Delta Green

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Delta Green
Delta Green sourcebook cover
Delta Green cover
Designer(s) Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes
Publisher(s) Pagan Publishing
Publication date 1997
Genre(s) Horror
System Call of Cthulhu

Delta Green is a setting for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Tynes of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishing.

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[edit] Premise

Set in the modern day, the game revolves around a secret and perhaps renegade organization called Delta Green (created following the covert raid on the town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts) spearheaded by elements of the United States government. Its members are dedicated to combating the mind-rending horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. The group was introduced in the seventh issue of The Unspeakable Oath, a Call of Cthulhu fanzine created by Pagan Publishing, in early 1993. Four years later, the Delta Green supplement appeared and spawned a number of its own modules and novels.

The premise is frequently compared to the X-Files (although the original incarnation of Delta Green preceded the X-Files by almost a year[1]), as both draw on federal alphabet soup folklore, UFO conspiracy theories and other modern legends. Delta Green also involves groups like a modern-day offshoot of the Nazi Ahnenerbe organization, occult criminal gangs and paranormal television shows, amongst others. All of these separate cords are woven into a more existential, bleak and Lovecraftian form of the Cthulhu Mythos than some other Call of Cthulhu publications.

The Delta Green supplement lays the groundwork for the scenario, setting up the initial plot and providing players with their motivations and the resources they need to carry out their tasks. It also provides a source of replacements for characters who go mad or are killed. Unlike many Call of Cthulhu supplements, Delta Green is designed to raise ethical and moral questions. As a member of a legitimate government group, acting outside their remit, the players may have to engage in questionable actions to safeguard society, with serious repercussions for whatever choice they make. The second supplement Delta Green: Countdown proved somewhat controversial for its inclusion of a cult of Russian-emigrant castrati and their use of child abuse to perpetuate their religion.

In 1998, Delta Green won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997. The setting also won two awards in 2000: Best Game-Related Novel of 1999 for Delta Green: The Rules of Engagement and Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1999 for Delta Green: Countdown.

On May 1, 2006, the Pagan Publishing homepage was updated with an announcement describing the reasons for the delay of the new release of Delta Green, and stating that the d20 edition of the game should be available in time for Gen Con Indy. While there were a few show copies available there were no copies available for sale to the public as most of them were "still being shipped from China"[2]. In March 2007 the book was finally printed and ready to be shipped [3].

[edit] Publications

As of October 2006, the following Delta Green books have been published:

[edit] Pagan Publishing game books

[edit] Fantasy Flight Games game books

[edit] Ronin Arts

[edit] Dennis Detwiller

  • Music From a Darkened Room
  • Delta Green Scenario: Future Perfect (Parts 1 & 2 available)

[edit] Pyramid Magazine

  • Green Box (8/21/02 & 10/9/02, with d20 stats)
  • Jack Frost (12/24/99 & 12/31/99)

[edit] Dungeon Magazine

  • PX Poker Night (with d20 stats), issue 96

[edit] Shadis

  • Dia de Los Muertos, issue 52

[edit] Unofficial Material

  • Delta Green: Across the Fence
  • Delta Green: Our Finest Hour

[edit] Fiction

  • Delta Green: Alien Intelligence (Tynes Cowan Corp, March 1998), short stories collection, ISBN 1-887797-09-2.
  • Delta Green: Dark Theatres (Armitage House, 1999), short stories collection, ISBN 1-887797-17-3.
  • Delta Green: The Rules of Engagement (Tynes Cowan Corp, 2000), novel by John Tynes, ISBN 1-887797-16-5.
  • Delta Green: Denied to the Enemy (Impressions, 2003), novel by Dennis Detwiller, ISBN 1-887797-24-6.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.delta-green.com/about/faq.html
  2. ^ http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/
  3. ^ http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/

[edit] External links

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