Paranoia: A Role Playing Game of a Darkly Humorous Future (Paranoia - the RPG)

Gelber, Dan

ISBN 10: 1869893018 / ISBN 13: 9781869893019

Published by Games Workshop Ltd, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paranoia: A Role Playing Game of a Darkly Humorous Future (Paranoia - the RPG)
• Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1869893018
• ISBN 13: 9781869893019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"SERVE THE COMPUTER. THE COMPUTER IS YOUR FRIEND! The Computer wants you to be happy. II you are not happy, you may be used as reactor shielding. The Computer is crazy. The Computer is happy. The Computer will help you become happy. This will drive you crazy. Being a citizen of Alpha Complex is fun. The Computer says so, and The Computer is your friend. Rooting out traitors will make you happy. The Computer tells you so. Can you doubt The Computer? Being a Troubleshooter is fun. The Computer tells you so. Of course the Computer is right. Troubleshooters get shot at, stabbed, incinerated, stapled, mangled, poisoned, blown to bits, and occasionally accidentally executed. This is so much fun that many Troubleshooters go crazy. You will be working with many Troubleshooters. All of them carry lasers. Aren't you glad you have a laser? Won't this be fun? There are many traitors in Alpha Complex. There are many happy citizens m Alpha Complex. Most of the happy citizens are crazy. It is hard to say which is more dangerous - traitors or happy citizens. Watch out for both of them. The life of a Troubleshooter is full of surprises. Stay alert! Trust no one! Keep your laser handy! ... Catch-22 meets 1984! Paranoia is an adventure role-playing game set in a darkly humorous future. A well-meaning but deranged computer desperately protects the citizens of an underground warren from all sorts of real and imagined traitors and enemies. You will play the part of one of the Computer's elite agents. Your job is to search out, reveal and destroy the enemies of the Computer. Your worst fear is that the Computer will discover that you are one of these enemies."