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Article updated: 2021.04.20
This is our review of Aliens: Ultimate Badasses, a board game expansion for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine, that is set in the universe of Alien & Predator (the setting of the Alien, Predator and Prometheus movies). It will be first produced after 2020.12.
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Details - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game expansion set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
Board game set: Aliens: Ultimate Badasses, Set type: Game expansion - Game expansion: miniature, Game expansion: rules, Game expansion: unit
Product name: Aliens: Ultimate Badasses, Product code: GF9-ALIENS02, System: Aliens (Gale Force Nine) system, Setting: Alien & Predator universe, Miniatures range: Aliens (Gale Force Nine) range (Futuristic), Company: Gale Force Nine company, Production: 2020.12.05-2021- (out of production: -2021.04.13?)
Designer: Andrew Haught
Board game features: Multi-player, Cooperative, Miniatures, Modular board
Language: English
Package size: ?
"This expansion provides new options for fighting the Xenomorph menace, adding even more badass Characters to the Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps Cooperative Survival Game. These reinforcements will help your Fire Team progress through the Campaign missions, or provide options for the Bug Hunts. As your heroes investigate the threat on LV-426, they’ll gain experience and hone their skills. Contains 6 Plastic Miniatures, Rules, Dice and Cards. skills. Choose Experience cards to compliment your Characters abilities, or build a well rounded Character to tackle any test. The choice is yours, if you can make it to the extraction point alive...
• Increase your Fireteam with six new Characters
• Gain Experience cards to give your Characters new abilities."
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Contents - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game expansion set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
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Contents - Miniatures
6x Humans (hard plastic)
1x GF9 Aliens - Marines 2 sprue
1x Apone with pulse rifle
1x Crowe with pulse rifle
1x Dietrich with flamethrower
1x Drake with smartgun
1x Wierzbowski with flamethrower
1x Burke
6x 25mm round plastic scenic base (green)
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| Apone with pulse rifle | Burke |
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| Crowe with pulse rifle | Dietrich with flamethrower |
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| Drake with smartgun | Wierzbowski with flamethrower |
Contents - Accessories
Rules:
1x Rulebook (Online rulebook (PDF))
Dice:
4x d10 dice
Cards:
6x Character Cards
64x Experience Cards
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Review - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game expansion set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
The set includes a deck of Experience cards that allow characters to improve their abilities. In a campaign mode, after each succesful mission, every character gets one card.
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Frequently asked questions - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game expansion set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
Do you need Aliens: Ultimate Badasses to play Aliens?
Aliens: Ultimate Badasses is not essential to play the Aliens board game from GF9. It provides additional options to play your game.
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Resources - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game expansion set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
Official
Gale Force Nine: Aliens Expansion: Ultimate Badasses: Official article about the set.
Gale Force Nine: Aliens: They're Coming Out Of The Walls: Article on the GF9 official website about the Aliens board game.
Gale Force Nine: Expand Your Horizons: Preview of the set.
Gale Force Nine online store: Aliens: Official webstore of the GF9 Aliens board game.
Preview
Barry Ashcroft (for The Gamer): Alien Miniatures Game Coming in October from Gale Force Nine: Preview article about the Gale Force 9 Aliens board game products.
brennon (for OnTableTop): New Aliens Board Game Details Drop From Gale Force Nine!: Preview article about the Aliens from Gale Force 9.
Gale Force Nine Twitter: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corp is landing with TWO expansions to supplement your gaming experience and let you bring the film to your tables.: Preview article about the products of the Aliens GF9 board game.
Travis Pasch (for Spikey Bits): 3 New Aliens Board Games: Gale Force 9: Preview article about the contents of the Gale Force 9 Aliens game products.§
Content overview
Reviews
Rules overview
Shut Up & Sit Down: Cooperative Games - AwSHUX Previews#Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps: Compensated rules overview video. Gives a brief overview of the Ultimate Badasses set.
the same video on GF9's channel
Gameplay
Miniatures
Gale Force Nine Facebook page: First look at some of the models for our upcoming Aliens boardgame: Preview photos of the GF9 Aliens board game miniatures. Models: Aliens (that look very different from the final looks), Ripley, Hicks variant (shotgun and motion tracker), Apone, Dietrich, Wierzbowski, Drake, Crowe, 2 marines with pulse rifle. All of the models are at least slightly different from their current versions.
Miniatures: Showcase
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Buying the product - Aliens: Ultimate Badasses board game base set for Aliens (Gale Force Nine) from Gale Force Nine
Price
Base price (Aliens: Ultimate Badasses)(2020): 16 GBP / 30 USD / 20 EUR / 60 AUD. Price/model: 2,7 GBP / 5 USD / 3,3 EUR / 10 AUD
Where can you buy it?
Gale Force Nine online store: Aliens: Official webstore of the GF9 Aliens board game.
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