Delta Green: Countdown (Call of Cthulhu Horror Roleplaying, Modern Era) [Paperback]

Adam Scott Glancy (Author), John Tynes (Author), Dennis Detwiller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999

Delta Green: Countdown is a supplement of the Role Playing Game Call of Cthulhu. It is a sequel to the award winning Delta Green supplement and expands that campaign setting into the realm of the international. It includes seven new modern organizations with an interest in the Cthulhu Mythos, three new scenarios and a wealth of appendices.

Editorial Reviews

Review

By my estimate, COUNTDOWN contains as much material as you would find in four (4) $20 game books. At $40 it's the most expensive supplement I've ever seen, but it actually pulls its damn weight and earns that price in page after page of tight, startling and extremely well conceived pieces.

. . . Upon reading this book over once, then going back and working through it a second time, I pronounce it my first perfect '10'. This is the most literate, researched, extensive and useful supplement ever written for any role-playing game.

The Verdict: Now all the other companies have a new bar to reach for...and you, Gentle Reader, need to go buy this book. -- Mike Daisy, Gaming Outpost

I swear; sometimes Pagan Publishing refreshes my faith in the gaming industry in a single stroke. Delta Green: Countdown is one of the largest CoC books that I've ever seen; it's about the same size as Horror on the Orient Express, with approximately the same density of information - and, even more importantly, it has the same globe-spanning feel, going from Britain to Russia to Asia to back home. It isn't a campaign, but it does have enough information to run several - the individual sections that comprise the book are worth $20 on their own. Considering that you get seven of them, plus three adventures and a boatload of extra occupations for Delta Green investigators, I'd say that Countdown's $40 price is eminently worth it. -- Darren MacLennan, RPG.net 08/16/99

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Pagan Publishing (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887797122
• ISBN-13: 978-1887797122
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,194,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CoC supplement that kicks ... and takes names..., February 24, 2002

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Laurel Halbany "mythago" (Marin County) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delta Green: Countdown (Call of Cthulhu Horror Roleplaying, Modern Era) (Paperback)

Well worth the seemingly hefty price. In addition to containing source material that benefits *any* modern-day game (e.g. details on international law-enforcement agencies), it includes expansions on things alluded to in the main Delta Green book, such as the Army of the Third Eye, and new icky horrors like the Skoptsi.

There is also wonderful information on ghoul society and on the "King in Yellow"/Hastur mythos, concluding with "Night Floors," which is in my opinion one of the best damn adventures ever written.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential supplement for Call of Cthulhu!, June 10, 2001

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James D. Collins (Bandon, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delta Green: Countdown (Call of Cthulhu Horror Roleplaying, Modern Era) (Paperback)

If you already have Delta Green, Countdown should be your next purchase (if you don't have Delta Green, BUY IT!!!). Countdown adds write-ups for PISCES (Britain), GRU SV-8 (Russia), The Skoptsi, The Outlook Group, Phenomen-X, Keepers of the Faith (Ghouls), and a new look at The Hastur Mythos. Add rules for the Gift (Psychic Powers) and international templates from all over the world and you have a book that would be cheap at twice the price!!

Pagan Publishing has done it again!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dark, Frantically Phenomenal Experience, December 15, 1999

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Benjamin (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delta Green: Countdown (Call of Cthulhu Horror Roleplaying, Modern Era) (Paperback)

Words do very little justice in describing how detailed and rich this accessory makes any Delta Green campaign. Countdown provides page after page of deliciously bizarre, horrific nasties that will keep players enticed for years of game play. It's so good you'll feel your sanity slipping from your grip with each new conspiracy and threat.