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Directors' Annotated Paranoia Rulebooks

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Welcome to Alpha Complex! Welcome to the ranks of the Troubleshooters! Welcome to Paranoia!

NOTE: These rulebooks are PDFs annotated with comments from the creators of the all new Paranoia, reflecting the processes they went through during its writing and their thoughts upon completion of their work, giving a rare insight into the warped minds behind the new edition...

As a Troubleshooter, you are a member of Alpha Complex’s most expendable elite force. Tasked with finding trouble and shooting it, you will be hunting mutants, terrorists, traitors, [CLASSIFIED], secret societies, renegade bots, and DAIVs, which are [REDACTED]. You’ll save Alpha Complex from its greatest threat, unless you accidentally become Alpha Complex’s greatest threat.

Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Paranoia is the classic RPG of a darkly humorous future, rebooted for a humorously dark present. All-new mechanics include a simple yet brilliant character-generation system, a bluffing-based card-driven combat system that encourages creativity, clever moves and lying, a special Computer Dice which means even the simplest interaction can become hilariously fatal, in-game XP point rewards, and more advice to GMs than you can shake a stick at. Three single-session adventures introduce you painlessly to the new mechanics and background, and are designed to be played straight out of the box.

Everything is the same but everything is different.

You look worried, citizen. Relax! It’s still Paranoia. The year is still 214. You still have six clones and a laser pistol. The Computer is still your friend.

 

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Michael K December 06, 2018 5:18 pm UTC
Was this included in the Ultraviolet "Everything Currently in Print" level of the Acute Paranoia kickstarter? If not, is there any discount for those who backed at that level?
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Jason R April 23, 2017 6:42 am UTC
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Does this version include everything that the Red Clearance Edition does, just with additional annotations? The page count here says 288, bye RCE says 330.
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Jeffrey K April 23, 2017 11:53 am UTC
The page count might be wrong. The page count for the Red Clearance Edition originally said it was 107 pages until the Publisher corrected it.
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Jason R April 23, 2017 4:26 pm UTC
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I saw that. I just want to make sure that if I spend $50, I'm getting the full deal. :)
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Jeffrey K April 15, 2017 10:31 am UTC
Why is this version 181 pages longer than the Red Clearance Edition? At least give us a preview so we can see how this is different.
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David K April 13, 2017 3:26 pm UTC
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Is there a way to get a discount on the director's commentary editions if we already bought the regular version?
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Matthew S April 14, 2017 12:13 pm UTC
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We will set something up for you!
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David K April 16, 2017 1:58 pm UTC
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Thanks! I backed the kickstarter at the Ultraviolet level, but I always regretted not getting the director's commentary. I am excited to see the thoughts that went in to making this great game.
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Nina B April 13, 2017 2:55 pm UTC
ok I didn't see the other version on the bottom of the page which is 30 bucks...still over priced but something i will at least consider getting now.
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Brian K April 13, 2017 2:36 pm UTC
It's the director's cut PDF. I would assume they're releasing the regular, non-annotated one soon. Otherwise, yeah, that's crazy
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Jesse B April 13, 2017 2:30 pm UTC
I was pretty excited when I got an email about the new Paranoia game. But $50 for a pdf? I might have considered picking it up if it was $50 for a PoD + pdf combo, but that's a bit pricy for just a digital copy....
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Nina B April 13, 2017 2:26 pm UTC
$50 for a PDF mongoose, you guys have gone off the deep end. Traveler was over priced and now this. Good Luck
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Jim B April 13, 2017 1:34 pm UTC
I'd love to try Paranoia, but there's no way that I'm paying $50 for a PDF. Are there any plans to release this new content in book form?
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