Apologies folks, looks like a couple minutes of scene setting fell out of the video. If you're confused by the jump at around 5 minutes in here's a quick intro - The crew are haulers working for Wayland Yutani, they followed a distress beacon to see a small colony on an icy planet in complete disarray and destruction. We jump straight into the action as the gang are fleeing back to their ship being chased by creatures unknown!
Weyland Yutani. Also what is 'in complete disarray and destruction' the small colony or the icy planet? English isn't hard, it's your first language so you have no excuse for this.
If you split the party to go in a vent, you are begging the cinematic logic to either: force you to make a dramatic, but sapping escape from a combat you can't win; or red-shirt you. Wheels was very kind.
What's up with the smash cut at 5:25 ish? Edit: From later context, they're on their way to some place to deliver cargo, when they receive a distress signal from some other place, a quiet settlement on a frozen planet. While they're there, they meet some woman, who gets nibbled by the titular alien, and they all bravely run away.
1:00:45 I was honestly expecting Boris, I mean Wilson, to say something about "the company will not be held liable if you continue working in your current state of injury!"😅
Davis is like The Flash. In the time it takes the others to step through and close a door, she's made it to the bridge, taken off and returned to them.
Johnny channeling Boris Johnson into Wilson was a brilliant move. Lovely sly references to the odious toad were a nice touch too. 3-5 children. Brilliant.
I think I've finally gotten used to watching your live plays, I didn't try to figure out who the guest star was, just squinted past the wig to confirm that was Lollies (not sure of my spelling). Thanks as always for sharing your game, the fun character work and the costumes :)
Next time I see our cat Mai Tai looking bug eyed when she's under her scratching post and someone approaches her, I'm going to think of Matt Jarvis cowering under the stairs.
Currently designing my own Cinematic scenario whilst listening to this play through! Hopefully one day I will have it be published and I could give it to you guys for free and signed to be played on this channel! :3
This was briliant and I'd love to see more of it from you guys. :) Then again, I'd also like to see you play more Cyberpunk 2020/Red as that was an awesome one-shot too.
The Neon Seal We’ll be playing more Cyberpunk Red as part of PAX Online this very weekend, as it happens! www.dicebreaker.com/events/pax-x-egx/news/pax-online-dicebreaker-cyberpunk-red
I am watching this for the first time, TWO YEARS later. And I am still caught by surprise when Johnny does not introduce himself as "everyone else in the world"! XD
So, right when Wheels says that they are deciding what to do with the face-hugged crew member (Cham?), my immediate thought was to stuff him in a cryo pod. It just seems like a bad idea to try to deal with an unknown parasite without the proper equipment, so just freeze it for later.
Hi guys, I've never played a ttrpg everrr! But after watching this video I emediatly bought the core rule book (and coriolis and tale from the loop). But any ways, I'm looking forward to actually play this game. Could you help me out where to find some player/platform? Thanks in advance, all the way from Amsterdam. Cheers Menno
I have blueprints of the Nostromo and there are more than 3 decks...including large equipment bays needed to house repair and support vehicles which are briefly seen in the first movie... In the uncut version of alien for example you see Ripley descending on a ladder to the Medical deck that is supposed to be on deck A... If she is above that level then the med bay is on a deck lower than the bridge level...as that is where she was when Ash broke quarantine... so I assume that she climbed down from level A to B and Lambert smacked her...(in the directors cut) If you watch the movie there are several air locks one is on the ventral area near the landing strut and the alien makes its nest in one of the cavernous landing strut bays... Then you have all the incredibly long hallways. I can understand for a roll playing mechanic to simplify such a schematic... but and extensive layout would make a more intense session imho...
I'm surprised they kept the guy with the facehugger as long as they did! My FIRST reaction would be to incinerate the damn thing, regardless of whether or not it was attached to someone 😂
I loved the 2 Alien movies (yes, there were only two! Maybe 2 1/2 😜) and was excited about the game coming out. To me, unfortunately, Free Leagues recycled system combined with their cookie-cutter layout and structure this game was a let-down. No accounting for taste I guess... But I really, really wanted to like it. Alienverse has such potential. But I still look forward to see Dicebreaker play this. (Writing this at the start of this) as I always enjoy the energy this crew brings. Please play Eclipse Phase 2nd edition, I think you guys might enjoy that game.
That was fun(-ish), except for the captain abandoning everyone to crawl around the vents-- very surprised that that actually worked out. Also no idea whatsoever how Wilson could have kept Chams safe, since 1) either it would have blown up the ship, or 2) the crew would (very naturally) stop it from blowing up the ship, which would most likely kill it. So poor Johnny's secret mission seems doomed from the start :-( . I kinda liked the story of the cinematic campaign, in that it was pretty coherent, but it was kinda linear and left little room for roleplay, which kinda seemed to throw the crew off a little. That makes sense, but I wish it had felt a little more "choose your own adventure" in some sense, so that characters had more chance to interact in more unexpected ways, even within the strictures of a more linear campaign mode. I would like to see if the RPG mode plays any better; this (of course) is a very cool environment, full of exciting possibilities. Thanks for playing, Dicebreaker!
I'm obviously late to the party, but I think they're playing a greatly reduced version of the module Chariot of the Gods. The characters are from that, at least - as are many of the broad strokes
I thought the Space Beans were a Chekhov's gun, that the crew would scoff dozens of tins and wait around vents bent over facing away from them and with their trousers down with lit matches at hand....
"... as she is cut down by this beast and leapt on. It was one of the other crew members that you had with you, who is just being torn apart by whatever this thing is." I'm going to pretend that she was Wilson's corporate mandated butt-kissing lackey. =) "You are suddenly given the horrible realization that whatever was eating your _former_ crew member maybe isn't satisfied with just one person to munch on." Alien movie cast members are like Lay's® Potato Chips. Betcha can't eat just one! =D
Love the sillyness of the crew despite the horror environment of Alien Just the comedic way everyone handled things from the med lab scene, the captian crawling into a vent, the back and forth between Rye and Wilson, their reaction to Cham to Davis jumping on him just great.
No relation to the video whatsoever beyond Free League's involvement, but it'd be great to see an actual play for Symbaroum, I know Johnny mentioned it before but said that he hadn't ran it yet and that was enough to get me to check it out and get it
I would also like a playthrough. Free League RPGs seem really cool to me. Not really a big Medieval Fantasy guy, but Symbaroum is really interesting to me (and I can't really put my finger on it)
Does anyone know what the background music is? Seems really well suited for this RPG and I wanna start GMing it soon so having that running in the background would be great :)
Idea for a cinematic scenario: Basically one of the character's wins a trip to beautiful Floston Paradise. Yeah, just rip off the ship from Fifth Element. Of course an overweight obnoxious NPc with glasses and short curly hair who has an annoying laugh, and seems nervous has smuggled some eggs, and already hatched chestbursters in stast in his luggage. A rival corporate pirate force attacks the ship, hijinks ensue. The characters are: 1) A retired cargo hauler, they finished the big haul and got their big payout and are now rich and set for life, so of course the first thing they want to do is go on a luxurious pleasure cruise, 2) The baggage handler, you were once a skilled member of corporate security, too good in fact and you discovered a corproate douchenozzle smuggling drugs, and so you got demoted and are now the baggage handler on this pleaasure cruise full of rich douchnozzles, oh and you became addicted to the drug you found cause why not. 3) extreme sport vacationer, you are going to Floston Paradise to do cliff diving, deep scuba, and other vacation action sports. Your character has the appropriate skills and equipment for these activities with them. 4) renegade news reporter here to snoop around and do an expose on all the shady stuff that happens behind the scenes on pleasure cruises.
Fun to listen to, but the rules seem to be out the window here in terms of fast/slow actions per player turn and any passing of time as outlined by the core rules.
random coment: I would like to see people use mods for the Alien Isolation (or other games) and use thir voice over work to turn an RPG session into a fan film.
I remember playing this in the 90s...took hours to create a character then seconds to get torn to pieces...so we went back to West End Games' Star Wars! Was a lot more impatient back then!
This is the kind of Alien story that I was hoping for. All new characters and kept on a small scale and not something that tries to reframe the Alien universe or add “interesting new concepts”. Are there any novels or short stories that are more like this?
How is it that the Company stooge, who everyone hated to the point of *wanting to space him just to say they did* is a more effective leader than the Captain?
This wqas fun but short with no real threat from the aliens. This was fun and all , if anyone wants more of this game check out Sr2joker's run: ruclips.net/video/VmeftvVTvoA/видео.html
Apologies folks, looks like a couple minutes of scene setting fell out of the video. If you're confused by the jump at around 5 minutes in here's a quick intro -
The crew are haulers working for Wayland Yutani, they followed a distress beacon to see a small colony on an icy planet in complete disarray and destruction. We jump straight into the action as the gang are fleeing back to their ship being chased by creatures unknown!
The true horror is the known creature, Bojo, in their midst. 😂
Thank you for this, I was very confused as to the time skip
I did wonder!
Weyland Yutani. Also what is 'in complete disarray and destruction' the small colony or the icy planet? English isn't hard, it's your first language so you have no excuse for this.
I knew that.
I knew that!
"They call you an asset to the company as well?"
"No they call me Wilson"
HE DID NOT HESITATE
Lolies tactic seemed to be similar to her Alien Isolation experience: Hide and hope the trouble just goes away
If you split the party to go in a vent, you are begging the cinematic logic to either: force you to make a dramatic, but sapping escape from a combat you can't win; or red-shirt you. Wheels was very kind.
Johnny, I appreciate the role play. I despise the character, you played
They're coming out of the goddamn Walls!
Why are the Dicebreaker crew in my walls? 🤔
Nuke them from orbit, its the only way to be sure.
Wilson gives me pretty heavy Boris Johnson vibes.
Believe that is the intention based on the reaction of the others
I wasn't sure if it was him or David Cameron, given the "better together" reference
@@MichaelWarman The stuttering and accent is too much Boris Johnson to be anyone else in my mind.
Yep, that is definitely Bojo. Frighteningly well done, Johnny.
Exceedingly, and just as bumblingly incompetent, corporate, and selfish...😅
I was keeping a straight face through Johnny’s Johnsoning until his ‘between three and five children’, that broke me.
According to the name tag logic, the character of Wheels is played by the Dicebreaker member Game Master.
His parents named him well.
Damn. Good catch.
I feel like wheels would definitely sneakily rename himself “Game Master”
I'm disappointed Johnny's nuke it in orbit comment didn't get any reaction.
It was a bit of a stretch
I was so frustrated when Lolies climbed in the vent! 😬
Why are you running and hiding?! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE CAPTAIN! 😂😂😂
Wilson gives off Boris vibes, and I instantly hated him😂😂 well done Johnny
Wow this couldn't have come at a better time, I'm running an Alien session next week >_
Is that an Alien RP session or an RP session for aliens? 🤔🤔
@@ninjafahita maybe both :P
how did it go?
alex's costumes are always on point.
What's up with the smash cut at 5:25 ish?
Edit: From later context, they're on their way to some place to deliver cargo, when they receive a distress signal from some other place, a quiet settlement on a frozen planet. While they're there, they meet some woman, who gets nibbled by the titular alien, and they all bravely run away.
I was wondering if they lost video.....
So did they just not have the video for that section or is it somewhere else in the video. Don't want to watch on as I don't want spoilers.
@@isaacluna308 No, it's just gone. I suspect they cut it for brevity, perhaps?
Sadly not the first time there’s been weird cuts/edits on a dicebreaker RPG video :-(
Its not when Johnny went to answer the door? Maybe he took a long time.
I love Johnny's middle management type corporate drone characters. Nigel and Wilson are great terrible people.
I love how when Wheels describes the Monteiro as looking like the Nostromo from Alien, he's clearly stroking the ships cat. :D
1:00:45 I was honestly expecting Boris, I mean Wilson, to say something about "the company will not be held liable if you continue working in your current state of injury!"😅
Love the role play. Johnny was born to play the 'company man.' Shout out to Alex who didnt get the easiest character as the pilot.
Davis is like The Flash. In the time it takes the others to step through and close a door, she's made it to the bridge, taken off and returned to them.
Johnny channeling Boris Johnson into Wilson was a brilliant move. Lovely sly references to the odious toad were a nice touch too. 3-5 children. Brilliant.
I think I've finally gotten used to watching your live plays, I didn't try to figure out who the guest star was, just squinted past the wig to confirm that was Lollies (not sure of my spelling). Thanks as always for sharing your game, the fun character work and the costumes :)
In space, noone can hear Lolies laughter.
Actually, that's the ONLY thing you can hear
I love the subversion of expectations with the lack of Xenomorphs.
Johnny's Monopoly impression is amazing. Made my the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
Not sure I can handle a full 2 hours of Johnny's terrifyingly accurate BoJo impression.
I love Johnny, but I kept hoping something terrible would happen to Wilson. The impression of Bojo was too real. 😂
Next time I see our cat Mai Tai looking bug eyed when she's under her scratching post and someone approaches her, I'm going to think of Matt Jarvis cowering under the stairs.
The way I thought this was a live thing when I excitedly clicked😄. Still amazing, though.
Omgggg I cant with the Miller air duct bit xD 😂😂😂😂
Currently designing my own Cinematic scenario whilst listening to this play through! Hopefully one day I will have it be published and I could give it to you guys for free and signed to be played on this channel! :3
What happened with the smash cut? Did a piece of video get moved around, or deleted on accident?
This was briliant and I'd love to see more of it from you guys. :) Then again, I'd also like to see you play more Cyberpunk 2020/Red as that was an awesome one-shot too.
The Neon Seal We’ll be playing more Cyberpunk Red as part of PAX Online this very weekend, as it happens! www.dicebreaker.com/events/pax-x-egx/news/pax-online-dicebreaker-cyberpunk-red
@@dicebreaker Yay! :D
I am watching this for the first time, TWO YEARS later. And I am still caught by surprise when Johnny does not introduce himself as "everyone else in the world"! XD
So, right when Wheels says that they are deciding what to do with the face-hugged crew member (Cham?), my immediate thought was to stuff him in a cryo pod. It just seems like a bad idea to try to deal with an unknown parasite without the proper equipment, so just freeze it for later.
Just picked it up a couple of weeks back. Haven't played it but it looks impressive on paper. Surprised I missed this video when it first dropped.
Hi guys, I've never played a ttrpg everrr! But after watching this video I emediatly bought the core rule book (and coriolis and tale from the loop). But any ways, I'm looking forward to actually play this game. Could you help me out where to find some player/platform? Thanks in advance, all the way from Amsterdam. Cheers Menno
I have blueprints of the Nostromo and there are more than 3 decks...including large equipment bays needed to house repair and support vehicles which are briefly seen in the first movie... In the uncut version of alien for example you see Ripley descending on a ladder to the Medical deck that is supposed to be on deck A... If she is above that level then the med bay is on a deck lower than the bridge level...as that is where she was when Ash broke quarantine... so I assume that she climbed down from level A to B and Lambert smacked her...(in the directors cut) If you watch the movie there are several air locks one is on the ventral area near the landing strut and the alien makes its nest in one of the cavernous landing strut bays... Then you have all the incredibly long hallways. I can understand for a roll playing mechanic to simplify such a schematic... but and extensive layout would make a more intense session imho...
I've never played an RPG before but that was highly entertaining to watch. Well done all!
I'm surprised they kept the guy with the facehugger as long as they did! My FIRST reaction would be to incinerate the damn thing, regardless of whether or not it was attached to someone 😂
Lolies, that wig is wonderful
I loved the 2 Alien movies (yes, there were only two! Maybe 2 1/2 😜) and was excited about the game coming out. To me, unfortunately, Free Leagues recycled system combined with their cookie-cutter layout and structure this game was a let-down. No accounting for taste I guess... But I really, really wanted to like it. Alienverse has such potential.
But I still look forward to see Dicebreaker play this. (Writing this at the start of this) as I always enjoy the energy this crew brings. Please play Eclipse Phase 2nd edition, I think you guys might enjoy that game.
Man outside of being a member of the company Wilson's done nothing wrong and they comin at my boy
That is the best Boris Johnson impression I've ever heard
You get a stress! And you get a stress! Everyone gets a stress!
(in Ms. Meehan's style)Oooooh fancy
Is it okay to say when Johnny's impression started I knew which character I needed to get got?
I cannot describe my excitement at the thought of playing a company lacky!
Wow Johnny managed to out creepy both Greasy Fingers and Pilfers 😬😬😂
Johnny's impression 😂
Who is it an impression of? Can't quite put my finger on it.
@@djames216 Boris Johnson
That was fun(-ish), except for the captain abandoning everyone to crawl around the vents-- very surprised that that actually worked out. Also no idea whatsoever how Wilson could have kept Chams safe, since 1) either it would have blown up the ship, or 2) the crew would (very naturally) stop it from blowing up the ship, which would most likely kill it. So poor Johnny's secret mission seems doomed from the start :-( . I kinda liked the story of the cinematic campaign, in that it was pretty coherent, but it was kinda linear and left little room for roleplay, which kinda seemed to throw the crew off a little. That makes sense, but I wish it had felt a little more "choose your own adventure" in some sense, so that characters had more chance to interact in more unexpected ways, even within the strictures of a more linear campaign mode. I would like to see if the RPG mode plays any better; this (of course) is a very cool environment, full of exciting possibilities. Thanks for playing, Dicebreaker!
I'm obviously late to the party, but I think they're playing a greatly reduced version of the module Chariot of the Gods. The characters are from that, at least - as are many of the broad strokes
I thought the Space Beans were a Chekhov's gun, that the crew would scoff dozens of tins and wait around vents bent over facing away from them and with their trousers down with lit matches at hand....
Love you all, but Johnny makes me lol in ways I didn't think were possible.
Shout-out to Wilson's/Johnny's variant on the nuking from/in orbit statement. :-D
Need more of these
Ooh, I do love me some Alien.
"You have muscles, you're an officer"...clearly Alex Meehan never actually served in the military!
I'm terrified of the Alien franchise..... so if your metrics show a lot of pausing and crying behind cushions that'll be me!!
Outstanding playthrough - thx!!!
Exactly how many people can fit into a spaceships air vent? Only John McClain knows for sure...
Yeah I liked this. Helps knowing the universe but the cast are great too.
I love fellow gamers from across the pond (American here). Thanks and Cheers! :)
No gameplay? Woah, quality content here 👌 👏.
Yes there is
I of course assume that your are listening to the soundtrack from Alien while watching this.
Is this a module or premade adventure (say in the core rulebook)?
I saw what you did there at 1:13:48 mister Chiodini... Bravo sir!
What's cool is that you can roleplay without tons of tattoos, hairs like an artist palette. Damn, are you the new rebels?... :)
I'd love more of this on your next dungeonbreaker break. very unpredictable and fun game perfect for you lot.
Are you guys going to do a play through of the new Aliens board game when it is released? (Another Glorious Day in the Marine Corp).
Fun time for all! More please!
I'm in the vent. Needs to be on a t-shirt
I like it, I want to be a game director in addition to ROLE GENERATOR, are there more?
"... as she is cut down by this beast and leapt on. It was one of the other crew members that you had with you, who is just being torn apart by whatever this thing is."
I'm going to pretend that she was Wilson's corporate mandated butt-kissing lackey. =)
"You are suddenly given the horrible realization that whatever was eating your _former_ crew member maybe isn't satisfied with just one person to munch on."
Alien movie cast members are like Lay's® Potato Chips. Betcha can't eat just one! =D
Love the sillyness of the crew despite the horror environment of Alien
Just the comedic way everyone handled things from the med lab scene, the captian crawling into a vent, the back and forth between Rye and Wilson, their reaction to Cham to Davis jumping on him just great.
eeek! Wheels (game mus'ther)!
47:00 --> there be a "creature" behind youuuuu !!!
This is an Alex Meehan's Reactions appreciation comment
No relation to the video whatsoever beyond Free League's involvement, but it'd be great to see an actual play for Symbaroum, I know Johnny mentioned it before but said that he hadn't ran it yet and that was enough to get me to check it out and get it
I would also like a playthrough. Free League RPGs seem really cool to me. Not really a big Medieval Fantasy guy, but Symbaroum is really interesting to me (and I can't really put my finger on it)
Yeah, Matt, corps in Aliens definitely "check out"
Does anyone know what the background music is? Seems really well suited for this RPG and I wanna start GMing it soon so having that running in the background would be great :)
Idea for a cinematic scenario: Basically one of the character's wins a trip to beautiful Floston Paradise. Yeah, just rip off the ship from Fifth Element. Of course an overweight obnoxious NPc with glasses and short curly hair who has an annoying laugh, and seems nervous has smuggled some eggs, and already hatched chestbursters in stast in his luggage. A rival corporate pirate force attacks the ship, hijinks ensue. The characters are: 1) A retired cargo hauler, they finished the big haul and got their big payout and are now rich and set for life, so of course the first thing they want to do is go on a luxurious pleasure cruise, 2) The baggage handler, you were once a skilled member of corporate security, too good in fact and you discovered a corproate douchenozzle smuggling drugs, and so you got demoted and are now the baggage handler on this pleaasure cruise full of rich douchnozzles, oh and you became addicted to the drug you found cause why not. 3) extreme sport vacationer, you are going to Floston Paradise to do cliff diving, deep scuba, and other vacation action sports. Your character has the appropriate skills and equipment for these activities with them. 4) renegade news reporter here to snoop around and do an expose on all the shady stuff that happens behind the scenes on pleasure cruises.
Fun to listen to, but the rules seem to be out the window here in terms of fast/slow actions per player turn and any passing of time as outlined by the core rules.
random coment: I would like to see people use mods for the Alien Isolation (or other games) and use thir voice over work to turn an RPG session into a fan film.
Wilson is the best!
I remember playing this in the 90s...took hours to create a character then seconds to get torn to pieces...so we went back to West End Games' Star Wars! Was a lot more impatient back then!
This is a different game than the one back then
Bloody hell Wheels is a fantastic GM!
I've been really interested in this RPG, but i've been too wary to try out a new system... normally i'd go to a game store but this is even better.
Johnny's BoJo impression ♥️😂👍
8:04 had an idea. What if he had to roll empathy and would have to look around real quick and wait for anyone else if he passed
This is the kind of Alien story that I was hoping for. All new characters and kept on a small scale and not something that tries to reframe the Alien universe or add “interesting new concepts”. Are there any novels or short stories that are more like this?
Alien Out of the Shadows. Alien River of Pain, Alien Sea of Sorrows, Alien Infiltrator, Alien The Cold Forge, Alien Into Charybdis.
Also Alien Isolation and Alien Prototype.
@@daniellagant2093 Thank you very much. 😊👍
Woah! First panic roll and hour and 45 minutes in?!?
Is this scenario available? It's be a perfect introductory beginners game, especially since it's subverting expectations.
I wonder if Cham is wearing a red shirt...
Surprise! He's not the redshirt, he's the villain of the story!
I... I NEED IT!!! I love the alien franchise. Not sure if it is a good idea to buy it since am new to ttrpg, but I'll do it anyway
Looks like there will be a new introductory beginners set soon. You might want to wait for that.
1:32:50 the look on Lolies face as she finds out where she is. XD
Guys you are awesome, good job.
I love the Alien RPG!!!
Like this. Game runs nicely and the GM knows his trade.
When the going gets tough, the tough hide in the vents...
How is it that the Company stooge, who everyone hated to the point of *wanting to space him just to say they did* is a more effective leader than the Captain?
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2:15 - to - 2:22 instructions unclear. Watched a PPV of UFC MMA.
_The Smooth Maneuvers_ my new band name.
This wqas fun but short with no real threat from the aliens. This was fun and all , if anyone wants more of this game check out Sr2joker's run: ruclips.net/video/VmeftvVTvoA/видео.html
How is it that Wilson the corporate shill is the only one that was
A) in any way likeable
B) Sane
Because he took the rp to heart, and we all know he personally longs for a small acreage in which to raise his children and soybeans in the flesh