Still one of the greatest, and most savage, RPG scenarios ever written. The follow up in the OG Delta Green book is brilliant too.

If I remember this correctly, after the town of Groversville is destroyed by the Mi-Go, MJ-12 builds the town of Promise on the ruins.

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

Possibly, however, this is not mentioned in the scenario.

@lanapearce9968

Жыл бұрын

@@BudsRPGreview It's in the Rules of Engagement novel, I highly recommend reading that. It's in the Strange Authorities compilation, the follow up novel Through a Glass Darkly expands the story even further, and the consequenses of the original story.

Love Convergence, was my first Delta Green game. None of us ended up making it out of the town however.

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

Not really surprising.

Bud talks Delta Green...... why do I have to make a San Roll?......( darn).

Fantastic review, I have this in the 90s corebook but shall be picking up this version as well, looking forward to the Majestic 12 video!

I ran this script a long, long time ago. I remember that I added two scenes: A meeting place for youngsters, next to old disused concrete grain silos, with graffiti with a UFO vibe. I used "In the air tonight" by Phill Collins as background music. The very end of the session, the players return after the barn fight: Background of the scene - "i saved the world today" by Eurythmics (exactly this song, it's very important). Description: contrast of hell-weary players vs beauty of surroundings. The middle of the harvest, combines in the distance harvesting grain, a group of elderly people boasting about their harvest, a beautiful girl serving breakfast to the weary workers. Contrast #2: the sight of approaching military trucks. Lockdown of the village. People in chemical suits spraying some kind of licquid. Players brutally stripped, without asking, cleaned with a brush in some gray tent. While my group did not like the theme of this scenario very much, the final scene did the job.

loaded up a playlist with your videos looking for a replacement scenario as i wasnt feeling the scenario i thought it wanted to run. with your help im sure i will find something eventually.

Good review. Good to see those hands again.

Wow! I ran this operation just tonight!

Was Promise in one of the Delta Green novels? It sounds mighty familiar. Was it that "fake" town run by Majestic?

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

Not sure.

@lanapearce9968

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that was in the "Rules of Engagement" novel, that was a kind of follow up to what happened in Convergence and eventually led to rearrangement of Delta Green and MJ12 in the "Through a Glass Darkly" novel.

Great Review! I really dig the dark theme of the scenario and while I tended to love the hyper deadliness myself, I understand clearly your point in that as a starter scenario, it’s catering to a rather niche crowd. As starter scenarios go, I’d never heard of this one. I’m constantly recommending “Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays,” as the best entry point. By both “A Night at the Opera,” which doesn’t include the scenario, and “The Conspiracy,” era book no less.

@BudsRPGreview

11 ай бұрын

It’s coming as part of the 3rd Kickstarter.

@chaznightlord8664

10 ай бұрын

​@@BudsRPGreviewwhen?!

@BudsRPGreview

10 ай бұрын

@@chaznightlord8664 when it’s ready

The Backerkit is closed, but as far as i remember, all the unlocked scenarios get collected in 1 or 2 books.

@criggall9

Жыл бұрын

Arc Dream is selling the book on their site, and a couple third parties have it for sale.

I do wonder if it was a copyright matter, or if Arc Dream never bothered to include it for the sake of brevity. To my recollection, it never mentions that Protomatter is altered Ubbo-Sathla material in the original Convergence. To my understanding it only mentions it in the Unspeakable Oath version and in Transference, the non-canon Cyberpunk sequel to this scenario, as well as in A Night on Owlshead Mountain, where it's mentioned that the Protomatter infesting Cooter McGee is a less refined version of the Protomatter, and is more akin to autonomous, raw material of Ubbo-Sathla.

@finleydeeley9712

Жыл бұрын

A lot of mythos detiies and entities were changed for the new book, to my understanding a lot of it was because of Copyright matters, for example Cthugha and Tulzscha being effectively folded into "Qu-Tugkwa" and Ithaqua being made into "Itla-Shua"

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

No, it does mention that.

I forgot why Mi-Gos use Greys as facade?

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

Because the Greys look like how humans expect aliens to look like. It's to make them comfortable to deal with. I am doing a video in my Bud explains series soon on MAJESTIC 12 so all will be explained in that.

@easterbunny3850

Жыл бұрын

@@BudsRPGreview yeah, I remember that part. But why Mi-Gos even bother to such charades in first place? Its kinda nice on their part, but seems... redundant.

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

@@easterbunny3850 humans wouldn't deal with fungus creatures with eyeballs on stalks. They want the humans to cover their tracks in exchange for technology, so appearing as the Greys just makes it easier - they are "middlemen" of sorts.

@easterbunny3850

Жыл бұрын

​@@BudsRPGreview sounds like they overthinking it, really))

@luffysh

Жыл бұрын

@@BudsRPGreview yes please!

Good review of a forgotten Delta Green classic Bud. Now that you reviewed the first DG entry will you be reviewing the latest ("Iconoclasts")? 🤔

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

I am currently playing in Iconoclasts. When we're done then yes, I will be doing it.

@lionelhutz3142

Жыл бұрын

@@BudsRPGreview Good to hear. I've played it 3 times now. I really think it's DG's "Masks of Nyarlathotep" !

Wait, one agent get enchanced, waste free digestive track and sanity loss for that?

@easterbunny3850

Жыл бұрын

What wrong with these people?)

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

They still have the same appetite and start to pile on weight.

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

And also there is a high probability that they die at the end when the proto matter becomes inert or turns viral.

@easterbunny3850

Жыл бұрын

​@@BudsRPGreview just eat less (probably very hard for american)) and pick up smoking to dull hunger sensation)

@BudsRPGreview

Жыл бұрын

@@easterbunny3850 And dying from the incurable virus? Or the wounds that suddenly open up?