Delta Green: Night Watch

Creating your character

The campaign will offer two character creation options. 1. Select from a list of pre-generated Delta Green agents and will be provided with character details ahead of the campaign. This option will provide quick access to a character built with stats, skills, and a profession, but motivations, bonds, and backstory will be yours to create. 2. Follow the steps from the Agent's Handbook or the Quickstart guide to create your Agent with assistance from me, including help with motivations, bonds, and backstory, as well as guidance on how to start. Depending on the group's preference, this can be done via Discord before Session 1, or we can have a session 0 where character creation is completed as a group, including determining group dynamics and themes, as well as exploring the character sheets and Foundry interface, establishing the tone, going over content, and getting to know each other as players before the characters are fully introduced.

Preparing for the session

Prepare for the operation by downloading the free Delta Green Need to Know quickstart rules: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/175760/delta-green-need-to-know-free-starter-rulebook Welcome to Delta Green! To keep onboarding smooth and get into play without delay, complete the steps below before the session. Nothing here is difficult, but doing it ahead of time avoids technical friction once we begin. What we are using • Foundry: the virtual tabletop where the game takes place • Discord: https://discord.gg/pw262FFCFy Preparation Steps You will receive a direct invitation link to the Foundry game. Open the link in a browser. No account is required. A password will be provided. If you are unfamiliar with Foundry, review the basics here: https://foundryvtt.com/article/player-orientation/ Optional, but useful • Use Chrome or Firefox for best performance • Headphones recommended • Join Discord before the session to confirm audio works Once inside Foundry, you will only need to move your token, roll when prompted, and follow along. Everything else will be handled in the session.

What Dan brings to the table

// BREIFING Extensive Delta Green materials will be provided, including briefing documents, background information, lore, handouts, and access to the Agent's Handbook during play. This campaign begins before your characters are recruited into Delta Green, allowing both new and experienced players to discover the setting, tone, and mechanics gradually through play. In Delta Green: Night Watch, Agents will confront strange disappearances, unexplained deaths, missing persons, forgotten places, and seemingly unrelated incidents that reveal disturbing connections. Every operation uncovers new questions, and every answer comes with a cost. At the table, I provide guidance, immersive handouts, NPC voices, ambient music, sound effects, in-world recordings, and a strong theater-of-the-mind experience. There is room to investigate, question, hesitate, and make mistakes. The pacing is deliberate, the world responds to your actions, and the consequences of those actions matter.

Homebrew rules

I run Delta Green largely by the rules as written, using very few homebrew rules. However, when the "rule of cool" is employed, it is in response to interesting choices or a reactive world and always favors fairness to the player and the group. My table style emphasizes investigation, roleplay, and problem-solving over tactical movement or rules minutiae. Most scenes are run in theater of the mind, with the focus placed on what your Agent does, how they do it, and how the world responds around them. When circumstances become dangerous, uncertain, or consequential, the dice come out. Some of the best moments in Delta Green emerge from failed rolls, unexpected successes, and the consequences that follow. The goal is not to roll often. The goal is to roll when it matters.

How Dan creates a safe table

Player comfort comes first. This is a Delta Green campaign with a sustained, serious tone. The material is not softened once play begins. My approach is to be clear about what the game is, so you can decide if it is for you. Think of it like choosing a ticket to a grounded, psychological horror film. The tone is consistent. The subject matter may go further than expected. Before the session, I outline the tone in plain terms. Delta Green centers on horror, fear, uncertainty, investigation, isolation, and the cost of confronting things that should not be known. This campaign's themes involves paranoia, moral compromise, and the slow erosion of certainty. Violence exists, but it is not the focus. The tension comes from what you uncover and what you choose to do with it. If that does not sound appealing, this may not be the right table for you. During play, the primary safety tool is direct communication. If something becomes uncomfortable, you can speak up immediately or message me privately. We will also use a Foundry module called Table Safety, which allows any player to display a card on screen to pause, stop, or skip content. No explanation is required. If a boundary is raised, we adjust and move forward. After each session, there is time to decompress and step out of character. The intensity stays in the fiction. The table remains controlled, respectful, and collaborative throughout.