Paranoia – originally by West End Games, later Mongoose – designed and written by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg
In my tenure aboard the Good Complex PARANOIA, I have a vague recollection that the first rule of PARANOIA Club was: Don’t take them Outside In practice, Alpha Complex should – indeed must – be seen to be believed. The Troubleshooters should grasp that Alpha Complex is home and The… Continue reading Don’t Go Outside
The Esther Koplowitz Foundation for children with Cerebral Palsy occupies a 1950s building in south-west Madrid. The architects of Hans Abaton met the challenge of extending the existing building in a particularly colourful way. For the mind tuned to dystopian role-playing, it looks like a thoroughly modern approach to multi-clearance… Continue reading PARANOIA Architecture
PARANOIA as a skin for Legacy, which is a version of the Apocalypse Engine. Discuss. Or not. Probably not. Legacy is a game of post-apocalypse storytelling with shared and playbook-based mechanics for actions – like Apocalypse World. However, Legacy extends the vision to turn the game into a generational story.… Continue reading PARANOIA Legacy