Rating: [ 6.52 / 10.00 ]

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Title  Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity
Authors  Warren Banks, Adam Crossingham, Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, Kenneth Hite, Shane Ivey, Graeme Price, Greg Stolze
Book Type  Background: Group
Rank: [ 25 / 1417 ]
Genre  Horror / Cthulhu
Setting  Delta Green
Other Tags 
Awards 
ENnie (Silver for Best Adventure, 2011)
ENnie (Silver for Best Writing, 2011)
Edition Info  Arc Dream Publishing / Pagan Publishing (2010 Hardcover)
Stock: 2108
ISBN: 1-887797-31-9
System  Call of Cthulhu 5
Parent: [ BRP ]

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Game Summary

Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity is a supplement to Delta Green composed of five major pieces by different authors, and assorted appendixes:
  • Detwiller's "Black Cod Island" details an early Deep One infestation (predating Innsmouth by centuries) that took hold among the native Haida people of Alaska
  • Glancy's "Disciples of the Worm" covers a millennium-old cult of sorcerers who infect themselves with parasitic worms that excrete anagathic compounds
  • Glancy's other piece, "The DeMonte Clan", exposes a clan of ghouls who have preyed on New Orleans since the 18th century
  • Banks' "M-EPIC" provides background on the first conspiracy to battle eldritch horrors in the 20th century, Canada's M-EPIC, which predates both the American Delta Green and British PISCES organizations
  • Almost half the book is dedicated to Stolze and Hite's "The Cult of Transcendence", who seek to divest themselves of their humanity in an attempt to become one with the Outer Gods, through the agency of Nyarlathotep
  • The appendixes cover various combat options, replacing insanity with more clinical stress disorders, rules for relationships and the use of flashbacks to gain clues, an overview of forensic DNA analysis, and tips on running Delta Green games.

Game Editions

Notes on This Edition
After success of Eye Only, Targets of Opportunity became the second Delta Green volume released using the ransom method. Pledgers contributed more than $25,000 in April and May of 2008 to cover the costs of the initial (hardcover) print run. While the book was initially due in late 2008, major delays and rewrites meant preorderers did not see the PDF until April 20, 2010, and 1,000 copies of the hardcover limited edition were distributed later the same year. Originally supposed to be 256 pages long, the $39.99 volume swelled to 316 pages.

Game Editions

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity HCCall of Cthulhu 5Arc Dream Publishing
Pagan Publishing
2010 2108 ---

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5 + 5C.W.Richeson. Targets of Opportunity offers a variety of expertly conceived antagonists for the players to struggle against, each focusing on a different aspect of the Mythos.
3 + 4Darren MacLennan. Overall, Targets of Opportunity is worth what the guys at Pagan are asking for it; while there are weak areas, there's still enough good material to recommend its purchase. If you pull them just a little bit of their mooring, scrape off some of the stuff that doesn't quite work and adjust it for your own campaign, then you'll have something eminently worth your time.

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9 / 10YossarianThis book is filled with so much good stuff that any Keeper will be hard pressed to use it all. The book misses the mark just a few times during its 316 pages, the rest of it is pure gold. Not quite up there with the core book or Countdown, but with a little more focus and a few scenarios it could have formed a holy trinity of Cthulhu-gaming with those two books.

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