Nemesis brings alien impregnation horror to your tabletop—and it works

Enlarge / The intruders are... unpleasant. (credit: Awaken Realms)

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You're roused early from cold sleep. The ship's hibernatorium-and likely the remainder of the ship-is running on half power. There's a body nearby. More accurately, there's a body all over. For a moment, your sleep-fogged brain assumes somebody has splashed BBQ pork all over the floor and walls. Nope; that's the crew member who was supposed to be on watch while everyone else slumbered.

Welcome to Nemesis, a board game with strong (but decidedly unofficial!) echoes of Ridley Scott's Alien. It raised millions on Kickstarter-but is it any good?

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