Taking effective cover while attacking accurately requires skill and luck if you fire blind, you’re probably a lot safer.Ĭalled Shots: A short rule that allows a skilled fighter to get a dramatic result without waiting for that “1/5 of what you need” attack roll. Taking Cover: Details for using cover to keep yourself from getting shot.

The new combat options include:īurst Fire: A change to the way automatic fire is handled, so the number of bullets that hit in a burst depends on your accuracy, not blind luck.ĭisabling Wounds: An option for critical wounds that makes them an interesting alternative to losing massive hit points, rather than a player-hating punishment that adds insult to injury. There have been many Delta Green games set in World War II and in Vietnam, for example, where entrenched firefights are inevitable. Delta Green: Eyes Only (2007) added rules for interrogation, hacking, and the emotional toll of murder.ĭelta Green: Targets of Opportunity, coming as soon as humanly possibly in a limited-edition hardback, adds its own set of options to bring Call of Cthulhu closer to Delta Green.įirst we have a number of options tailor-made for players who love the heavy firepower available in some Delta Green games.

Delta Green: Countdown(1999) added rules for psychic powers, a few more skills, and an even more massive list of occupations. The original Delta Green book, from 1996, included a host of new skills (and a number of old ones that Call of Cthulhuabandoned in its fifth edition) and stacks of modern-day occupations and firearm stats. In both cases the investigators face horrible cults and try to thwart terrifying alien gods, but they use very different tools and techniques. Call of Cthulhu is oriented primarily toward academically-inclined investigators in the 1920s, after all, while Delta Green is all about modern-day federal agents and their accomplices. Each Delta Green volume includes optional rules that tweak traditional Call of Cthulhu so it plays with a very particular Delta Green style.

Delta Green by Dennis Detwiller