Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Aliens: Hadley's Hope is a game set in the Alien universe based on the 1979 science fiction horror film. Players form a cooperative team and try to save colonists from a damaged spaceship and escape, trying not to be killed by the xenomorphs.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Traitor Game
One or more hidden players secretly work against the group.
Read the full game description
Aliens: Hadley's Hope is a game set in the Alien universe based on the 1979 science fiction horror film. Players form a cooperative team and try to save colonists from a damaged spaceship and escape, trying not to be killed by the xenomorphs. One player, whose identity is hidden from the rest, has a mission to sabotage the escape. Throughout the entire game no player is eliminated, but if you get killed as a human, you take on the role as the xenomorph they spawned. During the game, players move across a modular board with circular sections that can rotate and change the composition of the maze to their advantage or to block other players. Threats and items come up, and each round xenomorphs move towards human players. If you gather enough items to make it through the sectors alive, find enough colonists and escape safely taking them with you, you win! —description from the publisher