Greggoman: You went for the bundle with Crash Priority and WMD, I presume... if/when you want to throw a bit more money at the game, especially for more Paranoia "flavour", I recommend The Traitor's Manual and/or Extreme Paranoia. They'll both help you give more character to your Alpha Complex. Traitor's Manual is the secret society sourcebook and Extreme Paranoia the higher security clearance one. Both fun to read and full of useful stuff...
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Allen Varney
Mongoose
Flashbacks and the forthcoming Flashbacks 2 reprint (in versions updated for the current edition) the classic PARANOIA adventures published by the game's first publisher, West End Games, in the mid-'80s. These are some of -- actually, MOST of -- the funniest writing the roleplaying field has ever produced. These missions made PARANOIA great, and it was an honor to bring them back into print after a decade-long lapse.
Ray
Mongoose
Both of the Flashback books are old adventures that have been updated to the new system.
The first Flashback book is mostly independant adventures of the Classic type.
The second appears to be a series of semi-interconnected adventures of the Zap style.
But don't quote me on those.
I can swear by the first Flashback book if you can get it. I can swear by it, because all the demos I've run have the players swearing at it. :twisted:
The first Flashback book is mostly independant adventures of the Classic type.
The second appears to be a series of semi-interconnected adventures of the Zap style.
But don't quote me on those.
I can swear by the first Flashback book if you can get it. I can swear by it, because all the demos I've run have the players swearing at it. :twisted:
Allen Varney
Mongoose
No, the two Flashbacks books are separate volumes, each collecting various old West End PARANOIA adventures updated for the new edition.
The adventures reprinted in the first Flashbacks are the old GM Screen RED-Clearance mini-missions, Vapors Don't Shoot Back, The YELLOW Clearance Black Box Blues, "Me and My Shadow Mark 4," Send in the Clones, Alpha Complexities, and several "Code 7" mission ideas from Acute PARANOIA. These missions established the famous play style that the current edition enshrines as Classic.
Flashbacks 2 reprints Orcbusters, Clones in Space, and The People's Glorious Revolutionary Adventure. These are not linked, though they certainly do qualify as Zap style.
EDIT 4 July: Can't believe I forgot to mention "Me and My Shadow," the single most popular PARANOIA adventure ever written.
The adventures reprinted in the first Flashbacks are the old GM Screen RED-Clearance mini-missions, Vapors Don't Shoot Back, The YELLOW Clearance Black Box Blues, "Me and My Shadow Mark 4," Send in the Clones, Alpha Complexities, and several "Code 7" mission ideas from Acute PARANOIA. These missions established the famous play style that the current edition enshrines as Classic.
Flashbacks 2 reprints Orcbusters, Clones in Space, and The People's Glorious Revolutionary Adventure. These are not linked, though they certainly do qualify as Zap style.
EDIT 4 July: Can't believe I forgot to mention "Me and My Shadow," the single most popular PARANOIA adventure ever written.
Deathray4000
Mongoose
Don't forget flashbacks 1 also contains -- Me and My Shadow Mark IV -- the single most bad a** adventure ever written!!! :twisted:
darth_azabrush
Mongoose
Bollocks! It was my first proper RPG if you don't count the cheese fest of a skirmish game that is Inquisitor.[/quote]
