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The Green Box
by The Green Box podcast
A podcast about Delta Green, horror, and tabletop RPGs.
Episodes
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The 2022 Shotgun Scenario Contest
A look back at some of our favorites - and the winners, naturally - of the 2022 Shotgun Scenario Contest. Saturnalia - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dKnlP7rEdKI3CueCM68FX8rRfyvq5ueKM0MLya6brdM/edit?usp=sharing Bugs Bugs Bugs -...
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Episode 100 - All Good Things
Winding down the regular episode schedule, Max Tom Jake Kevin and Will reflect on four years of the Green Box. Send questions for the mailbag to [email protected] Will Reads the Rulebook (coming soon) - https://anchor.fm/willrtrb https://twitter.com/willrtrb The Rogue’s Wallet -...
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Episode 99 - Phantom Doctrine, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Boomer Memes
In a lost episode from the Green Box archives, Will applies game design lessons from an XCOM-like cold war spy tactics game. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik…
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Episode 98 - Writing for Readability
The trick to writing RPG content is writing it in such a way that a complete stranger can pick it up and use it. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie...
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Episode 97 - Ranks, but No Ranks
How to roll with differences in authority between players at the table. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC...
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Episode 96 - Lost in the Woods
Kevin shares some writing advice from author Mary Robinette Kowal. MRK's writing advice on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@maryrobinettekowal twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio...
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Episode 95 - Totally Stoked
Caleb Stokes joins us to talk about God's Teeth and other DG projects, Red Markets, RPG economics and a whole lot more. All of Caleb's web presence summarized here: https://linktr.ee/HebanonGCal twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 94 - Jake Bought Another RPG Book
Jake runs us through the scenario creation framework for External Containment Bureau. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/
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Episode 93 - Last Things Last Actual Play
By popular request, Kevin, Max, Will, Tom and Jake bring you an Actual Play. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/
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Episode 92 - High Speed Low Drag
Kevin subjects us to a GURPS rulebook - about gunplay! twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 -...
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Episode 91 - Building Better Worlds
In this episode we explore the idea of giving players a say in worldbuilding and other collaborative narrative tools - with a particular look at Heart: The City Beneath. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 90 - The Sting of Distraction
Like a scorpion riding a frog, we bring you two shorter segments stuck together - one on electronics at the table, and another on the art of the sting. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/…
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Episode 89 - First Principles
Max and Kevin discuss how to bring new people into the Conspiracy, with a bonus discussion of how or whether to systemize magic in a game. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio…
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Episode 88 - Shotgun Roundup 2021
Our picks from this year's (last year's?) Shotgun Scenario Contest. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY...
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Cutting Room Floor - 2020/2021 Compilation
It's been a shitty two years, so here's a laugh for the holiday season.
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Episode 87 - The Dinosaur House
The gang tries a premise reinterpretation exercise on two well-known DG scenarios, Music from a Darkened Room and Future Perfect. The Dionaea House (via Wayback Machine) https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045845/http://www.dionaea-house.com/ twitter.com/9mmRetirement...
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Episode 86 - The Recursion Box
Kevin, Tom and Max look at the entries from the recent Green Box Jam on the N@TO discord. N@TO Green box jam https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ezGbB4_WOgC1R6i61buvm5CY9d0PEwthsaRxlOkiDhg/edit?usp=sharing twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 85 - The Anthropocentric Horror of Unknown Armies
Frank and Tormsen of 33.3 FM join us (whether they like it or not) to talk about Unknown Armies. 33.3 FM on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/33point3fm twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/...
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Episode 84 - On the Agency of Agents
Supernatural fiction is awash with entities that control or influence the minds of mere humans, but that's hard to get right in a game setting. Here's our discussion on how to walk that line. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!…
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Episode 83 - Occam's Razor or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mundane Mysteries
Jake comes to us with Stygian Fox's Call of Cthulhu anthology Occam's Razor, and what we can learn from it about mysteries that aren't supernatural. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio...
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Episode 82 - Where Is Everybody?
Max and Will sit down and talk worldbuilding around the Fermi Paradox. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC…
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Episode 81 - Remember your ABCs
Mortality clarified in a single podcast episode. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0 -...
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Episode 80 - Cross-Platform Fundamentals
It's no secret that the hosts of the Green Box are big vija gamurz. On this episode we talk, as we have before, about some game design lessons that can apply from one hobby to the other. twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 79 - It Belongs in a Museum!
Now that ARCHINT is out, we thought we'd take a look at some of the totally safe and not at all horrifying artefacts inside. ARCHINT on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/359560/Delta-Green-ARCHINT twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 78 - An Ass out of U and Me
The Green Box explains what happens when you assume and how to think like a detective. Overcoming Investigative Assumptions (from the FBI) https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/overcoming-investigative-assumptions?s=09 The Five W's of information synthesis...
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Episode 77 - Broad Strokes
In a follow-on segment to Episode 52 (Game Design, Who is Usul Among Us), we spitball about how we might design and run a Delta Green megagame. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on...
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Episode 76 - FoDG Scenario Design Part 2, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The second half of our sort-of-live-written Fall of Delta Green mission, "Bada Bing, Bada Boom" If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 75 - FoDG Scenario Design Part 1
Writing a mythos mystery from whole cloth, using the framework published in The Fall of Delta Green. Live! Sort of. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 74 - Extracurricular
In this long rambly episode we talk about some of the side projects we're working on in our tabletop hobby.
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Episode 73 - Persons of Interest
How do you populate your imaginary worlds with interesting, memorable, likeable imaginary people? If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 72 - The Good Vibes Box
It's easy to focus on negative tabletop stories because those are the ones people tend to spread around. Instead of that, we're going to share stories that highlight why we love this weird hobby. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement...
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Episode 71 - Multimedia Ops
How well does a tabletop roleplaying game about secret conspiracies and cosmic horror translate to other media? The Green Box explores some hypotheticals. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join...
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Episode 70 - The Green Box on Green Boxes
(April fools! Real episode this time, we promise) The Green Box doubles down on search engine indexing and discusses what makes a Green Box, and how to use them as elements in your game. (Visit us on Twitter to see the alignment chart) If you like our show, consider becoming a patron:...
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Episode 69 - Monaco Adjacent This Time of Year
It's a real nice place. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" by...
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Episode 68 - Playtesting is just Spicy Editing
You've heard the phrase "last but not least", and playtesting is one of the last steps of writing an RPG module. Or is it? If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 67 - The Analyst Game
This week, Tom reframes Delta Green missions around analysts rather than case officers and cells, and Kevin digs for supporting detail in a real honest to god US Government report. Bonus segment: Band of Boats, the hit new RPG coming to stores near you! Coast guard jumps on a mini-sub:...
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Episode 66 - A Pace of the Action
How difficult is too difficult? How can you, as GM or as a player, help keep your game from stalling out? The answers to these questions and more. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on...
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Episode 65 - Oversold and Overlooked
What do you do when your players missed a vital clue because someone sneezed? How do you tell them that the impossible threat they're afraid of is all in their heads? Listen to find out. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement...
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Episode 64.5 - Improv with Allison
An old friend of Will's joins the show for a deep dive in improv gamemastering. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 64 - Embrace the Cringe with Mike
In honor of New GM Month, Mike of the Courtesy Flush joins the Green Box to talk about why planning doesn't really matter. STAR TRACK on the Courtesy Flush https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPBJ9V1rAWTCyEpwLQLx9-cpzYx-cOEwe The Black Pants Legion podcast https://anchor.fm/blackpantslegion If you...
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Episode 63 - Live from a Pile of Rubble Near Fairfield Pond
The results of the 2020 Shotgun Scenario contest are in, and the Green Box discusses our favorites from this year's crop. The 2020 Shotgun Scenario Contest https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Owt_xMIjJHRAeUGwYE-j1rZUGK6CEA8xiZvO4Mw2VwA/edit If you like our show, consider becoming a patron:...
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Episode 62 - Addendum to Alphonse's Axioms
The Green Box looks at Professor Camp's words of advice to see how well they apply to the modern day. Alphonse's Axioms for Agents, by A. Scott Glancy: http://www.delta-green.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Alphonses-Axioms-for-Agents.pdf If you like our show, consider becoming a patron:...
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Episode 61 - Firing Solutions
The crew talks how to design interesting and interactive fight scenes, and Tom is faced with an impossible choice. Kevin's referenced video clip: Former CIA Chief of Disguise on Argo https://youtu.be/mUqeBMP8nEg?t=565 If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement...
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Episode 60 - 50 Shades of Microfiction
This week we offer a retrospective on the recent r/n@to Microfiction Contest. 2020 Microfiction Contest doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G4udZ3KT-f3KkQSShsx_TtfOfafKroui6YtDo0sxbqA/edit If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement…
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Episode 59 - Déjà vu
Does this sound familiar? The Green Box discusses time loop scenarios a la Groundhog Day, and how we approach playing a module we've already read. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on...
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Episode 58 - This Podcast Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds
The Green Box begins by briefing us on briefings and how to begin scenarios, and inducts us into the deep mysteries of how to write cults. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord!...
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Episode 57 - Playtesting with Style
The Green Box talks campaign creation and map making. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u www.reddit.com/r/NightAtTheOpera/ Audio attributions...
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Episode 56 - Role Call
What are player roles? Are your agents really safe at home? Listen to find out. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/aMygdKQe2u...
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Episode 55 - ZOMNOCON
The Green Box reviews the entries for the recent r/n@to scenario contest. ZOMNOCON https://youtu.be/bghh7suop0w Contest doc and results https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HjhlobS7B3nrLkK1G27CPD9JeUCSJz-0bArh_LJUBVM/edit If you like our show, consider becoming a patron:...
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Episode 54 - The Expendables
Just how expendable are Delta Green's field agents? Where do new agents come from? And what's the deal with MAJESTIC-12 anyway? Listen in to find out. If you like our show, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/9mmretirement twitter.com/9mmRetirement www.facebook.com/9mmRetirement/ Join us…
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