Full episodes of our podcast on a variety of Delta Green subjects.

The Green Box episodes

In our inaugural episode we chat with r/NightAtTheOpera contest winner Will Schar about his scenario, A Soft White Damn. We also talk about some of our own entries, and discuss how to work with less popular character archetypes.

All Roads Tavern by By LithMage Adventures - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-roads-tavern/id966034301?mt=2

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Gymnopedie No 1

Episode 01 - A Double Bill

In this episode we discuss some common mistakes in scenario design, and talk about non Delta Green media that inspires us and how to adapt media to Delta Green

Death Is No Parenthesis by Will Schar
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/death-is-no-parenthesis
Is it killing when I look to the other side? by mellonbread
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JPMT9iC30k4OBpwQd44eMZnYmEOt1HrgwqoT8VHSRgI/edit
The Alexandrian - Three Clue Rule
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule
SCP-184
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-184
Operation GALA NIGHT by mellonbread
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q3QPpOg9grdGOlX9Bu0EhuPFSmBDxtoTrn0Qfxr4nIc/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 02 - I Don't Know What You're Doing but I Don't Like It

In this episode we offer advice for Agents to avoid getting stuck, for Handlers on how to run Last Things Last, and discuss the Fall of Delta Green era. Special guest appearance by vintage radio journalist Brent Trent, who is definitely a real person and not just Elendil doing a silly voice.

Air Force Captain AWOL For 35 Years Is Arrested In California
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/air-force-captain-who-disappeared-in-1983-arrested-in-california_us_5b1e0164e4b0bbb7a0deb96a
Delta Green - Need to Know (and Last Things Last)
http://www.delta-green.com/2016/02/download-delta-green-need-to-know/
Metamorphosis, by Graham Kinniburgh
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/metamorphosis

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 03 - Oddly Specific Denials

Will, Jake and Kevin bring you a special live (recorded) episode from Gen Con 2018. 

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Whatever the fuck was playing on the hotel audio system

Episode 04 - Why Are We Changing Maps?

We ambushed the fine folks of Arc Dream Publishing at Gen Con 2018, and sat down to talk Delta Green, the Unspeakable Oath, game design and war stories.

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Audio attributions
Whatever the fuck was playing on the hotel audio system

Episode 4.5 - Debriefing with A-Cell

Now fully recovered from Gen Con, we bring you advice for creating a horror atmosphere in your games, thoughts on Special Training options and how to make them more interesting, and a roleplaying technique called "playing to lift".

The Nightmare Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lTYPvArbGo
Dennis Detwiller - How to Delta Green
https://www.patreon.com/posts/7500998
Pelgrane Press - Playing to Lift: Making Characters Shine
http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/playing-to-lift-making-characters-shine/

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 05 - Do You Even Play to Lift?

This episode we discuss the Night at the Opera Setpiece contest, including some of our own entries. We also talk about what can happen when your Agents run afoul of the law, and when they run afoul of each other, and ways to make that into interesting gameplay.

(Sorry about the audio quality this week, we'll do better next time)

r/NightAtTheOpera Setpiece Contest
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PP5OUa8vEdbRLr7N2qaUPeU01qI9RpqT97RI7aOmaW4

www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/
https://greenboxpodcast.blogspot.com/
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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 06 - Is This a Setpiece?

This episode we discuss the conspiracy sci-fi show Fringe, types and tropes of RPG scenarios, and how to manage your players' attention spans.

Fringe Episode 1.01  - "Come Work for Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nHkkGsJ6bQ&feature=youtu.be
(2005) Undercover at Gen Con, Part 1 By Jesse Decker and David Noonan
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20050916a

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 07 - That's Exactly What a Conscious Mind Would Say

In this episode we talk about agent backstories, some of the defining differences of the Program and the Outlaws and how to use them in your games, and how to avoid overplanning and analysis paralysis at the table.

The Alexandrian: Rolling to Failure 
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38798/roleplaying-games/gm-dont-list-2-rolling-to-failure

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Classical Sampler

Episode 08 - Would The Real Delta Green Please Stand Up?

In this episode we embrace insanity and talk about disorders, bonds, sanity and what they mean narratively. Mellon, Jake, Dhole and Heron also tell us a bit about their unique approaches to writing for and running Delta Green.

Scenarios which exemplify our particular styles:
"Because the beauty of the White Ape Woman must not perish from the earth" by mellonbread http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/because-the-beauty-of-the-white-ape-woman-must-not-perish-fr
"Black Mayonnaise" by BurningHeron https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlsnyTHpkLg9vzjSMtQTqnh9Cpecc2fkf3o-iSprCPg/edit
"Motel California" by Jake Cook https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AMYeph7r8hzWgBK-lSg7Y0jY64_i22ffnvDYVPPcTrA/edit
"Statues in the Mist" by Dhole https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ON8dDODS-DZkgjkcqv1tE3q70y_BpIsulCY_MJq_70/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 09 - Insanity is Fun!

This episode brings an exhaustive discussion of artefacts, how to use them, how to encourage your players to use them, our favourite examples, and more.

Burglar Monks, by BurningHeron
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N6ndabyGKtMZD7y4qRkZ7rWk1Ux_ZV0gTYW7pvV9WA4/edit
The Button, by Will Roy
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/the-button
D100 Green Box Trinkets by mellonbread
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwUVZDxInhBUaBJYJ9sIxjDhPCR8QzzjhEk7e5zol3E/edit
Sacramento Green Box by Kevin Ham
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xMNjfra4wWhuLH9PIZLh4TnL6jgm42xiead4VNqbaGw/edit#heading=h.6lt47giw6pp2
Green Box Generator
http://www.palinola.com/projects/lab/greenbox/

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 10 - A Waste of Good Suffering

This week, the Green Box tackles agent bonds as collateral damage, reframing the Program as more proactive, and a hypothesis on a possible Delta Green campaign framework.

R Cell: Your Boss is Your Enemy, by pfarland
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dglist/conversations/messages/37100
K9 Unit by mellonbread
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y6akQKhAP4W6WoEFgOD3TJf_uBu7Nlryrd1_P4qzFP4/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Gymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 11 - Shoggoths and Shibboleths

Tonight on the Green Box, Mellonbread, Tom and Will bring you you their highlights of the 2018 shotgun scenario contest.

The 2018 Shotgun Scenario contest - http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/shotgun-scenarios#toc16
PARTING WORDS, by Dennis Detwiller - https://www.patreon.com/posts/parting-words-20904535
Stasi Training Video: Clandestine Apartment Search - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bba3tryTJbs


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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 12 - A Shotgun Approach

The Green Box crew talks post-mission sanity rewards, how to make san loss and projection run smoother, and Will and Kevin discuss their personal handler styles.

Mythos Spotting - the Fairfield Project wiki
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/delta-green

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 13 - Frangible Bullets and Frangible Minds

The Green Box offers advice for running Delta Green games outside of the modern Delta Green era. Also, advice for what to do when an agent's motivations clash with the premise of a mission.

A Taste for Skin, by mellonbread - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E56MKfEr0ZFIX3COeAy44Crm207t1MlZqcLM2tQ-pv4/edit
The Final Flight of Cody 193, by Jake Cook - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8r9hzQCVokvh_wpedRciVSyVi7NAxZQ6zvMZWebRak/edit
The Evening Redness in Yoth/EXULTANT MEGATHERIAN by mellonbread - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h4-XF0zUvjKL1xvh6HDyNVqFQNQ-46JPLnzLXrvQkxk/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 14 - I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Scenarios

The Green Box explores how to make fun and interesting gameplay decisions around hacking and stealth, and also how to be more interactive than just blurting out the name of the skill you want to roll.

The Alexandrian - Letting it Ride
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38313/roleplaying-games/the-art-of-rulings-part-8-let-it-ride
DeviantOllam - breaking into a bank with whiskey
https://youtu.be/SDl4AO4ancI
Apocalypse World basic playbook
http://apocalypse-world.com/ApocalypseWorldBasicRefbook2ndEd.pdf
Blades in the Dark SRD
https://bladesinthedark.com/basics

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 15 - Interesting Gradations of Failure

An in depth discussion of foreign mythos agencies with guest host David Tormsen.

http://www.delta-green.com/2012/10/directive-from-a-cell-101-new-foreign-intelligence-agency-threats-to-delta-green/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeltaGreenRPG/comments/96yymj/chim%C3%A8res_an_attempt_at_a_utilizable_french_dg/
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/xianfeng
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/huodezu
http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/office-44

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sokS4tBL_G7OJv9cS_IfoEY8e7kfFUPagxLEEK9hnsc/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oIqrxKkqkXTPf_qVL5HTD7liAtzBefrEKSjCHm61NaQ/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NhLc7uWbcfFAT82r2kaFnwKrdocz34f334Fh0iTr3CI/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 16 - Going International

The Green Box explains the difference between Occult knowledge and Unnatural knowledge, and not to judge a book by its cover.

There Was a Firefight, by "Agent Fincher" - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DMJoYtUHFasFIz_xesPYLe7z7D7NPvNV/view?usp=sharing
Assorted tomes by mellonbread - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MsrW-B8j5y2SZHHWZksxWPd7ijgVjEwkDmml1wPm52k/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 17 - Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns

Jake, Kevin, Dhole and Mellon dig into the second annual r/nightattheopera scenario contest and talk about some of their own entries and some of their favorites. 

All the scenarios we discussed, and many we did not, can be found in the contest document at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mbmAj7i52rvZkusxuXlUJYAML3Ny-EwVA3vS1FRc-Ks/edit

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Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 18 - Scenario Contest 2: Electric Boogaloo

The Green Box interviews the one and only Chris Gunning.

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Delta Green: The Complex
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/270434/Delta-Green-The-Complex?affiliate_id=48458

Audio attributions
"Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…ymnopedie_No_1
"45rpm needle drop.wav" by Freqman licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/42819/
"KEYPAD FAIL/OK" by PMBROWNE licensed under CC BY 3.0 - freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/271088/

Episode 19 - Chris Gunning, The Complex and Other Things, Part 1

A podcast about Delta Green, horror, and tabletop RPGs.

The Green Box episodes

The Green Box podcast