MURDEROUS COLONY - Survive a DEADLY investigation - Learn ALIEN

Creating your character

You will join a sub-Discord conversation for the group. Characters are pre-made, so you will have to choose between the four of them. Using the Alien rules, they will already be connected to one another. If needed, we will do a Session 0 to explain the rules, a basic lore presentation, and take a look at the characters. I own the main book for Alien, so I can provide extended knowledge on how the game works. You will be provided cheat sheets so you can understand how the game works and what the setting has to offer. You can take a look at the book if you want : knowing elements of the lore in advance is no big deal. The players should know the basic cheat sheet (it tells them how the base mechanic works) and their character sheet, to help the game flow.

Preparing for the session

The players should have a Roll20 account. The players will have to choose their character and know their strengths and weaknesses. I am very bad at visualizing characters without an image, so a me-made avatar of their characters will be provided. All of this will be taken care of on Discord, so the players will have to join a Discord conversation. I also use Watch2gether, a free website, for music, so no need to create an account on it.

What Faisselle brings to the table

I use ambient music on Watch2gether, generally from the real world place I use inspiration for the game. I love roleplay and creating NPCs, making voices or giving them mannerisms. Nobody is a nobody in my games : every single one of the NPCs have a name, a face, a behaviour. I'm a veteran of horror games : this has been my favorite genre from the beginning of my GMing in 2011. My games are often "timed". There is a time limit to accomplish things, and the rest of the world keeps moving around the players. I have played Alien and horror games for many years. I love a good investigation, horror is a very strong aspect of the game, and combat is extremely rare but absolutely deadly. I like to use the rules mostly as written, because I consider that they are here for a reason. I'd rather follow players ideas than bend the rules every time. However, my scenarios are written in a way that allows player agency above all. There is no predetermined ending, no predetermined path, only what the world would logically do and how the players are going to change that - or not.

Homebrew rules

None.

How Faisselle creates a safe table

All of my session are, at minimum, with parity : no "men only" table, and if the remaining seats are for women or NB persons, they won't be given to anyone else. Before the campaign , we take time to discuss desires and triggers. I sent to everyone via private message a document that allows to document Lines and Veils. I am the only one to read them all, and then I write the scenario according to every Line and Veil expressed. In Session 0 (written or in vocal) we mostly talk about how to make sure every character has a place in the adventure. I also take care to check of the experience of everybody, to make sure that everyone will be comfortable speaking, expressing themselves... I communicate openly about my own triggers for character backstories. During the game, everyone can use the X Card in the way that is better suited for them (private message, vocal, ping...) no questions asked. We also can discuss any matter at any time, stopping the session to do so. After the session, there is a vocal debriefing to be sure everyone was comfortable, how things can be improved for the next game, if everyone had a good time and wants to go on. I tend to ask questions about every aspect of the game, vocally or by writing them on Discord, so that everyone can answer in their own time, with their own amount of details.