Delta Green: What You Need to Know Delta Green is a game setting for Call of Cthulhu, the popular horror roleplaying game published by Chaosium, Inc. Call of Cthulhu is a game about mystery, discovery, and horror, in which the characters are more or less ordinary men and women who slowly unravel terrible mysteries about the utterly alien powers at work in the universe. Based on the writings of Jazz-era author H.P. Lovecraft and a number of authors who wrote stories based on his "Cthulhu Mythos," Call of Cthulhu is nominally set in the 1920s, and its scenarios have always been written with a small group of investigators, largely without organization or resources, in mind. Delta Green brings the Cthulhu Mythos, and the men and women who encounter it, squarely into the modern day. Delta Green postulates a secret group dedicated to investigating alien and supernatural horrors, using the resources of the U.S. government to do so. Originally a unit of the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency), Delta Green is now officially disbanded, its activities patently illegal; but its members carry on no matter what the cost, desperately facing the horrors that threaten mankind. Delta Green was created by Pagan Publishing, an independent, small-press publisher under license from Chaosium to produce supplements for Call of Cthulhu. Originally developed in a 1992 issue of Pagan Publishing's acclaimed gaming magazine The Unspeakable Oath, Delta Green was published as a massive, award-winning sourcebook in 1997, to be followed by an award-winning sequel, Delta Green: Countdown, in 1999, and several smaller supplemental chapbooks and books of Delta Green fiction. Widely recognized as one of the finest Call of Cthulhu sourcebooks to date, Delta Green won the Origins award (the premiere gaming industry award) for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997. Its sequel, Delta Green: Countdown, won the Origins award for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1999. The fiction anthologies Delta Green: Alien Intelligence and Delta Green: Dark Theatres won the Origins awards for Best Game-Related Fiction of 1997 and 1999, and Delta Green: The Rules of Engagement won the Origins award for Best Game-Related Novel of 1999. The Delta Green computer game, being developed by Flying Lab Software for a 2003 release, promises to continue that tradition of quality and terror, with an innovative graphics engine; a unique combination of strategy, roleplaying, and horrific atmosphere; and background and scripting by the creators of Delta Green itself. Want more? Okay. Let's see if you can handle it. Frequently Asked Questions: What is Delta Green? What has been published for Delta Green? What is going to be published next for Delta Green? Hey, I watch TV. Are you ripping off The X-Files? You said this was a Roleplaying Game. You mean like Baldur's Gate? Are there any plans for a Delta Green video game or computer game? How do I start a Delta Green game? Is Delta Green only for use with Call of Cthulhu? Can I use it with another game? Are the novels and fiction anthologies "canon"? What about the website? Do I have to incorporate them into my games? Can I play Delta Green online? What happened to Nightmare Factory and Operation: SANDMAN? Where can I learn more about Roleplaying Games? When will we see a Delta Green movie? Where can I learn more about the Cthulhu Mythos? I don't have the money for all those books! What are some free sources of information on Delta Green and the Cthulhu Mythos? I already know all about the Cthulhu Mythos. Which prominent Mythos authors does Delta Green follow most closely? What non-Delta Green products do you recommend for use in Delta Green games? Where can I learn more about Delta Green?

"At PISCES' direction, MI-5 intercepts mail, taps phones, and bugs apartments and homes. GCHQ--Government Communications Headquarters, the U.K.'s version of the NSA--monitors email servers and monitors the airways for radio traffic and cell-phone communications. PISCES agents infiltrate occult societies and fringe churches looking for signs of corruption. If such signs are detected, PISCES resorts to its tried-and-true methods of disposing of such threats..." DELTA GREEN: COUNTDOWN

 

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