I plan on doing Chariot of the Gods for my group, our first session that will be outside of the regular DnD 5e Rules, (currently doing Curse of Strahd), so this is great to kind of get an idea of pacing and how to manage events etc.
I wasn't sure how combat would go from reading the manual, but it sounds like it captures the proper intensity and franticness (??) needed for the mood.
Great episode! I was surprised that Joe didn't hit the players with more stress when they first encountered the creatures on the train, but still incredible scenario and roleplaying!
I know your pain guys! I got totalled in a car wreck in 2007. Lower leg broken in six places, sticking out in two, upper thigh snapped in half and sticking 3" out of my leg, sixteen other smaller breaks and fractures including the knee and hipjoint and base of the spine, ribs, et al . ;) They shot me up even before I got to the hospital, thankfully, the medic told me it was basically moose tranquillizer. *lol*
The weapons’ bonus is added to the dice 🎲 pool. For example, the .357 Magnum has a bonus of +1. So to make an attack roll, the dice 🎲 pool is: Agility + Ranged Combat + 1 + misc modifiers.
Ref. 1:10:40 Kate should have gone down two and Grant by one. (Core Book p.34 - 'For every [face hugger] rolled, the Supply rating is decreased by one.) Did you guys forget about Pushing your rolls (p.60)? This would, of course, have added to the stress levels.
I get nervous just playing a regular game of Pathfinder, I cannot imagine being a player in these circumstances. But man does it make for an excellent show.
Fantastic. I'm new to the GCN and was wondering if I can listen to this Alien series on Apple podcasts. I found your stuff there but couldn't find this one. Regardless, great stuff! Looking forward to exploring your stuff.
A bit late to the party, but really enjoying this. Just wondering, the images of the computer’s unread messages (green font on dark green background) … are they from the RPG book?
I got the impression Joe made them because he said he didn't make a screen for a certain part because he wasn't sure which way they were going to approach the situation or something like that.
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$1200 taxi to the hospital... you poor Americans. I'm glad I live in a country that just waives that sort of expense. EDIT: OMG i literally just covered my mouth in horror at Grant's thought that he could do a "Mel Gibson". So glad he went on to say the rest of that.
I do have to complain about the lack of all the guys locker rooms scenes changing into space suits and out of them and taking the mandatory decon showers! But I forgive you all given time limitations ;-)
Kate is a great addition but her big downside is that she's giving me the itch to get a sleeve tatoo! I mean its almost not fair how awesome she looks!
Why do the worst Alien games / fan fictions / novels always have LV* as a planet prefix? It's so cringe. Yes, Aliens was cool. But everything else in that universe need not copy it.
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Ok I'm two years late but dear god - I hope you guys pick Alien RPG back up again. This is GREAT stuff!
We are actually doing a play through of a new Alien story on our Twitch exclusive show, Glass Cannon Labs. If you subscribe to our Twitch channel you can watch the VODs of the first 2 episodes. Episode 3 is coming soon!
@@TheGlassCannon my chest just bursted with excitement! Thanks for the reply, I'll head over and click all the buttons!
@@TheGlassCannonAre those VODs available somewhere still? Can’t find them on Twitch and am subscribed 😕
Grant, wishing you a full recovery without issue!
I'm only halfway through the episode, but am _really_ impressed at the GM's ability to build and maintain tension. Nicely done!
SNEED.
Troy is great at playing on emotions and cultivating competitive spirit; Skid makes gameplay light and fun while keeping the drama believable and Joe is great at making an intensely dramatic story. Such a great team. Personally, I would love to play in a Joe GM'd game.
Just rewatched in prep for my second attempt at ALIEN RPG. Still entertaining and educational a second time.
I am really enjoying watching Skid's face while Joe is describing the locations and settings. It's great watching someone who obviously loves the Alien universe get to play this amazing game.
Yeah he's clearly the most invested
Again thank you Joe and All, quite enjoyed !
Ohhh, jeez, Grant. I'm a cyclist myself and have taken some nasty spills without getting any major injury, but I can just imagine how rough it was.
Speedy recovery. Watch those trees man.
I thought he was a motorcyclist, how the hell do you do that on a little kids bicycle at speeds under 80?! I've literally come off at 160 kph and walked away with significantly less harm than this dude on his tricycle!
@@matthewhopkins7042 Bodily hit a tree and see what sort of shape you're in afterward.
It also depends on how you land. He went over the bars; that's literally the worst thing for a cyclist as it's a head injury, facial injury, or upper body injury, like a broken collarbone or, in Grant's case, humerus.
Grant's also a big guy, over 6'3". That's a lot of mass.
F=mv is a b***h. You don't need a lot of speed to acquire a lot of force, and bones don't have a lot of shear resistance; something as little as 5 lbs can snap a bone.
@@matthewhopkins7042 weird flex. Injuries happen randomly and in a multitude of ways.
Yeah that sort of attitude seems like asking karma to pretty-please serve you up a plate of serious harm. 👀
Hearing Joe talking about his fear around flashlights, knowing that months later he decided to start streaming Dead Space, which is lit almost entirely by flashlight 😅
Super fun episode 🥰 Joe is a great GM - Loving this Aliens series - Ty ty all of ya 🥰 The Panic rules for this are amazing but wow can be so killer 🥰🤣 OMG - The look on Skids face when the creatures showed up - Awesome 🥰
The Alien RPG is so much fun! I ran it for my group for 4 years lol
Train sequence reminds me of split second with rutger
This episode just makes me want them to play a grand campaign in alien RPG. Fingers crossed.
Gotta love Joe's sound FX...
Why is no one talking about Kate Stamas using Bishop meets Sherlock Holmes level deduction skills reading those ship logs? Even for a person who codes for a living, that was super impressive!
Such a fun group for such a GREAT game!
Always solid performances from all you guys/girls😊👌🏻. Grant, I’m impressed you stayed in character with all the pain you must have - speedy recovery!
Man, I'm glad you're ok Grant! I fell off a cliff drunk in my early twenties (about a decade ago now) and exploded the anterior cruciate ligament in my right knee to such a point there was nothing left. Most painful experience ever, but I just made jokes and laughed to get myself through the pain. On the plus side, the beer was ok. When I landed it was still in my hand when I couldn't get up, so I just carried on drinking until my friends picked me up and took me home. I woke up the next day with blood and beer all over my bed, went to hospital like 3 days later to see the extent of the damage, was out clubbing a week and a half after that and the Nurse and Surgeon laughed because they said "you shouldn't even be able to stand, but you're jumping all over the place". Anyway, I'm from the UK and the NHS paid for me to have it done privately and the last thing I said as I was going into the operating theatre was "I watched the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street last night, so if I don't wake up it's because Freddy got me", then I was out like a light lol.
you didn't give Liam a chance to block, but otherwise JOE's descriptions and reactions to what he's saying totally rocked, its like watching a movie and you feel your heart rate increase.
That was the most gruesome death described in a TTRPG I've ever heard.
Joe’s DMing skills are insane! Great way of keeping the intensity and engagement! This is all scenario is homebrew?!
Yes! All homebrew from scratch. It was a 3-person team that put the story together: Joe, McD, and friend of the show Matt Jones. Loved this story and hope to do more ALIEN homebrewing in the future!
1:36:00 now this is how you tell a story
Peoples faces are so good as they get sucked into the narrative
No hits with seven base dice for that head crush attack? Joe has the same kind of luck rolling dice as I do. :P
I have watched the first two episodes of this.
First: Damn, I like you guys and how you get into it, Joe, amazing tension building and intensity
You guys are the Best, I love your shows
Joe makes for a great DM. Troy is obviously an incredible DM and Skid in the Azlant is also great, so good to have so many great storytellers on the cast. I haven't gotten round to see much of Matt or Grant DM but Joe really has a good tone of voice for it when he plays it straight.
Great session.
Very interesting to see Troys cinematic perspective.
Well done Joe and all the crew........I'm not going on a train for a while...lol
I like how Joe makes the captain sound a little like Gorman.
Grant failed his reflex save.
I am loving this game play of this group!
Absolutely loving these sessions.
This system is awesome! More episodes please!
Who needs to play Alien with these ER stories!
Damn, there's a spot to Joe's lest side ... and I've been rubbing my screen with a solvent and wondering why is it not coming off !!!
LOL
I plan on doing Chariot of the Gods for my group, our first session that will be outside of the regular DnD 5e Rules, (currently doing Curse of Strahd), so this is great to kind of get an idea of pacing and how to manage events etc.
I love these guys, wish they'd keep playing through the campaigns... This had some sick horror sci-fi.. Love it
Epic GM storytelling.
This is a lot better than Aliens the movies! From the third movie on. Awesome work guys, and Kate. Have been laughing my pants off! Troy is hilarious
I really love Joe as game master!
I wasn't sure how combat would go from reading the manual, but it sounds like it captures the proper intensity and franticness (??) needed for the mood.
I'm really enjoying this. Thanks folks!
I just love Troy repping the nightshift hat
Great episode! I was surprised that Joe didn't hit the players with more stress when they first encountered the creatures on the train, but still incredible scenario and roleplaying!
OMG! I do hope everyone is ok! Just started watching these and I love this series! Keep Up the Great Work! :)
I hope you revisit this game soon :D absolutely awesome
I know your pain guys! I got totalled in a car wreck in 2007. Lower leg broken in six places, sticking out in two, upper thigh snapped in half and sticking 3" out of my leg, sixteen other smaller breaks and fractures including the knee and hipjoint and base of the spine, ribs, et al . ;) They shot me up even before I got to the hospital, thankfully, the medic told me it was basically moose tranquillizer. *lol*
Pinin' Grant! Rippin' it up. Hope you can overcome the mental barriers and keep on with it.
The weapons’ bonus is added to the dice 🎲 pool. For example, the .357 Magnum has a bonus of +1. So to make an attack roll, the dice 🎲 pool is: Agility + Ranged Combat + 1 + misc modifiers.
Captain Johns is very intense. I'm picturing Aliens/Terminator Michael Biehn
Love you GCP come to Michigan!!
Good one!
Ref. 1:10:40 Kate should have gone down two and Grant by one. (Core Book p.34 - 'For every [face hugger] rolled, the Supply rating is decreased by one.)
Did you guys forget about Pushing your rolls (p.60)? This would, of course, have added to the stress levels.
I get nervous just playing a regular game of Pathfinder, I cannot imagine being a player in these circumstances. But man does it make for an excellent show.
Troy is playing a convincing Paul Rieser. He's a very neurotic metropolitan Jewish man and his mannerisms really come across during the game.
Does anyone know what this music is from? Its brilliant
A plus. Wow. I need to know what a 9 is on the panic chart. I just rolled a nine on the panic die.
Joe is great!
Fantastic. I'm new to the GCN and was wondering if I can listen to this Alien series on Apple podcasts. I found your stuff there but couldn't find this one. Regardless, great stuff! Looking forward to exploring your stuff.
Only on RUclips OR if you sign up for the Patreon you can get the episodes on an RSS feed. patreon.com/glasscannon
1:52:13 "spare me your space age techo-babble Atila the Hun"
May I buy this adventure online from glass cannon?
Push the rolls!
Joe puts emphasis on words like he just heard about English for the first time today.
Alien is great, but you guys figured it out fast - it's a brutal game, where the characters can all easily be killed with just one shot.
How do U shoot the devil in the back... what I f you miss..
Imho best line in the whole movie
I don't know why but whenever i see Skid's headrest for his chair I think it's going to be an alien popping out.
I relate to Kate so much when it comes to not watching movies lol
close the podbay doors dizzy lol
A bit late to the party, but really enjoying this. Just wondering, the images of the computer’s unread messages (green font on dark green background) … are they from the RPG book?
I got the impression Joe made them because he said he didn't make a screen for a certain part because he wasn't sure which way they were going to approach the situation or something like that.
possibly up to 1500 Xenos -- oh happy day and frabulous joy :p
RIP Lynn, didn't deserve that death.
Had to come from the podcast version to see what happened to grant.
There's a version without all the intro waffle? Where is it? I literally spend way too long fumbling through the start to SKIP all the tl;dl.
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@@matthewhopkins7042 how compassionate.
too good bruhs
Never been a more stressful game!
So many handsome men on one show, I think I have the vapors! *Fans herself*
The Conolly accent was funny for 2 minutes.
Hey hey!
$1200 taxi to the hospital... you poor Americans. I'm glad I live in a country that just waives that sort of expense.
EDIT: OMG i literally just covered my mouth in horror at Grant's thought that he could do a "Mel Gibson". So glad he went on to say the rest of that.
We hate it too. Please help
Get better Grant!
Oh Grant, that looks painful as hell!
YOWSA these pseudo zombies are gnarly! Wish I could have helped :O 'I cast Revivify?'
Can some one help me so I get the reference when they say that Grant is playing the Baron in space what do they mean?
In the Glass Cannon Podcast he has a dwarven gunslinger named Baron.
Oofta (701!) I wish you uncomplicated mending Grant.
701 represent!!
Was this a homebrew story or official one from Free League?
oh man be careful of the possibility of infection in that surgery.... i lost my dad in 2019 due to an infection after his shoulder surgery
Do the aliens not spurt acid when they get hurt? Bro went into melee range and stabbed the thing point blank with no repercussion.
He was very careful.
I AM Keyser Söze!
even in this terrifying scenario Dizzy's gotta show off XD im rooting for ya Diz!
I do have to complain about the lack of all the guys locker rooms scenes changing into space suits and out of them and taking the mandatory decon showers! But I forgive you all given time limitations ;-)
OMG I forgot Kate had such cool tattoos!
16:28 for those waiting for the game to start.
Kate is a great addition but her big downside is that she's giving me the itch to get a sleeve tatoo! I mean its almost not fair how awesome she looks!
first
ok ill take second
Why do the worst Alien games / fan fictions / novels always have LV* as a planet prefix? It's so cringe. Yes, Aliens was cool. But everything else in that universe need not copy it.
This was explained in the first episode. It's an acronym for "life viable."
Yeah LV is a designation for a planet that has potential of supporting life