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Offline Oldben1

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Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« on: 12 January 2015, 02:44:03 AM »
Quite a while ago I had some miniature tiles printed up from Makerbot by Dutchmogul for an Alien type game I had in mind.  They were simply printed in black plastic, and I painted them and added some bits and pieces.

The game is simple and portable!  A player moves around the Nostromo gathering supplies and engaging the self destruct sequence.  Blips are turned over every round.  they may be supplies, or Xenomorphs.

The miniatures were painted by Calimero!

Click on the word image for a closer picture.


image by oldben1, on Flickr


image by oldben1, on Flickr

image by oldben1, on Flickr

« Last Edit: 12 January 2015, 02:45:53 AM by Oldben1 »

Offline Elk101

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2015, 09:32:37 AM »
Great idea and very effective looking.

Offline Cherno

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2015, 10:49:10 AM »
Looks very nice :)

Offline robh

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2015, 12:42:58 PM »
Very effective.  I really like the pieces Dutchmogul is putting out (and the Ill Gotten Games pieces). His "home print" 3D dungeon tiles are great.

Offline Doomsdave

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2015, 03:00:30 PM »
Slick looking board.  Bravo.
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Offline Oldben1

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2015, 03:29:52 PM »
The tiles and bits of scenery turned out well, easy to paint too.  The figures need a bit of work though, definitely crude compared to cast metal.  The tiles are indestructible, which is nice, and the whole things fits in a small box so I can play at work at lunch.

Thanks for all the compliments.

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #6 on: 12 January 2015, 04:39:10 PM »
well done

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #7 on: 12 January 2015, 05:27:12 PM »
Very cool. Some good ideas I will cabbage on to...

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #8 on: 12 January 2015, 06:59:30 PM »
Do you have your little ruleset available for download anywhere?

I'm one of the folks that tend to play Aliens, but would like to see about giving the original a go.

Unless you consider Dark Star 'the original'...  lol

Thanks!

Doug

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #9 on: 12 January 2015, 08:21:47 PM »
sure pm me.  They are ridiculously simple, more of a solo boardgame really.  You could use Spacehulk tiles easily.

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #10 on: 12 January 2015, 10:20:31 PM »
I could have sworn the original was "Planet of the Vampires":


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059792/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Seriously, Alien steals so much of its look from this crappy B-movie Sci-Fi, it's uncanny.

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #11 on: 12 January 2015, 10:48:29 PM »
Simplicity is the greatest genius. Those are excellent.

Offline Momotaro

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Re: Movie "Alien" miniature boardgame
« Reply #12 on: 13 January 2015, 12:21:31 AM »
Ace idea, brilliantly done!

The game sounds good too...

Could make tiles out of drinks coasters for 28mm...

 

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