Episode #104: Paranoia Red Clearance Edition Pt. 1 with Dunking on the DM!

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Death, Violence, Alpha Complex

Spoilers for '[Your Security Clearance Is Not High Enough For The Title Of This Adventure]' mission!

Show Notes

This week, Fiona is joined by Tim, Alastair, Ben, Josh and Kylie from Dunking on the DM for \u2018Paranoia\u2019, a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game, published by Mongoose Publishing.

First published in 1984, \u2018Paranoia\u2019 is set in the dystopian future city of Alpha Complex controlled by Friend Computer and where information (including the game rules) are restricted by color-coded "security clearance". Player characters are clone enforcers of the Computer's authority (known as Troubleshooters) and will be given missions to seek out and eliminate threats to the Computer's control. However, things aren\u2019t what they seem in Alpha Complex, and \u2026 well clones are replaceable!

This oneshot uses the 'Paranoia: Red Clearance Edition' ruleset. Information about 'Paranoia: The Perfect Edition' can be found here.

You can find out more information about \u2018Paranoia\u2019 and get the current edition on the Mongoose Publishing website.

This episode\u2019s guests are from the Dunking on the DM, where comedy and storytelling collide in one actual-play tabletop roleplay podcast.

Timestamps

  • Intro: 00:00:09
  • Dunking on the DM / Spoiler warning: 00:01:44
  • Gameplay overview: 00:02:34
  • Character Stats & Skills: 00:02:40
  • Moxie: 00:03:33
  • Main game mechanic: 00:05:09
  • Negative NODEs: 00:05:59
  • Computer dice: 00:06:26
  • Oneshot starts: 00:07:34
  • Outro and credits: 01:12:44

Credits

The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.

The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.

This episode\u2019s players were Tim, Alastair, Ben, Josh and Kylie from Dunking on the DM, where comedy and storytelling collide in one actual-play tabletop roleplay podcast.

This episode\u2019s RPG was 'Paranoia: Red Clearance Edition', a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game, published by Mongoose Publishing.

The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (<a href="http://www.twinmusicom.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...