{"id":1963,"date":"2013-08-29T09:03:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T16:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2013-08-29T09:03:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T16:03:25","slug":"delta-green-the-roleplaying-game-the-gencon-2013-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/08\/delta-green-the-roleplaying-game-the-gencon-2013-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game — The GenCon 2013 Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

A complete recording of the GenCon 2013 panel on\u00a0Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game<\/em>\u00a0is now available from\u00a0Unspeakable!,<\/em>\u00a0the podcast of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath<\/em>.\u00a0Listen and subscribe at theunspeakableoath.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"TEKELI<\/a><\/dt>\n
TEKELI LI, by Dennis Detwiller<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

0:00:00 INTRODUCTIONS.<\/strong>\u00a0Shane Ivey with Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, Kenneth Hite, and Greg Stolze.<\/p>\n

0:02:00 OVERVIEW.<\/strong>\u00a0What is Delta Green? What makes it distinct from traditional\u00a0Call of Cthulhu<\/em>\u00a0and other views of the Cthulhu Mythos? What makes its themes and issues uniquely current?<\/p>\n

0:05:05 THE GAME.<\/strong>\u00a0Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game<\/em>\u00a0will comprise two books coming mid-2014. An Agent\u2019s Handbook includes the core rules, how to create a character, and what the world looks like to the player characters. A Case Officer\u2019s handbook includes details on the Mythos, both the official view of the Cthulhu Mythos and ways to change it up to keep players guessing; as well as guidelines for running the game. Sourcebooks will explore specific factions and threats in depth, such as an early one on PISCES and operations in the UK. A World War II book will be its own standalone game based on the DG rules coming soon after the core RPG.<\/p>\n

0:12:00 FAILED ANATOMIES.<\/strong>\u00a0The fiction collection\u00a0Delta Green: Failed Anatomies<\/i>\u00a0will be the next thing out. Kickstarter in September 2013. It\u2019s a collection of Dennis Detwiller stories bookended by two stories by Robin Laws. Stretch goals will add new stories by other writers.<\/p>\n

0:14:30 RULES.<\/strong>\u00a0About the rules in DGRPG. Characters and the way skills work will look very familiar to\u00a0Call of Cthulhu<\/em>\u00a0players. New elements place characters\u2019 personal lives front and center, especially in long-term games.\u00a0Greg Stolze discusses rules for character motivations as a source of strength and a resource that\u2019s at risk. Rules for building and managing your player characters\u2019 organization and gauge how it interacts with other organizations. New \u201cKill Damage\u201d mechanics for handling heavy weapons quickly and simply without just hand-waving the results.<\/p>\n

0:25:00 THE TWO DELTA GREENS.<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Scott Glancy on the two Delta Greens: the official, budgeted, Delta Green special access program with all the cool toys, and the unofficial Delta Green that\u2019s learned to ditch cellphones, computers and social media in order to keep its operations as secret as possible. Our intent to present Delta Green as a present-day setting in the wake of the Global War on Terror, not just as an update of a 1990s post-Cold War setting. In the 1990s Majestic was the big villain representing the runaway power of a monolothic, separate government and military-industrial complex. In today\u2019s game the player characters have the responsibility for their actions as members of that secret government.<\/p>\n

0:32:30 THE MODERN MYTHOS.<\/strong>\u00a0Kenneth Hite on how we\u2019re approaching the Cthulhu Mythos as a 2014 Delta Green setting. Stories of timeless horrors that are about our time. Paranoia that we\u2019re living with every day. Cthulhu Mythos threats that reflect today\u2019s issues. The mi-go are less prevalent; the Cult of Transcendence has disintegrated. The lloigor are increasingly influential. Delta Green deals with efforts to privatize and profit from Cthulhu Mythos, including the side effects of Delta Green\u2019s own work.<\/p>\n

0:39:45 PERSONAL APOCALYPSE.<\/strong>\u00a0Dennis Detwiller on the continuing core themes of personal apocalypse, the lack of control by players and by their NPC allies, and the impact of Cthulhu Mythos investigations on the individual investigators and the lives that they leave behind.<\/p>\n

0:43:50 QUESTION: THE COLD WAR.<\/strong>\u00a0What about a Delta Green setting in the Cold War? Maybe after the World War II spinoff game. Maybe.<\/p>\n

0:45:30 QUESTION: PLAYING THE UNOFFICIAL DELTA GREEN.<\/strong>\u00a0Are there options for playing in the unofficial Delta Green? Yes. It\u2019s fragmented and isolated and up to the players and GM what shape it takes. Keeping the campaign and the player characters\u2019 situation the same as ever will be an option.<\/p>\n

0:47:15 QUESTION: ONGOING NARRATIVE.<\/strong>\u00a0Will there be a narrative progression from what happened before? Yes but a lot of the history will be distilled and made more concise.<\/p>\n

0:48:10 QUESTION: MORE ABOUT THE UNOFFICIAL DELTA GREEN.<\/strong>Official and unofficial DG coexisting in the same setting and how they interact. How newcomers to the unofficial DG are recruited and learn old-school tradecraft.<\/p>\n

0:49:40 NOBODY\u2019S IN CONTROL.<\/strong>\u00a0The importance of dispelling the illusion that anybody in the setting, especially Delta Green, is really in control or fully aware of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

0:50:40 QUESTION: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.<\/strong>\u00a0The core rules will focus on U.S. agencies and characters and their work at home and overseas. We\u2019ll save exploration of foreign agencies for later supplements and\u00a0Unspeakable Oath<\/em><\/a>\u00a0features.<\/p>\n

0:52:20 FOR MORE INFORMATION.<\/strong>\u00a0Get more information at\u00a0delta-green.com<\/a>; an\u00a0announcements-only email list<\/a>; the\u00a0Delta Green page on Facebook<\/a>; and for detailed discussions, the\u00a0Delta Green mailing list.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A complete recording of the GenCon 2013 panel on\u00a0Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game\u00a0is now available from\u00a0Unspeakable!,\u00a0the podcast of\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath.\u00a0Listen and subscribe<\/p>\n

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