Alien Invasion rpgs

[tecnowraith]

I have been watching the V marathon on SyFy got me thinking. Are there any Alien Invasion rpgs out there where aliens shows up full head on, no hiding among us crap type game? Are there any where you can play aliens (the helpful kind), magic or psionics (or both) are involved and a few others I can't think of at the moment.

I know there is Trinity but no playable races and cthulhutech but do not like ritual magic systems.

 

[Ghostwind]

Mongoose did one called WARS that had a very brief existence. I think only 3 books were done for it.

 

[Krensky]

The Invasion Terra setting from Mekton Z. It's basically a Macross and Gundam mash-up. It has psionics, invaders switching sides, etc.

 

[Crothian]

There are four great novels by David Gerrold called War Against the Chtorr. Gurps did a suppliment based on this. It is an ecological invasion instead of just aliens.

 

[Cwheeler]

Necessary Heroes for Savage Worlds.

It's a bit comic-booky, but lots of fun!

 

[cwhs01]

Burning Empires.

An indie game based on the Burning Wheel RPG and Iron Empires comic books. And also one of the crunchiest indie rpg's i've ever seen. I think it could technically be classified as a boardgame with rpg elements.

And its also one of the best games i've seen, if you accept the premise.

 

[jdrakeh]

In the spirit of V, only Hidden Invasion by Crunchy Frog and Conspiracy X by Eden Studios come to mind. All of the other games so far mentioned — with the exception of War Against the Chtorr — take place in the distant future, on alien planets, or incorporate super heroes into the mix. So, really, they're nothing at all like V.

 

[jdrakeh]

In the spirit of V, only Hidden Invasion by Crunchy Frog and Conspiracy X by Eden Studios come to mind. All of the other games so far mentioned — with the exception of War Against the Chtorr — take place in the distant future, on alien planets, or incorporate super heroes into the mix. So, really, they're nothing at all like V.

D'oh. Feel free to ignore me.

 

[Voadam]

Similarly themed Dragon Magazine 309 set up a Githyanki Invasion of the D&D world, followed with Dungeon 100 combined with Polyhedron 159 which had an adventure and further exploration of the premise.

Extraplanar invasion rather than alien invasion, but similar idea for D&D genre/world.

 

[Betote]

Cthulhutech. Well, sorta.