Delta Green

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{{Infobox RPG |image=Image:Delta Green.jpg |caption=Delta Green cover |title=Delta Green |publisher=Pagan Publishing |date=1997 |designer=Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes |genre=Horror |system=Call of Cthulhu }} Delta Green is a setting for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game and was created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Tynes of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishing.

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Premise

Set in the modern day, the scenario involves a secret, renegade organization called Delta Green that is spearheaded by the United States government. Its members are dedicated to combating the 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 similar to the X-Files, drawing on the federal alphabet soup folklore, UFO conspiracy theories, and other modern legends (including the Cthulhu Mythos). It also involves groups like the Nazi Ahnenerbe organization.

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.

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.

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Publications

Beginning in 2005, the following Delta Green books were published:

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Pagan Publishing game books

  • Delta Green – the basic sourcebook; February 1, 1997, ISBN 1887797084.
  • Delta Green: Countdown – 1999, by John Tynes, Dennis Detwiller and Adam Scott Glancy, ISBN 1-887797-12-2 – the 2000s sourcebook;
  • Delta Green Eyes Only Volume 1: Machinations of the Mi-go – ISBN 1-887797-13-0 – limited edition game supplement;
  • Delta Green Eyes Only Volume 2: The Fate – limited edition game supplement;
  • Delta Green Eyes Only Volume 3: Project Rainbow – ISBN 1-887797-21-1 – limited edition game supplement;
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Fantasy Flight Games game books

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Fiction

  • Delta Green: Alien Intelligence – March 1998, ISBN 1-887797-09-2 – short stories collection;
  • Delta Green: Dark Theatres (fiction anthology, Kruger [ed.], 1999) ISBN 1887797173
  • Delta Green: The Rules of Engagement (novel, Tynes, 1999) ISBN 1887797165
  • Delta Green: Denied to the Enemy by Dennis Detwiller – a novel, set during World War II
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