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Alien RPG adventure Heart of Darkness concludes sci-fi horror saga

Free League Publishing has completed its first Alien RPG campaign with the adventure Heart of Darkness, which can also be ran as a standalone scenario

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Want to enjoy “a spiralling descent into soul-crushing madness” on your RPG night? Free League Publishing has just released an adventure for the Alien RPG, which it’s advertising as just that.

An adventure for 3-5 players, the setup for Heart of Darkness seems like pretty standard Alien stuff. A shady corporation offers to pay you lots of money to catalogue a new lifeform it has found. Xenomorph horror almost certainly ensues. C’est la vie.

While Heart of Darkness is playable as a standalone adventure, it serves as the grand finale to the Draconis Strain Saga. This began with the very first adventure module published for the Alien RPG, Chariot of the Gods.

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Alien RPG - a space station lit up in red, appearing miniscule inside the vague shape of a xenomorphs bulbous skull that its caught within.Alien RPG - a space station in the red hot heat of a sun.

Heart of Darkness’ contents include a scenario book, player maps and handouts, a bigger double-sided map for the GM, and seven pre-generated characters players can choose between.

Released on October 18, the Heart of Darkness adventure can be bought as a PDF at DriveThruRPG, where it’s priced at $17.99 / £15.91. It’s also available on Free League’s online store in physical book form, and as a Virtual Tabletop module at Foundry and FantasyGrounds. You’ll need either the Alien RPG core rulebook or starter set to play.

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