After months of waiting, the Colonial Marines Operations Manual has dropped for Free League’s Alien RPG. I got my PDF in the other week and intended to scope the gear assuming that was going to be the real meat of the book. While it’s good and adds a plethora of hardware — vehicles, vehicular-mounted weapons, small arms, spacecraft — it’s the world-building that really makes this worth a look. Andrew Gaska has really fleshed out the Xenoverse, with new history, material on colonies, new templates for marine characters, and gear.

Is it worth the price? Yes, and resoundingly so. If you’re running Alien, buy it.