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Delta Green is a secret organization created by the US government to investigate paranormal threats. It began as a supplement for the Call of Cthulhu RPG and has since expanded with its own games and novels. The setting draws inspiration from real government agencies and conspiracy theories.

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Delta Green - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Delta Green is a secret organization created by the US government to investigate paranormal threats. It began as a supplement for the Call of Cthulhu RPG and has since expanded with its own games and novels. The setting draws inspiration from real government agencies and conspiracy theories.

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DeltaGreenisasettingfortheCallofCthulhuroleplayinggamecreatedbyAdamScott
Glancy,DennisDetwiller,andJohnTynes,a.k.a.theDeltaGreenPartnership,oftheSeattle
gaminghousePaganPublishing.InAugust2011,ArcDreamPublishingandtheDelta
GreenPartnershipannounceddevelopmentofastandaloneDeltaGreenroleplaying
game.[1]

DeltaGreen

Contents
1 Premise
2 History
3 Publications
3.1 PaganPublishinggamebooks

DeltaGreencover
Designer(s) DennisDetwiller,AdamScott
Glancy,JohnTynes
Publisher(s) PaganPublishing

3.2 Additionalmaterialbytheoriginalcreators
3.3 Otherpublishers
3.4 Fiction

Publication 1997
date
Genre(s)

Horror

System(s)

CallofCthulhu

4 Seealso
5 References
6 Externallinks

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DeltaGreenisacontemporarysetting,startinginthemid1990swithintermittentupdatesthereafter.Thegamerevolvesaroundafictitious
secretorganization,createdbytheU.S.GovernmentfollowingthecovertraidonthetownofInnsmouth,MassachusettsmentionedinH.P.
Lovecraft'sTheShadowOverInnsmouth.TheorganizationtakesitsnamefromitsWorldWarIIeracodename.
DeltaGreenagentsworkundercoverthroughotherU.S.governmentagencies,recruitingacrossawiderangeincludingtheFBI,ATF,CDC,
andDEA.Itappearstohave"gonerogue"somewherebetweenthe1960sandthe1980s,followingadisastrousoperationinCambodiaanda
"deal"struckbyReaganerarivalsinMajestic12,ostensiblywith"Greys".
ThegroupwasintroducedintheseventhissueofTheUnspeakableOath,aCallofCthulhufanzinecreatedbyPaganPublishing,inearly1993.
Fouryearslater,theDeltaGreensupplementappearedandspawnedanumberofitsownsupplementsandnovels.Thepremiseissimilarto
TheXFiles,althoughtheoriginalincarnationofDeltaGreenprecededTheXFilesbyalmostayear[2]).Bothdrawonfederalalphabetsoup
folklore,UFOconspiracytheoriesandothermodernlegends.
TheDeltaGreensupplementlaysthegroundworkfororganizedinvestigationsintoparanormalcrimeandhorror,settinguptheinitialplotand
providingplayerswiththeirmotivationsandtheresourcestheyneedtocarryouttheirtasks.Italsoprovidesasourceofreplacementsfor
characterswhogomadorarekilled.CanonicalmaterialsrevolvearoundthreatsfromtheCthulhuMythos,buttheframeworkisveryflexible.
DeltaGreenagentstypicallyknowlittleabouttheMythos.

History
In1998,DeltaGreenwontheOriginsAwardforBestRoleplayingSupplementof1997.Thesettingalsowontwoawardsin2000:BestGame
RelatedNovelof1999forDeltaGreen:TheRulesofEngagementandBestRoleplayingSupplementof1999forDeltaGreen:Countdown.
OnMay1,2006,thePaganPublishinghomepagewasupdatedwithanannouncementdescribingthereasonsforthedelayofthenewrelease
ofDeltaGreen,andstatingthatthed20editionofthegameshouldbeavailableintimeforGenConIndy.Whiletherewereafewshowcopies
availabletherewerenocopiesavailableforsaletothepublicasmostofthemwere"stillbeingshippedfromChina".[3]AsofMay2007the
book,whichisareprintofthe1997bookwiththeadditionofD20stats,wasfinallyreprintedandwasavailableinstores.[3]
AhardbackcompilationofthethreeDeltaGreenEyesOnlychapbooks,alongwithadditionalmaterial,wasreleasedinNovember2007.The
bookwaspublishedincooperationwithArcDreamPublishing.Theentire1,000copyprintrunwassoldoutbyFebruary2008.[4]The
hardbackeditionof"DeltaGreen:EyesOnly"wasafinalistfortheOriginsAwardforBestRoleplayingSupplementof2007.Asoftback
versionofthecompilationfollowedinSeptember2008andisavailabletoretaildistribution.

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PaganPublishingandArcDreamPublishingbeganworkinmid2008onanewsourcebook,DeltaGreen:TargetsofOpportunity,whichwas
releasedasalimitededitionhardbackinJune2010,tobefollowedbyasoftcoverretailedition.[5][6]AsofAugust2011theentire1,000copy
printrunofthehardbacklimitededitionwassoldout.InAugust2011,DeltaGreen:TargetsofOpportunitywonsilver(2ndplace)Ennie
AwardsforBestWritingandBestAdventure.[7]
ArcDreamPublishingreleasedanebookeditionofthenovelDeltaGreen:DeniedtotheEnemyinJanuary2011.[8]

Publications
AsofApril2011,thefollowingDeltaGreenbookshavebeenpublished:

PaganPublishinggamebooks
DeltaGreen(February1,1997),thebasicsourcebookISBN1887797084.
DeltaGreen:Countdown(1999),the2000ssourcebook,byJohnTynes,DennisDetwillerandAdamScottGlancy,ISBN188779712
2.
DeltaGreenEyesOnlyVolume1:MachinationsoftheMigoISBN1887797130.
DeltaGreenEyesOnlyVolume2:TheFate.
DeltaGreenEyesOnlyVolume3:ProjectRainbowISBN1887797211.
DeltaGreen(May2007),thebasicsourcebookwithdualBRP/D20statsISBN1887797238.
DeltaGreen:EyesOnly(November2007),acompilationoftheEyesOnlychapbookswithadditionalmaterialISBN1887797270.
DeltaGreen:TargetsofOpportunity(2010),asourcebookdetailingfivenewevils,byWarrenBanks,DennisDetwiller,AdamScott
Glancy,KennethHite,ShaneIvey,andGregStolze,illustratedbyToddShearerISBN1887797319.

Additionalmaterialbytheoriginalcreators
ScenariosbyDennisDetwiller,publishedonline:
MusicfromaDarkenedRoom(2005)
TheLastEquation(2010)
Future/Perfect(parts1through4asof2012)
AdamScottGlancywrotearegularcolumntitled"DirectivesfromACell"inthefirstsixissuesofWorldsofCthulhumagazine.Thecolumn
wasthentransferredtoTheUnspeakableOathfromArcDreamPublishing,startingwithissue20.Thelattermagazinehasfeaturedalotof
DeltaGreenrelatedarticlessince1993.
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Otherpublishers
FantasyFlightGamesLiveActionRPGsupplements:
CthulhuLive:ShadesofGray(2000)ISBN1887911928.
CthulhuLive:DeltaGreen(2000)ISBN188791143X.
RoninArts:
DubiousShardsbyKennethHite(2006).
PyramidMagazine:
GreenBox(8/21/02&10/9/02),withd20stats.
JackFrostbyShaneIvey(12/24/99&12/31/99),ascenario.
DungeonMagazine:
PXPokerNight(issue96),scenariowithd20stats.
Shadis:
DiadeLosMuertos,issue52.

Fiction
DeltaGreen:AlienIntelligence(TynesCowanCorp,March1998),shortstoriescollection,ISBN1887797092.
DeltaGreen:DarkTheatres(ArmitageHouse,1999),shortstoriescollection,ISBN1887797173.
DeltaGreen:TheRulesofEngagement(TynesCowanCorp,2000),novelbyJohnTynes,ISBN1887797165.
DeltaGreen:DeniedtotheEnemy(TynesCowanCorp,distributedbyImpressions,2003),novelbyDennisDetwiller,ISBN1887797
246.
Ebookedition(ArcDreamPublishing,2011),ISBN9780983231301.
DeltaGreen:ThroughaGlass,Darklyebookedition(ArcDreamPublishing,2011),novelbyDennisDetwiller,ISBN97809832313
63.
DeltaGreen:StrangeAuthorities(ArcDreamPublishing,2012),collectionofpreviouslypublishedstoriesbyJohnTynes,ISBN9780
985317508.
DeltaGreen:TalesfromFailedAnatomies(ArcDreamPublishing,2014),collectionofshortstoriesbyDennisDetwiller.ISBN9781
940410081(hardbackedition).
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Paperbackedition,ISBN9781940410074.
Ebookedition,ISBN9781940410098.
DeltaGreen:ExtraordinaryRenditions(ArcDreamPublishing,2015),collectionofshortstoriesbyDennisDetwiller.

Seealso
ThefollowingnovelsandshortstoriessharesimilarbackgroundstoDeltaGreen:
TheAtrocityArchivesanditssequelsbyCharlesStross
TheSpiralingWormbyDavidConyersandJohnSunseri

References
1. "Unspeakable!SpecialPresentation:TheUnspeakableOathandtheDeltaGreenRPG".Unspeakable!SpecialPresentation:TheUnspeakableOathand
theDeltaGreenRPG.
2. DeltaGreen/FrequentlyAskedQuestions(http://www.deltagreen.com/about/faq.html)
3. PaganPublishing(http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/)
4. DeltaGreenEyesOnly(http://www.deltagreen.com/dgeo/)
5. http://www.arcdream.com/upcoming.phpArcDream'sUpcomingPage
6. http://www.arcdream.com/store/product.php?id=9999ArcDreamPublishingOnlineStore
7. "2011EnnieAwards"(PDF).2011EnnieAwards.
8. http://www.amazon.com/DeltaGreenDeniedEnemyebook/dp/B004JKNQD0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital
text&qid=1295454769&sr=82Amazon.com

Externallinks
DeltaGreen(http://www.deltagreen.com/),officialsite.

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