Delta Green: Countdown

Call of Cthulhu RPG

by John Tynes, Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy

No future - Get used to the taste of ashes.

The Countdown to the apocalypse has begun. As our darkened globe spins through the eternal night, the lasting legacy of the human race is nothing but a scream - drowned out by the road of the destiny devouring us all. This is your last chance to show the cosmos what it means to be human: The will to fight.

Delta Green: Countdown blows the doors of the world of Delta Green, reaching wider and digging deeper to map the terrain of the twisted pulp apocalypse we call the dawning of the 21st century. Brace yourself for the final world order: The Insects from Shaggai, alien parasites subverting the leadership of a nation; PISCES, the UK's attempt to harness the unknown; The Army of the Third Eye, terrorists fighting a bloody battle against alien invaders; GRU SV-8, a band of desperate operatives fighting darkness in the ruins of Russia; The Skoptsi, occult fanatics with an eight-hundred-year legacy; The OUTLOOK Group, where Majestic-12 tests its elite; Phenomen-X, a syndicated TV news show that pokes its camera in all the wrong places; Tiger Transit, a former CIA airline now in the clutches of a Tcho-Tcho drug cartel: The D Stacks at the American Museum of Natural History, where Dr. Jensen Wu classifies the unclassifiable; The Keepers of the Faith, traditionalist ghouls fighting the lean and hungry Heretic ghouls beneath the streets of Manhattan: and The Hastur Mythos, a twisted skein of surreal destruction weaving its way through humanity. Plus: new skills, new spells, new Mythos tomes, rules for psychics, a microbiologist's dossiers on paranormal lifeforms, profiles of international intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, dozens of useful NPCs, two scenarios, a short campaign, and more.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Horror, Cthulhu Mythos, Gaming, Fantasy, Reference, Fiction

426 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[Arthur B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reasonable sequel to the original supplement, though some of the material skirts close to just restating Lovecraftian (or more specifically Derlethian) racism without analysing it (or analysing it in a rather clumsy way), whilst other parts rely so much on Ramsey Campbell ideas that they really should have given him more of an acknowledgement. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...

[Przemek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Subbed for new Case Officer's Guide (about the same page count, not yet in database).

[Psychophant · Rating 3 out of 5]

A supplement for Delta Green, it mixes background on several countries and cultures, and even some interesting people to meet with adventure scenarios. One third of the book are a series of intelligence organizations around the world whose agents could get involved in a Delta Green conspiracy. I found that part pretty useless, so the useable content is less than the size of the supplement could indicate.

The best part is the advice on using King in Yellow style psychological terror, and an adventure using those tools to really spook characters.

The other conspiracies are interesting and fit both the tales and the Mythos, but unless you move your game to UK or Russia, it may not be so useful. Considering the US centric nature of the Mythos, Delta Green "letter soup" culture and even X-files effect, the sections on NYC ghouls and the secret museum collection fit very well in any game. Project Overlook is a must if you have read John Tynes' Delta Green : The Rules of Engagement.

Useful but not necessary.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic Premise: Further rules for the Call of Cthulhu RPG and the Delta Green Conspiracy.

First of all, this is an expansion/continuation of the Delta Green materials, so that book really needs to be read/understood before moving to this one. It won't kill your game to just use this one, but it won't make nearly as much sense. Second, this is really a supplement for GMs, not players.

I love the concept of Delta Green. It brings Call of Cthulhu into the 21st century and has a very X-Files feel to it. Lots of government conspiracies and agencies from around the world to involve in ever-deepening horrors. There's a lot of great material in here for creating new nastiness for players. This is a great book.

[Kevin Trainor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Immortal, undead cannibal Nazis. Tcho-Tcho gangsters with hideous magical powers infiltrating the biotech industry. An apartment building in New York whose residents seem to be disappearing to the fifth floor - of a building that only has four. These are just a few of the horrors you may be sent up against as a Delta Green operative. Are you ready? Is anybody?

[Brienprime · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent expansion to the Delta Green universe. Buy it (But it's probably ridiculously expensive)

[Robdguk · Rating 5 out of 5]

being british, I consider this to be the best (and largest ) of the delta green series.