
14 Jan Board Games & Books: Viral Body-Snatchers From Outer Space!
In the dark of winter, “man is the warmest place to hide.” From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Doctor Who, we love scaring ourselves by telling stories about aliens hiding in the skins of our friends. If you’re in the mood for sci-fi horror about hunting hidden alien invaders, check out this book & board game pairing from our collection!
-
Board Game: The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
- “It is the start of the bleak, desolate Antarctic winter when a group of NSF researchers manning the claustrophobic, isolated U.S. Outpost 31 comes into contact with a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform. Bent on assimilating Earth’s native species, the being infiltrates the facility — creating a perfect imitation of one of the Outpost 31 crew. The staff frantically begins to sweep the base, desperate to purge this alien infection before they can escape to warn McMurdo Station that something horrible is waiting in the frigid darkness.
“In the hidden identity game The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, you will relive John Carpenter’s sci-fi cult classic in a race to discover who among the team has been infected by this heinous lifeform. Play as one of twelve characters as you lead a series of investigations through the facility using supplies and equipment to clear the building. The tension mounts and paranoia ensues as you question who you can trust in the ultimate race to save humanity!”
(description via https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/226634/the-thing-infection-at-outpost-31)
- “It is the start of the bleak, desolate Antarctic winter when a group of NSF researchers manning the claustrophobic, isolated U.S. Outpost 31 comes into contact with a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform. Bent on assimilating Earth’s native species, the being infiltrates the facility — creating a perfect imitation of one of the Outpost 31 crew. The staff frantically begins to sweep the base, desperate to purge this alien infection before they can escape to warn McMurdo Station that something horrible is waiting in the frigid darkness.
-
Book: Infected by Scott Sigler
- “Across America, a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families.
“Working under the government’s shroud of secrecy CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country, trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common — a bioengineered parasite, complex far beyond the limits of known science, has contaminated them.
“Meanwhile, Perry Dawsey — a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey — awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. He soon finds himself acting and thinking strangely and hearing voices. He is infected.
“The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body. The parasites want something from him, and it goes beyond mere murder.”
(description via https://www.amazon.com/Infected-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/030740630X)
- “Across America, a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families.
- Bonus: Check out the 1982 film The Thing, which inspired Infection at Outpost 31!