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Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:30:25 +1000

Two questions:

1) I have watched a little bit of a video of a Paranoia game being played called ‘I’m Sorry Daiv’ which I love the 2001 connection. Is this an official Paranoia mission or something else? I can’t find any information on it.

2) So for my next Paranoia I am preparing for running ‘Mister Bubbles’. I’m about halfway through reading it. Now the Market scene, it seems like a funny scene but how much do characters have for money/credits/XP whatever to spend? If items cost so much and it is expected someone will buy stuff, well I don’t see how that works. Is it like a tab and they pay later? How does a red troubleshooter pay 100k for an item?

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Please report to your nearest confession booth

/u/Laughing_Penguin

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:13:09 +1000

Please report to your nearest confession booth

I got to thinking about Confession Booths in Alpha Complex recently. For many citizens confession booths represent their only direct line to Friend Computer and the only means to be spared from accidental/incidental infractions and small treasons. These are pretty significant items in the setting, often referenced in the fluff and undoubtedly a huge part of daily life for a citizen, yet they never seem to come up in any discussions about the game and I can only recall one adventure they were featured in - Alpha Complexities with the "invisible traitor" scene.

So how do you all handle confession booths in your versions of Alpha Complex? Do you have them scattered about the environment like Old Reckoning phone booths? Are they clustered together in a kind of Absolution Plaza (with adjacent IntSec depot for faster responses to "resolve a penance")? When you get a player inside how do you describe the experience and interface? How might you encourage Troubleshooters to unburden themselves from the weight of treason on their conscience?

I'm really curious to hear how some of you approach these iconic but underused aspects of Alpha Complex get placed into games!

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My new treasonous prop for Paranoia. I’ll just quietly place this on the table and see who gravitates to it.

/u/Harkkonen76

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:55:08 +1000

My new treasonous prop for Paranoia. I’ll just quietly place this on the table and see who gravitates to it.

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This was the picture I was looking for. I found it in the ‘Guide to Alpha Complex’ book. I don’t recall the red line through it.

/u/Harkkonen76

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:39:02 +1000

This was the picture I was looking for. I found it in the ‘Guide to Alpha Complex’ book. I don’t recall the red line through it.

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Old GM, new to Paranoia - give me your advice!

/u/The_New_Cloud

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:48:57 +1000

Old GM, new to Paranoia - give me your advice!

Hi everyone! Old-timer GM here, paranoia looks like a nice change of pace for my group. Looking for possibly a couple of one-shots with the potential of turning this into a longer campaign if my players enjoy it. I have no experience with this system/lore, etc.

At the moment I'm just getting started:

Which books should I purchase? What are your favorites?

What would you recommend for a one-shot? Also if I'd like to potentially turn this into something long-term, would that change your recommendation? I am definitely open to some pre-written shenanigans as I don't have much time to prep. I assume that I'll be spending most of my time reading up on core rules and setting for now.

Any advice/suggestions/system tweak is appreciated! Let's hear it!

These first few sessions will not be in person unfortunately. We all use roll20 for our other campaigns but I'm definitely open to using a different platform

This is a little rushed, I'll come back and edit later today as I'm sure I'll have more questions.

Thank you all, I'm excited to get into this!

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LFM for Wed online RCE

/u/Maelmord

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:56:56 +1000

LFM for Wed online RCE

I could use another clone or two to shoot some trouble in Alpha Complex on Wed. No experience required. Game is $15 per session and will run 1-3 sessions.

https://startplaying.games/adventure/6286e1f22eadf3083fa898bf

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A Paranoia Picture

/u/Harkkonen76

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:27:11 +1000

A Paranoia Picture

Couple years ago I saw a Paranoia artwork online and now I can’t find it. It was definitely the same artist as the one who did the artwork for Red Clearance Edition. It was a cartoon showing something like a scrubbot, docbot, and then a warbot. But you couldn’t see the warbot because it was so huge and only a small part was showing. Would such artwork be created and not used in the official books? I can’t find it anymore but if someone knows what I am describing and where to find it I would be very appreciative for the help. Thank you

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An old mission and a newer one.

/u/Harkkonen76

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:30:24 +1000

An old mission and a newer one.

I see ‘The Iceman Returneth’ as an old mission and I see ‘The Iceman Returneth (again)’ as included in a later release. Looking it up I read it says a sequel but some descriptions seem to indicate it is just an update of the same mission. Anyone play this these? Are they the same thing?

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Reflection on my running of two and a half Paranoia games.

/u/Harkkonen76

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:23:34 +1000

Reflection on my running of two and a half Paranoia games.

In the last several weeks I have run two Paranoia games of the first mission in the 1st Red Clearance Box set (The one with Red Dessert Topping). I know this mission well enough to not even need the book. Anyways both groups had a lot of laughs and seemed to enjoy it. However I’ve been thinking about something that just doesn’t seem right. The combats and the use of cards. At first I liked the freedom some of these cards offer players, but now realize just how incredibly powerful they were. The NPC enemies were no match. Soon as the players were in combat they just overwhelmed the NPCs with all sorts of wild ideas. Certain cards had introduced new magnetic fields the player could conjure up which could fling NPCs in different directions. Other cards modified other player cards with shots to sensitive areas. It just felt like a tidal wave of player onslaught. I told the group one action and someone can make one reaction to it. What happens when two players want to play reactions to the same action?

When I run NPCs I see I don’t roll. Do I just say they shoot and hit etc? Arbitrary I guess.

This first mission it is difficult to get players to be backstabbing since everyone is low level and new, they all want to band together which is understandable. I was just concerned the challenge was barely noticeable.

Now the ‘half’, about 15 years ago I tried to run Mr. Bubbles with nephews and stepdaughter but the oldest nephew didn’t understand the point of this and just wanted to play Xbox. The other two seemed to like it but didn’t have a clue on RPGs and were silent just listening to me. Failure.

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Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:31:40 +1000

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	'''''Paranoia''''' is a [[dystopia]]n [[Science fiction\|science-fiction]][[tabletop role-playing game]] originally designed and written by [[Greg Costikyan]], [[Dan Gilbert (game designer)\|Dan Gilbert]], and [[Eric Goldberg (game designer)\|Eric Goldberg]], and first published in 1984 by [[West End Games]]. Since 2004 the game has been published under license by [[Mongoose Publishing]]. The game won the [[Origins Award]] for Best Roleplaying Rules of 1984{{Cite web\|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988\|title=1988 list of winners\|publisher= Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design\|access-date=2011-11-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115145/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1984\|archive-date=2008-03-07}} and was inducted into the Origins Awards Hall of Fame in 2007.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2007\|title=2007 list of winners\|publisher= Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design\|access-date=2011-11-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604114001/http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/awards/archive/2007\|archive-date=2009-06-04}} ''Paranoia'' is notable among tabletop games for being more competitive than co-operative, with players encouraged to betray one another for their own interests, as well as for keeping a light-hearted, tongue in cheek tone despite its [[dystopia]]n setting.	'''''Paranoia''''' is a [[dystopia]]n [[Science fiction\|science-fiction]][[tabletop role-playing game]] originally designed and written by [[Greg Costikyan]], [[Dan Gelber (game designer)\|Dan Gelber]], and [[Eric Goldberg (game designer)\|Eric Goldberg]], and first published in 1984 by [[West End Games]]. Since 2004 the game has been published under license by [[Mongoose Publishing]]. The game won the [[Origins Award]] for Best Roleplaying Rules of 1984{{Cite web\|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988\|title=1988 list of winners\|publisher= Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design\|access-date=2011-11-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115145/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1984\|archive-date=2008-03-07}} and was inducted into the Origins Awards Hall of Fame in 2007.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2007\|title=2007 list of winners\|publisher= Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design\|access-date=2011-11-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604114001/http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/awards/archive/2007\|archive-date=2009-06-04}} ''Paranoia'' is notable among tabletop games for being more competitive than co-operative, with players encouraged to betray one another for their own interests, as well as for keeping a light-hearted, tongue in cheek tone despite its [[dystopia]]n setting.

	Several editions of the game have been published since the original version, and the franchise has spawned several spin-offs, novels and comic books based on the game.	Several editions of the game have been published since the original version, and the franchise has spawned several spin-offs, novels and comic books based on the game.

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