r/alienrpg • u/Smokintek • 18d ago

Rapture Protocol advice?

Greetings hive mind!

In October there is a local con im planning to run at. Its a 4h time slot and id LOVE to runrupture protocol, or a part of it. From what I can see its about one session per act. Does anyone e have any advice to turn it into a oneshot?

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u/Captnwoopypants 18d ago

I dont have any real helpful advice besides to say cut the entire first act and give them a speed run play by play of the events and start mid act 2

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u/murdochi83 17d ago

Couldn't remember which scenario RP was until you specified the entirely pointless and skippable first act!

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u/PolyhedronCollider 17d ago

I agree, the first act is a very slow burn and can be easily skipped- just jump straight to landing at the facility

If you’re playing at a con I would be tempted to keep the pressure on more than in a home game; have the xenomorph turn up more often or have more active conflict between the two parties

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u/ChannelCommercial984 17d ago

Hope's Last Day is probably the one most suited for a Con (in terms of time). Otherwise the other adventures are just really tough. I'd highly recommend a practice session for any of them before the con to try to work out any kinks.

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u/xczechr 17d ago

Chrysalis is suitable as well. It was released just a few weeks ago and my group played through it in about three hours.

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u/ChannelCommercial984 17d ago

Where?

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u/xczechr 17d ago

Looks like it is currently only available to the Evolved Edition Kickstarter backers. My bad. Hopefully it is more widely available soon.

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u/Free_Lawfulness_3014 17d ago

They were selling the physical version at Gen Con.

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u/Jbwalkup 17d ago

Played this at GenCon. We started as the shop was landing on planet. Spent most of our time in the base, and ended with a quick run to the tunnels, where I assume the GM skipped straight to the end fight in the room with the heads.

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u/Jaruut 17d ago

Did they use the stowaway character at all?

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u/Jbwalkup 14d ago

No stowaway