Ravensburger Alien: Fate of The Nostromo Board Game for Ages 10 & Up – A Cooperative Strategy Game of Suspense

As an Alien superfan I gotta admit I had low expectations, however this surprisingly turned out to be a GREAT , fun game. Easy to play, difficulty is enough to entertain adults while still being simple enough for my 10 yr old to play. Figures are a pleasure ( when painted) only gripe o have is they should've had an ash figure instead of a cardboard cutout.

Balance of this version is really fun, the more people the better it is imo.

In summary, this is a fun game and I've played it several times with one other player.Pros: If you play some of the Alien soundtracks while you're playing, it's creepy! The colors of the game and pieces are similar in style to the movie.There is some randomization to game play, so you can play it several times and it still feels new. The characters you play, movements, and cards help with that.It's "just hard enough" that you feel like it's a little challenging, but we've never not-won the game.I very much like the game is cooperative - it's not players against each other, it's players against the alien (or Ash).Cons: It's a little confusing to learn. There are a lot of rules and it's kinda complicated. But, that's coming from someone who mostly plays Scrabble.There are some ambiguities to the rules, which at this moment I can't exactly remember. But it's clear that the beta testers didn't have enough time to address every scenario. Or, they did it on purpose and left it up to the players to decide in the moment.There are not enough "mission" cards, including the final mission. I feel like if you've played the games maybe 6 times, you've done just about every scenario. It just seems like there could be maybe a half dozen more "achieve this thing" cards to make it playable more often.There are a lot of little pieces that you have to organize when you play. If there was a little cardboard organizer in the base of the box, you could put all the little pieces in there and that would save some table space.Some of the pieces have really small writing on them... says the middle-aged guy who doesn't want to wear his reading glasses.Again, to sum up, it's a fun game. Mostly I just wish it had MORE of it.

Great board game! It wasn’t too difficult to learn and it was very exciting to play. But I would say, the game is a bit unbalanced. It seems extensive difficult to win the game so might need some adjustments but the quality and presentation is very nice.

Super fun to play! Makes a great gift and fabulous for game night! Has multiple ending options, so it's great to play multiple times. Pieces are nice and solid, though not bendable, and add a fun bit of realism. One piece of advice: flashlights are fantastic!

I'm a solo player and this game is great for solo. Sure the missions end up on repeat but playing with different characters and different numbers of characters creates enough variations and it's pretty replayable.

This is my 3rd Ravensburger game and I am IMPRESSED each time by the quality of the components. The manual is nice, the figures are cool, the cardboard is thick, the art is awesome... this is a quality product. Well worth the time and money to pick up and play.

I'm still a novice gamer, so I'm always a little worried when I get a new board game that it'll be too hard to learn or no one will play with me or it won't be fun. None of these are a problem. It's very easy to learn, especially if you've already played Horrified. The directions are almost identical. It was wonderfully fun even by myself. Although I can't get anyone to play with me yet, this game allows for a single player. And if playing only one character is too easy (because it can be), add in a second and play both characters. Considering it's a teamwork game, you can't cheat by being two or more people.