Delta Green: Anatomy of an Operation

Delta Green: Anatomy of an Operation

Sean and Harrigan break down how to build a Delta Green operation, straight from the Handler's Guide scenario-design chapter. Scoping the op, hooking the Agents, designing the investigation, planting leads and dead ends, working in Green Boxes and the program-versus-outlaws schism, landing the creepy moments — and the part most Handlers skip, the cover-up. Plus hard-won advice on running BRP without burying players in skill checks. S02E08 SITREP US Army in Berlin video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI3Ty9x_96s Encrypted Comms This week's transmission: Agent Hoos (audio call-in). Email: Grenade@GoBagPod.com Phone: 929.BIG.DICE (244.3423) Website: https://gobagpod.com For more Go Bag content visit: https://gobagpod.com Become an agent of Go Bag: https://gobagpod.com/patreon For more... Sean – https://youtube.com/@rpgsean Harrigan – https://harriganshearth.substack.com Some links may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them—at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the lights on (and the dice rolling). Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this audio are copyright Go Bag podcast, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

Two Shades of Green: Delta Green's Schism

Sean and Harrigan map the two Delta Greens — the 2002 schism between "The Program," the official government arm, and "The Outlaws," the off-the-books old guard — and how the faction you choose reshapes a whole campaign's tone. Plus the wider web of factions (Majestic offshoots, March Technologies, the Quiet Children, Persistent Vigil) you can pull into your game. S02E07 SITREP Bridge of Spies (Glienicke Bridge), Berlin – Atlas Obscura - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bridge-of-spies Encrypted Comms This week's transmission: acrylic, who dropped a trove of real-world spy locations in the Go Bag Discord. Email: Grenade@GoBagPod.com Phone: 929.BIG.DICE (244.3423) Website: https://gobagpod.com For more Go Bag content visit: https://gobagpod.com Become an agent of Go Bag: https://gobagpod.com/patreon For more... Sean – https://youtube.com/@rpgsean Harrigan – https://harriganshearth.substack.com Some links may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them—at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the lights on (and the dice rolling). Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this audio are copyright Go Bag podcast, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

Handlers Guide: Running the Game

Sean and Harrigan slide into the Handler's chair, breaking down Delta Green's Handler's Guide and the craft of running the game — building dread, drip-feeding information, and keeping the table bleak, paranoid, and afraid. S02E06 SITREP Operation Mincemeat (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1879016/ Archive 81 (Netflix) - https://www.netflix.com/title/80222802 The Outsider (HBO) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550800/ Encrypted Comms Email: Grenade@GoBagPod.com Phone: 929.BIG.DICE (244.3423) Website: https://gobagpod.com For more Go Bag content visit: https://gobagpod.com Become an agent of Go Bag: https://gobagpod.com/patreon For more... Sean – https://youtube.com/@rpgsean Harrigan – https://harriganshearth.substack.com Some links may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them—at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the lights on (and the dice rolling). Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this audio are copyright Go Bag podcast, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

Lethal Force and Tradecraft

Delta Green combat is fast and final — initiative on Dexterity, one action a turn, and a lethality rating that can drop an Agent before they ever roll to dodge. Then Harrigan flips to the other half of staying alive: tradecraft — sanitizing the scene, disposing of the body, funding the cover-up, and lying to the locals so the conspiracy stays buried. S02E05 SITREP Dark Conspiracy (RPG — reported comeback) - https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/mongoose-publishing-to-produce-new-dark-conspiracy-rpg-in-2026.html Encrypted Comms Email: Grenade@GoBagPod.com Phone: 929.BIG.DICE (244.3423) Website: https://gobagpod.com For more Go Bag content visit: https://gobagpod.com Become an agent of Go Bag: https://gobagpod.com/patreon For more... Sean – https://youtube.com/@rpgsean Harrigan – https://harriganshearth.substack.com Some links may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them—at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the lights on (and the dice rolling). Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this audio are copyright Go Bag podcast, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

The Downward Spiral (Sanity and Bonds)

A deep dive into Delta Green’s most devastating mechanic: the Sanity system. We'll cover how Agents slowly lose their minds to violence, helplessness, and the Unnatural, and how they project that trauma onto their "Bonds" (family and friends) to stay in the fight. S02E04 SITREP Delta Green Fiction (MrWhite) - https://www.delta-green.com/reading-order-delta-green-fiction/ Black Project Gaming DG resources - https://www.blackprojectgaming.com/ Gamehole Con - http://gameholecon.com Encrypted Comms Grenade@GoBagPod.com -or- 929.BIG.DICE Zortic1 from Youtube Vince Kaufman For more Go Bag content visit: https://gobagpod.com Become an agent of Go Bag: https://gobagpod.com/patreon For more... Sean – https://youtube.com/@rpgsean Harrigan – https://harriganshearth.substack.com Some links may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them—at no extra cost to you. Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this audio are copyright Go Bag podcast, excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.