r/DeltaGreenRPG

Hey everybody! I know stuff like this is asked constantly, and I’ve looked at those threads but they’re kind of missing something that’s a bit crucial in this particular case. How long a particular scenario takes.

I’ve never run DG before, but have run a homebrew fantasy setting for about 7 or so years, so running a game isn’t new to me, and all of the players are experienced RPG players, but pretty much exclusively in fantasy settings. My group normally plays D&D, and our DM for this campaign is asking for a little personal downtime of about 6 or so weeks so they can get some framework laid out for that campaign. We’ve talked about trying new games and genres basically forever! He’s asked me to run something in that downtime. We’ve agreed upon Delta Green, which I’ve been dying to run now for a long time. However, DG is a fairly different beast than our usual fantasy fare with a lot of layers and complex threads to follow through investigations.

Basically, I’m looking for suggestions for scenarios that are friendly for players who are new to DG (barring one, who has listened to the Glass Cannon stuff so ideally would avoid any overlap there), but not necessarily new to TTRPGs. With the additional factor that I’d prefer to run something that lasts for about 5 or 6 sessions. I might be open to running a one shot, like Operation FULMINATE, and then into something 5 sessions long, but the same question still sort of remains. What could you guys recommend that fits the bill?

TL;DR: could you recommend a pre-written, DG beginner scenario that would last roughly 5-6 sessions?

Thanks so much in advance!

I'm running one scenario now where players missed quite important step in investigation -. It revolves around dead body and since there are a lot of different leads to follow players missed the fact that they most definitely should do background research (aisde very basic info that was given on the very start) on the victim. They pushed forward trying to understand what is happening but not knowing around whom the whole thing is revolving they miss quite substantial part of information. On one hand it feels like if I would mention this I would be spoon feeding them with what they missed but it does feel that characters they are playing would know to check this (one of them is FBI special agent). I kinda hoped that they would review what they know so far and at some point they would pick this up but after two sessions in I'm not that sure anymore. How do you deal with player and character knowledge is such situations?

Hi! An inexperienced handler here. Recently in our sessions we came across 2 situations that left me stumped, and I wonder if there are rules I missed, or should I just go with a gut feeling there. How would you handle them?

1. One of the agents became adapted to violence. The player rolled for the Charisma loss, got a 6... Which brought the total down to 0.

On one hand, this might have been the moment where the agent lost his grip on reality, can't communicate coherently anymore, etc. But it does feel like an odd edge case rather than something cool and cinematic like being reduced to 0 SAN.

In the end I ruled that his CHA becomes 3, but he gains a new disorder and loses all his bonds. Good call, or not?

2. Two agents, the guy above included, have at this point of campaign lost all their bonds. We finished a chapter, played the home scenes... Where it became apparent that all (?) of them include some kind of bond loss.

Can they pick these downtime activities then?

My ruling was that yes, they can, but there's a progressing SAN penalty if they fall a POW check - essentially the loneliness creeps in and takes hold. Not sure if it was a good call or not.

What do you think?

my god what did we do

Hi all,

I'm finally denting in the Impossible Landscapes book. And sometimes during reading I'm thrown by an unexplained detail or another.

It might be because I'm not at the right section yet. But for instance in Abigail's Appartment we find >!a photo of her parents with the eyes scratched out and a clown hand stretched around their shoulders!< and in Dorchester House, >!Orderly Richard Brice has a mummy of an infant child in a bag!<.

It's never really explained, as are other details. I''m curious. Shall I try to find an explanation or just leave it as one of the many bizarre clues we fibd throughout the story? Or leave it out if it doesn't serve the story?

Because I know players will never get to see all the fine details of this campaign. But in the other hand it's written in a campaign with so many en elements that just respond to one another, so I'm always wondering what's a real clue, what's for color, and what'z a red herring.

Inspired by the Shotgun Scenario contest hosted by the DGML, my friends and I at the Nastygram RPG Podcast are hosting our own call to write. We have been playing the second arc of our alternate history WWII DG game and are in a mood to play more Delta Green. Our parameters are pretty loose. Submissions should be no longer than two pages -not including NPC entries, items and equipment, contents of arcane tomes, etc. We have a patron-only discord with a channel for discussion, but submissions are open to the public. Entries should be sent to nastygrampod@gmail.com by 6/7. The winning author will get some swag as well as a gifted subscription to our patreon when the scenario lands on the feed.

Contest launch video

We have a couple of DG arcs already available on the feed:
Ithaca Project- *11 episodes* alternate history 1940s - murder on the Cornell University campus, rumors of nazi spies, mind-bending science
Pale Blue Dot- *6 episodes* near future- An unidentified object passes through the asteroid belt on its way to Earth. A team of investigators (and a mining company representative) are sent to assess the object.
PX Poker Night- *2 episodes* We play a classic DG scenario - a mysterious van shows up at Platte Airforce Base - A graveyard of Air Force hardware and careers turns chaotic
A Silent Night- *3 episode holiday special* 1944 - A B-17 bomber crew face the horrors of Austrian folklore.
London Calling- *currently releasing* - sequel to the Ithaca Project - a special team is assembled in London to embark on operations to investigate and inhibit German advances throughout Europe.

I’m looking for some books to read during the summer, something that had a Delta Green vibe. Already read the first three Pendergast novel. Suggestions?

Yesterday I watched “Uranus Attacks,” and in the third act, it struck me that this movie is just like a DG scenario. If you like B movies and bathroom humor AND Delta Green, then it’s well worth watching. I saw it on Amazon Prime, but it may be streaming elsewhere.

Hi all,

I remember in Cthulhu that there's an optional rile to spend luck to pass some tests. 1 luck point for 1 percent of success.

I was listening to some Delta Green Actual Play and they used a rule where you could spend 1 willpower for a bonus 10% on a roll. I was thinking that in it could be interesting in a campaign setting, but maybe overpowered in a oneshot.

Your thoughts on this?

I’m not asking about the rules of character creation or how to run a session, though this will be my first time ever running a TTRPG. My main question is where a session 0 should start from.

I’m a little hazy on whether or not the Agents should know each other and already be together/actively investigating a threat, or if session 0 could start before this point, I.e since Agents are disguised as normal people, there could be a scene for each Agent doing whatever they do in day to day life before someone sent from Delta Green informs them of a threat in their local area which they need to address. Each agent could be given a location to be at, and so then each Agent could introduce themselves in real time before starting their hunt.

Could I alternatively start with a single Agent who notices something supernatural and then alerts Delta Green, who then alerts other local Agents?

I’m just trying to get a feel for how much leeway I have in the beginning and what scenario I can start with. I feel confident about moving the game forward after that.

So Dennis Detwiller mentioned on his Patreon that he is working on an expanded edition of Impossible Landscapes. Not much detail yet other than that:

- it is mostly about restoring material he wrote for the original - they “left about half the book on the cutting room floor”
- it will include a new adventure involving >!the Chateau des Portes!<
- it will include a method for playing entirely with the tarot deck in place of the regular DG ruleset

I think that is everything he has revealed so far.

Minor spoilers for Operation Fulminate.

First off, thank you to everyone in the sub for all the advice that's been given out in general, I've been scouring it a lot lately and it's really helpful!

Now as for specifics, my question is in general, how much do you pull back the curtain after a op/mission/adventure is over? Especially for the short ones. Specifically in my case, I'm prepping Operation Fulminate for my group of players who are also new to DG and the thing that struck me is that their unlikely to recognize the >!K'n Y'ani .!< There also isn't much in the material as written that gives the Agents answers at the conclusion of the op.

I get that absolutely, some things in DG are meant to be left a mystery. But I also feel as though if the players don't get answers along the way, at least from time to time, it might feel a bit frustrating. Admittedly, while I've been running TTRPGs for nearly 30 years, it was generally in D&D and Pathfinder and there, usually the players would at least have a decent idea what they were fighting even if the characters didn't. They might not know exactly what type of dragon it is for instance, but they still recognize a dragon.

In the instant case, I'm wondering if maybe just having an NPC spout some "crazy conspiracy" theory about Moon Faced People or something ahead of time (which won't be enough to help prepare the Agents) might be something that afterward, allows for the players, through their characters, to research more info on? Or do you prefer to just keep the curtain down? Obviously I realize that the short answer is usually "whatever works for your table", but I was curious about what others do.

Finally got the chance to run Delta Green. I ran PX Poker (slightly modified) and the players seemed to enjoy it. In the end, they accepted the invitation to join Delta Green. My wife even said she really liked the agents who recruited them, a Clyde Baughman and his partner Marlene. She can't wait to meet them again! 😬