Welcome back to Discovering Alone. Following the overview of the game, let’s explore its background story. Alone is set in a not so distant future. After the discovery of the “ORCS” space-contraction technology in the 23rd century (roughly 200 years before the events narrated in the game), humanity has been increasingly colonizing new planets around the galaxy. In Alone, interstellar ships travel using the “ORCS” space-contraction …
Two of the four finalists of the first Ares’ Paint and Photo Contest. The semi-finals of the Ares Games Official Group Photo & Paint Contest began on Facebook. Following the 150 entries in the first phase, the eight images selected by Ares Games team were randomly paired against each other for popular vote. Now, the four finalists voted entered the next round. The first challengers are …
Welcome to Discovering Alone*! In this series of articles, let’s take a more in-depth look at Alone, the science-fiction survival horror game designed by Andrea Crespi and Lorenzo Silva, and published by Horrible Guild. This first article presents an overview of the game, and following we will learn more about its setting, gameplay, and behind the scenes information from the game designers and the artist, Steve …
Here you find the three rulebooks of the science-fiction survival horror/ dungeon crawler game Alone. The Intro Rulebook, to be read first, presents the game components, the setup, and an overview of the gameplay. The other two booklets present the rules for the different sides: the Hero Compendium for the Hero player, and the Evil Compendium for the Evil players. Alone – Intro Rulebook (English) (5663 …
“A Day in the Forest”, by Peter Mourlas, selected for a “Special Jury Prize.” The first phase of the Ares Games Official Group Photo & Paint Contest is over. Participants displayed an amazing amount of creativity and passion for our games, with almost 150 entries, and Ares Games team selected the eight candidates for the final prize – the choice was really hard! We had to …
