Silent Invader's Aliens Game redux - in the dark!

[Captain Blood]

Here are some (crappy) pics of the game we played on Friday.
In a very dark room, to take advantage of Silent Invader's cunningly lit game board...
Unfortunately, very atmospheric game makes for very poor photos, since the shutter has to stay open for about 10 seconds each shot - making some shake unavoidable, even using a timer...

Still, it gives you a flavour 

The claustrophobic dark.
The flickering lights.
The nagging score of Alien playing on a loop for hours...
Malamute making his own sound effects...
Oh the horror. The terror...


Rebel colonists inside the facility...





Aliens v marines in the inhospitable exterior...







There's something nasty in the room with them...





The marines enter the facility...



And secure the doorway...



Unfortunately, they're watching the wrong doorway...



'Spread out'



Hostages secured... (Actually, they are escorting the rebels out... Fools!)



But it's too late. Aliens are swarming...



Next game...



The marines land in the eerie red glow of the landing pad...



Kick-ass action from the colonists takes down the first wave of aliens...



Meanwhile the marines are somewhat distracted by rampaging terminators...



The colonists make ready to escape - stepping carefully round the pools of acid goo left by splatted Aliens...



More heroics from the colonists... WHERE ARE THE GODDAM MARINES FOR CRISSAKES!!!





Getting annihilated by the terminator hordes round by the back door, that's where...



17 Aliens died in this game... Here you can see some of their pools of luminous acid...



Endgame. The reactor has been neutralised. The scientists and colonists have escaped. The Aliens are swarming the facility, and in one dark corner, the last surviving marine meets his nemesis... Or does he?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

What a game!

[Steve F]

Very atmospheric indeed.  I hope that you could see well enough to read the dice.

[Malamute]

Excellent memories of a great day.
Can't wait to repeat it when Silent Invader enlarges the board

[Mason]

 

Wow!

That looks like a fantastic game, board etc anyway, but I bet that was an even more amazing game to play in that manner!
It must have been amazingly atmospheric.
Those lights really bring it to life.
Love it!
 

I MUST steal that idea for a game of Mordheim!
(That may not be such a good idea if one particular member of our group is playing. It is quite likely he will leave an eyeball behind on a church spire.............!)  

[Weird WWII]

Looks fantastic!

Great stuff,
Brian

[Clearco]

Really astonishing!!
Cracking stuff, for real.

[Hauptgefreiter]

COOOOL! 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks for taking and posting up the images Cap'n B - it was a great day of gaming.  :-)

[aggro84]

Looks like you guys really had a good time.

Aliens and Terminators?

Those poor Marines.

[Faber]

I'd really like to play a game like that  Wonderful board.
What a quality! 
guys...you are really lucky. Thanks for sharing Captain!

cheers
Faber

[aircav]

Looks brilliant 

[DFlynSqrl]

Well done.  Looks like a lot of fun. 

[Damas]

Ooh, jealous!  I want to play the game again.  I suppose I'll have to wait until BLAM 2012.

The in-game lighting really brings out the full character of the game. 

[Cosmotiger]

Game over, man! Game over! 

You've really captured the atmosphere of Aliens with the lighting effects.  (Although I did notice that the colony appears to have a giant light saber in the back room)>