Leading Edge Games

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Leading Edge Games was an American game publisher.

Leading Edge Games developed the role-playing games Aliens , Dracula , Lawnmower Man and Terminator , which are based on the films of the same name, as well as Living Steel ( science fiction ) and Rhand: Morning Star Missions ( fantasy ). Two combat systems have also been developed: Sword's Path Glory and Phoenix Command .

In addition, board games such as Aliens , Army of Darkness and Dracula , which are also based on the respective films, and the science fiction board game Dragonstar Rising were developed. In 1996, Leading Edge Games stopped activities.

Aliens

The pen & paper role-playing game Aliens is set in the world of alien films . The basic rules ( Aliens Adventure Game ) appeared in 1991 in English. The role play was discontinued in 1996 after a few additional source books .

In Aliens , you slip into the role of a marine to fight aliens. Since this is often the only action, Aliens is also known as a combat role-playing game. It is based on the rules of the role-playing game Living Steel , also published by Leading Edge Games .

In the basic rulebook, the role play is presented on more than 170 pages, with mainly background information being provided. The rules are kept short in order to keep aliens easy to learn and to allow players to act as freely as possible.

Ludography

  • 1986: Phoenix Command
  • 1987: Dragonstar Rising
  • 1989: Aliens Adventure Game
  • 1990: Aliens - Expansion
  • 1991: Terminator 2 - Year of Darkness
  • 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Board Game
  • 1993: Army of Darkness

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAQ ( Memento from May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at phoenixcommand.com (English)