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Black Sites (2020)

Black Sites (2020) is a collection of shorter adventures that were all original published separately. There are some bangers in here.

First is PX Poker Night, which involves weird goings on at a barely used military base with a skeleton crew. It’s designed as an scenario that introduces pre-gen characters to their first taste of the supernatural and the world of conspiracy, with Delta Green recruitment happening later, for the survivors. It’s a bonkers scenario and I love it. Kali Gati details more trouble in Afghanistan. This one has clearer stakes that are underscored the reality of the mess US forces made there, I think it works better than the Afghanistan mission in Control Group.

The Last Equation is one of the best DG scenarios, featuring a supernatural meme. It is surprising and clever and challenging to succeed at without moral compromise. Love in the Ice is sort of a body horror/sexuality riff on The Thing, probably my least favorite in the book. Sweetness is so good, though, involving a broken family and shadow people. Hourglass is an investigate-the-cult that touches interestingly on legacy and community. It’s good but strikes me as tricky to run. Ex Oblivione is an explosive scenario that kind of wraps up the loose threads of the Innsmouth storyline (Delta Green was founded in the wake of the 1928 raid on Innsmouth). It seems a touch cruel — I don’t see many players coming out the other side alive. The last thing in the book is The Child, a creepy two-page complication for the already complicated lives of the agents.

Lots of spooky art, and plenty of hours of horror for you here.

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