
Predators and Marines can wear armor to help them survive each other and the Aliens. Many Terminators have rather high Power, built-in levels of Armor, and can add more Armor through some gear, making it not terribly difficult to get even the base T-800 to No-Sell most of the weapons available in a Past scenario. Characters have Power, which is also Resistance, letting them ignore a certain amount of damage from each attack. The main fan forum for the game can be found here. The game system still has a pretty dedicated following, with fans making individual cards and even full expansions based on the associated media. it's very interesting and can be a lot of fun, but requires a great deal of accoutrements and setup to play (a d6, at least one deck, tokens for regular and hidden movement, Combat Pool, Alien groups, and damage counters). This contributes to the game's odd reputation among those who remember it. A six-sided die is required for making to-hit rolls in combat. All players can search locations for supporting characters or equipment, explore the ever-growing and changing battlefield in search of their opponents or other scenario objectives, lay traps and plot ambushes, and so on. Tokens represent where your characters are on the the battlefield, with humans generally controlling a small group or squad, Predators between one and three Predators, Aliens a whole hive and potentially horde of Aliens, and Terminators a single Terminator (that changes in "Future War" scenarios). The only existing official set is based primarily on the first film, though an expansion based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day was in the works.īoth games can be considered an odd merger of CCG and tabletop miniatures game or RPG. The Terminator CCG (based on the Terminator franchise) uses the exact same system as Aliens Predator, and while the two games were never officially merged, it was no secret they were designed to be compatible and the developers intended to include interconnected crossover scenarios, but this never came to pass before the publishers folded. An expansion mostly based on Alien: Resurrection was made, with a second expansion, Atmosphere, evidently ready for printing, though it was never officially released. or not), Aliens, or Predators, and duke it out to ensure the victory of their species. An assortment of scenarios allow for players to bring decks based on humans (who may be Space Marines. Both games were developed by Precedence Publishing, with Aliens Predator published by Harper Prism, Terminator by Precedence themselves.Īliens Predator is a Collectible Card Game based on the Alien and Predator franchises, and specifically their crossover.

Technically two games, they're sufficiently interrelated to be listed under one tropes page.
